Better the devil you know, claas 250 baler.

Iv got a claas 250rc, only doing around 500 bales of silage and 60 straw a season if that, but every year especially the last few it's alway needing bearings or rollers, broke down last day of baling last year, needs a new roller, one on the pressure system, the baler is good when not broken but lv spent nearly the price of a norther one on repairs, when is enough enough but buying another 10/12year old one will probably be as bad. Those cost over 10grand now a days.
 

gatepost

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Location
Cotswolds
I have /am in same position with a NH. very good baler, and very reliable net feed , but last couple of years quite a bit of down time, just bearings, a feed auger etc , so I have bought a much newer one, probably can't justify it on the number of bales, but only big square contractors around here. I think you have to look at bearings as wearing parts, I don't think any of these balers like a lot of wet weight through them, I haven't sold the old one yet, I find I have to change something when I have lost faith in it, that jump on and go changes into jump on and hope.
 
Yes, bearing aren't the worst, but fixing this roller will be another 2 grand, the roller will be nearly a grand with vat. As lm not doing alot of bales either, but like having my own baler, as l said to my wife l, ll sort it one more time as when it's working right it's still a good machine.
 

quavers

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Location
aberdeenshire
Yes, bearing aren't the worst, but fixing this roller will be another 2 grand, the roller will be nearly a grand with vat. As lm not doing alot of bales either, but like having my own baler, as l said to my wife l, ll sort it one more time as when it's working right it's still a good machine.
whats wrong with your damaged roller ? will it not repair , there s a irish firm that makes up new ones
 

glasshouse

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Location
lothians
Yes, bearing aren't the worst, but fixing this roller will be another 2 grand, the roller will be nearly a grand with vat. As lm not doing alot of bales either, but like having my own baler, as l said to my wife l, ll sort it one more time as when it's working right it's still a good machine.
What is wrong with roller ?
My local engineer can repair them or get as new one from ireland
 

v8willy

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Mixed Farmer
Iv got a claas 250rc, only doing around 500 bales of silage and 60 straw a season if that, but every year especially the last few it's alway needing bearings or rollers, broke down last day of baling last year, needs a new roller, one on the pressure system, the baler is good when not broken but lv spent nearly the price of a norther one on repairs, when is enough enough but buying another 10/12year old one will probably be as bad. Those cost over 10grand now a days.
Had a 44s, 46, 250 & 255, the 250 was the worst by a country mile.
 
One end gave way, was in touch with that company in Ireland, he said hadn't seen one over to uk since brexit, was talking about 650 euro+post and maybe tax of some kind. As l said the baler is good when not broken down, when l got it it replaced a 44, it was like going from the stone age to the space age for me.
 
The Claas 250 was the worst baler l ever had the misfortune to own.
Trouble from day one.
The dealers balerman was here for most of the season.
Any devil that Satan sends you will be better than that Claas 250.
After some tough but amicable meetings a great salesman in a brilliant dealership took it back and supplied a demo machine of a different make.
Never looked back.
 

quavers

Member
Location
aberdeenshire
One end gave way, was in touch with that company in Ireland, he said hadn't seen one over to uk since brexit, was talking about 650 euro+post and maybe tax of some kind. As l said the baler is good when not broken down, when l got it it replaced a 44, it was like going from the stone age to the space age for me.
what part of aberdeenshire are you , neighbour has repaired them in the past , cut out the ends ,make up new plates and pass a shaft through the whole length of the roller
 

Wellytrack

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Claas 250’s were not the strongest. Rollers, chains and cogs wore badly by 50k. The metal in them was poor, by now most examples are bound to be fatigued, that’s why they are cracking up and you don’t even see many broken for second hand spares, everything is rattled out.
 

Fendtbro

Member
Iv baled along side a welgar 202 and my claas eat it for breakfast, l was making far better and bigger bales than it. Not a 220 or 235.
The 220 is very different from the 202, it’s what I would call the first of the More modern ones. I had a shock when I went to help look at a pals 250 last summer, it looked so lightly built.. but they do turn out nice bales. There is a 220 at Philips at Forfar for 5.5k, not get a Mchale for that money so welger 220 next best..
 

fermerboy

Member
Location
Banffshire
Philips Engineering in Elgin used to repair Claas rollers, at one point they had a pallet of them lying about. That was a few years ago when Claas balers were common. Not in there so much nowadays so cant say if they still do.

Maybe worth a phone call.

Ive a Welger 220 Master and its a better built machine than my father in laws Claas 250.
But the Welger has problems too, its a hp greedy bugger, can take the good of 150hp if finishing a bale on a hill. Mine has been more bother than the Claas 46 it replaced. My guess is previous owner had it well cleaned and polished up but would have been better with less hp and more grease gun action. Its getting better as I have been through all the sore bits and its looked after properly now.
Should really get a belt Welger but I'm still mentally scarred from years of running Farmhand belt balers.😀😀
 

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