Mchale v660

[MBC]

I have the chance to buy a v660. It’s 2011 so an early one. 30k bales. Will be used only in straw. I’m wondering if anything changed from 2011 to now that should make me try and find a newer model or is this ok ? Dealer looking £15k
Many thanks

 

[Chae1]

The net wrap system changed around 2011, i had 1 of first with new type and it wasn't very good for a start. They modified it and sorted it out.

Old system was copy of claas with lots of bars, but think they came after them because of patents!

 

[quattro]

I’ve a Vicon 4216 30000 bales ex cond its not a good net wrap system for silage but straw not a problem 2012 £10.250 delivered

 

[JamesC]

We have the older v660, done 25k. Absolutely no issues to mention. Ours got the "modification" after purchase where mchale came and welded thin rods to 4 of the rollers, to decrease the gap between them (bad design initially, bales wouldn't form in Hay), we've actually cut off 1 of the rods since because over time the roller sync changes and the rods were banging into each other but removing that certain one fixed it.

Makes a beast of a bale in grass, straw is about as good as anything else I've seen, even this year when the straw so ridiculously thick and dry.

 

[T C]

We have one of that age with about 50k bales on it. Confident it will do many more.
Watch the bale count as there was a software upgrade that wiped the machine total.
They do age really well, ours would pass for a 2 yr old one.
We have worn through one of the feed rollers and the net spreading bar needs welded.
Many users wish they still made them like the original ones!

 

[newhollandcruzr]

We had an early one did about 28k with it and was very reliable , better than the newer one we now run! . Had a couple of the big tension springs and door latch springs and that was it !! . I did the pickup cam barings as a precaution . Net system was a little troublesome if driving into a strong wind just had to reverse at an angle and was ok .

 

[Chae1]

I’ve a Vicon 4216 30000 bales ex cond its not a good net wrap system for silage but straw not a problem 2012 £10.250 delivered

A local contractor has one of these with over 70k bales! He's thinking about changing it.