Had it with my 250.

[Greythundercloudys]

That me finally going to give up on my class 250rc, spent 1200 on it 10 days ago, roller repair and guy fitting it, only for that 3 roller pressure thing to break a roller today, so after spending thousands on it over 10 years that's the last sort, have to find a contractor to bale the rest, seen a 2002 welger 220 master for 5500, would they be just as bad as my class at that age or Townend has a 2008 235, 8 grand, would my baler be worth 1500£ for spares or repairs?.

 

[bobk]

That me finally going to give up on my class 250rc, spent 1200 on it 10 days ago, roller repair and guy fitting it, only for that 3 roller pressure thing to break a roller today, so after spending thousands on it over 10 years that's the last sort, have to find a contractor to bale the rest, seen a 2002 welger 220 master for 5500, would they be just as bad as my class at that age or Townend has a 2008 235, 8 grand, would my baler be worth 1500£ for spares or repairs?.

How many bales a year ?

 

[Greythundercloudys]

400 , just for sheep.

 

[bobk]

400 , just for sheep.

Bale them with an RP12 , my most favourite machine to use , never fails .

 

[balerman]

Buy the 235,yours ought to be worth £2k for spares given the demand for spares for them.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Townend still has that welgar, says its out and baled 200 bales today.

 

[spin cycle]

Bale them with an RP12 , my most favourite machine to use , never fails .

will a rp12 bale dry stuff though (straw/hay)...i thought they were really a silage baler

 

[bobk]

will a rp12 bale dry stuff though (straw/hay)...i thought they were really a silage baler

Hay no problem , bale straw will the hesston , no one wants round bale straw .

 

[box]

I'd have thought for 400 bales a year you're better off to just pay the man to come and do them for you? Should be cheap if you're doing the rest, without the headache and cost of owning and running a baler.

 

[glasshouse]

Saw a new vicon for £19000

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Can't beat having your own baler, can bale 30 or 130 if you want.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Lely - Welger RP235 xtracut

2009 Lely rp235, 17 knife chopper, hydroflex drop floor, approx 43500 bales, one owner driver from new, E-link controller Excellent condition, Can be seen working, replaced due to need for variable chamber baler.

www.classifieds.farm

 

[Optimus]

Mate took his 250 out to bale 18acre of hay yesterday.bearing went half way across first field.now he's having to get someone in to finish it for him.hopefully before it rains!

 

[Greythundercloudys]

That sounds exactly like mine.

 

[Henarar]

The trouble with the 250's was you couldnt grease the bearings, 255's were a big improvement.

250's also had a different pressure relief valve and seemed to run higher peak pressure before they released which didn't help with the rollers, 255's seemed to run a much more even pressure

 

[Henarar]

Trouble with any second hand baler is you don't know how its been treated, if its been left out in the wet and has sealed bearings its much more likely to give trouble

 

[oakleaf]

Claas kind of lost their way with the balers after the Rollant 46 and never regained it. Similar to MF and combines.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

After all the problems lv had with that 250, lm very wary about another class, there's a 354 for sale on Facebook, 7grand. On a farm in Forfar.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

355rc any good.

 

[oakleaf]

355rc any good.

l think you answered that in post 18.
Personally l wouldnt.
My last Claas was a 354. Glad to see the back of it.