Claas Magnum

[renewablejohn]

Any French farmers near Picardie.

Been looking for one of these balers for a while but for some reason they only ever have been bought by the French. Is it something particularly wierd with French farmers.

 

[renewablejohn]

The other alternative seems to be Poland but that seems more difficult than France or is there a network of dealers already trading with Poland.

https://sprzedajemy.pl/temat/claas+magnum

 

[Flat 10]

Is it a buncher?

 

[renewablejohn]

Is it a buncher?

No its just a small square baler but unlike a conventional small square baler it does not have the big plunger therefore can be used on steep hills.

 

[GentlemanFarming]

I bought a Claas Magnum from a farmer this summer for just 200EU (!) it is very small but worked marvelously behind my old David Brown 880. We only have a couple of hobby sheep so small square bales are fine for us.

 

[renewablejohn]

I bought a Claas Magnum from a farmer this summer for just 200EU (!) it is very small but worked marvelously behind my old David Brown 880. We only have a couple of hobby sheep so small square bales are fine for us.

Where on earth did you find that. I have been trying to find one in good condition for the last two years.

 

[le bon paysan]

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[GentlemanFarming]

Hmmmm. In my post I didnt mention that I live in Finland. Maybe more Magnums were sold here. I did not find much information about them on the internet though. Would be nice to have a user / repair manual.

 

[renewablejohn]

Hmmmm. In my post I didnt mention that I live in Finland. Maybe more Magnums were sold here. I did not find much information about them on the internet though. Would be nice to have a user / repair manual.

Well if you see any more please let me know.

 

[GentlemanFarming]

 

[renewablejohn]

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Thats a very clean example. Wish I could find something similar instead of the normal rust bucket.

 

[GentlemanFarming]

Well, it was unused and kinda scrapped 5 years ago by the previous owner. It only took a bit of cleaning, greasing and tender love and care....

 

[glasshouse]

Any French farmers near Picardie.

Been looking for one of these balers for a while but for some reason they only ever have been bought by the French. Is it something particularly wierd with French farmers.

What u doing with it?

 

[renewablejohn]

What u doing with it?

I want to bale hay on some quite steep slopes. I currently use a mountainpress round baler but the horsey folk prefer small square bales. Have tried a conventional new holland square baler but it was just dangerous goose stepping down the hillside on each plunger stroke.

 

[glasshouse]

I want to bale hay on some quite steep slopes. I currently use a mountainpress round baler but the horsey folk prefer small square bales. Have tried a conventional new holland square baler but it was just dangerous goose stepping down the hillside on each plunger stroke.

How does it work without a plunger?

 

[GentlemanFarming]

A normal square baler has an "L" shape. the plunger sits in the long "arm" of the "L" and the hay feeder/auger in the short "arm" so the system is not symetrical. The Magnum is more or less a square box and is therefore more compact. It kinda has a "T" shape. Two small augers feeding to the centre and plunger sitting in the middle. How much it behaves better on slopes I don't know.

 

[Selectamatic]

David Brown made a conventional baler with a sideways ram, might be better for baling on a slope?

Finding one would not be easy... finding a good one would be even harder!!

 

[Exfarmer]

I want to bale hay on some quite steep slopes. I currently use a mountainpress round baler but the horsey folk prefer small square bales. Have tried a conventional new holland square baler but it was just dangerous goose stepping down the hillside on each plunger stroke.

used to work with a driver who remembered the old Marshall single cylinder tractors. the farm had bought a new one and it was put on the baler to work. but before going one hundred yards thew drawbar pin broke,. Replaced as they did in those days with a bigger bolt but the same thing happened. So someone was sent to the dealers for a proper pin, but again the same thing happened and continued till they put the baler back on the old international. it appeared that every time the ram stroke and the cylinder stroke co incited opposites to each other the thrust was just too much.

 

[renewablejohn]

A normal square baler has an "L" shape. the plunger sits in the long "arm" of the "L" and the hay feeder/auger in the short "arm" so the system is not symetrical. The Magnum is more or less a square box and is therefore more compact. It kinda has a "T" shape. Two small augers feeding to the centre and plunger sitting in the middle. How much it behaves better on slopes I don't know.

I am pleased you wrote this as I would have found it difficult to explain.

 

[GentlemanFarming]

Well thanks. English is not even my mother tongue but I am an engineer I suppose... Another thing is that you can adjust how much the baler is "off centre" behind the tractor. I can imagine if the baler is almost in line with the tractor it will be beneficial on slopes. though you'd drive partly over the windrow then.