New holland 548 crop cutter

[Smokey16]

What's people views on these balers looking at buying one

 

[Cornish bob]

Check the bed chain adjustment if it's been run dry or not tightened regularly it's thousands to replace!if maintained properly it's a good farmers baler

 

[Smokey16]

Thanks cornish Bob could you just have a look at pictures and let me know what you think please

 

[Smokey16]

Here's the rest

 

[Cornish bob]

The adjustment for the main bed chain is in the sides of the back door ,the early ones you had to take the side panels off ,the later ones had a couple of small flaps you open to see the adjuster and had a guide bar to show you how to keep it adjusted right .

 

[Smokey16]

Thanks Bob this one is a 2003 model. By the pictures so you think it's a good baler.

 

[Smokey16]

This sounds stuiped but what's the different between these I suppose ones a newer model

 

[Cornish bob]

I think they are the same,are they cropcutter or just rotor feed? We have only run rota feeders,the small drive chains are cheap to change its all about the chain and slat chain!

 

[Smokey16]

The top pict says on the side crop cutter and the bottom pict just says newholland 548

 

[Cornish bob]

The crop cutter is the chopper,the orther one has just a feed rotor which just pushes the crop into the baler.they should should have a control box with bale a bale count ,if you are doing a decent number of bales don't buy one over 30000 bales

 

[Smokey16]

Thanks Bob the one 548 cropcutter I'm looking at buying has only done 22000 bales and the chap has spent £2000 on it this year