What was wrong with the IHC 440I'm looking for a second-hand small baler for use on about 10 acres a year. Used to have International 440 which we sold before moving, but now we have sheep again small bales are so much better for feeding. Any advice on good buys and what to avoid?
Some nh were the 945 i think but ihave had a 570 for 12 years and is as good as a massey and jd but welger are the best but at a priceWelger but they dear. Mf are good newholland are crap.
I used to have an MF 20, got a 124 now. I wouldn't want to go back to the 20, too slow, any damp lumps stuck at the top of the pick up and it was forever breaking shearbolts in heavy rows. If you are on a budget a 124 is hard to beat, but they do like plenty of revs, 600 at the shaft gets the best out of themMF 20. You'll do the 10 acres in an afternoon easily, similar to your old IH. No need for anything more modern/expensive.
i had a 703 for a while(barn found and saved from the scrappy)Can't you just hear those packers clicking?View attachment 28311
(taken 1984, MF 10 bought the year before when small balers were already going out of fashion up here, for £35!)
Used to pull this with a little Zetor 3511, but it had broke this day so was using single-clutch Major here
Depends what budget is!I'm looking for a second-hand small baler for use on about 10 acres a year. Used to have International 440 which we sold before moving, but now we have sheep again small bales are so much better for feeding. Any advice on good buys and what to avoid?
The best small baler would be a contractor, then he can turn up and bale it with a new baler in a few hours and you can focus on getting it collected up and in the shed before it pisses it down again.
Assuming he hasn't got a bigger client's hay to bale first, doesn't have to go to a funeral, and isn't away on a course, etc.
All excuses I've had for being let down over the years. It is very comforting to have your own machinery to get your hay without having to rely on others, but it is nice to know the contractor is there too!
(And it's a Welger in the shed!).