Newholland conventional baler range??

[markpentre]

currently have a NH 370 hayliner. what were the next models up from this baler and is there much to be gained from the newer models?

 

[agrimax]

376/377/378/386/387/515/575/940/945............and likely more in between. Would think pickup width would be one of the main differences.

 

[Mursal]

Different size bale from the rest, if I remember correctly.
Never a very popular baler in this area, one or two at the most.

 

[essexpete]

Job to remember but the 376 was a standard 5ft pickup, 378 was a wide pickup of similar. The baler numbered with an 8 as the second digit had the oversize chamber. The 940 and 945 were the yellow replacements for the red balers in the early 1980s. Many components were different to earlier series. The 945, when set right, could pump out a fair rate of bales but was not liked very much around here. They are all old now.

 

[Red Fred]

I have a 945 which is OK but I keep it because I'm too idle to change it and only do a few bales. It has always been a job to avoid bananas even after years of fiddling and going through it in the winter. It can pack it through as essexpete says when it is working well. We had ours new back around 1983 and I seem to remember SCATS coming out to do some surgery on the knotter setup right at the start. I preferred the old Hayliners.

 

[gatepost]

370 has metric ,components whereas the previous were imperial, so very few spares, I got on well with the one I used but know of several horror stories, NH have made a few parts obsolete for older red and yellow ones, PTO over run clutches and packer arms

for example​

, although I think some stuff is available in US, I'm on my second 575 now, very good baler, and all bits will be around for ages as it's the current model.

 

[cfr1964]

935 was the yellow replacement for the 370
The 370 was made at Aylesbury but production was moved to France for the 900 series
I wouldn't be sure that it was any harder to get parts for the 370 than any other old NH baler
The old man fixed NH wee balers for years and reckoned the 370 to be the best as it was less prone to trouble with the feeder

 

[Goweresque]

@rob1 is the man to ask I think, he's run NH570 balers.

 

[rob1]

Have run two red nh us built balers they are good bits of kit. Never used the earlier model. Had a claas 55 before the nh and borrowed a 65 when a small twig broke the knotter casting on my first 570, was shocked how much slower it was

 

[Bob c]

got a nh 570 here

 

[Azlett]

We have 377 and it *just* copes with two 3m haybob rows raked into one.

Anne-Z

 

[msheep66]

We have 370 its a good baler but wish the pickup was a bit wider as on the 376.

 

[Grizzle]

My 940 keeps pumping out banana bales, does anyone have a solution? Thinking of changing it for a JD456a, are they any good

 

[Oliveau]

Packer over or under feeding, depending on which way the bale is bananed.

 

[Grizzle]

Yeh, tried shifting angle of small plastic packers nearest knife but no different, it’s the side furtherest from knife that’s badly packed. 940 has 2 big packers and 1 small pair of plastic ones

 

[davidroberts30]

Yeh, tried shifting angle of small plastic packers nearest knife but no different, it’s the side furtherest from knife that’s badly packed. 940 has 2 big packers and 1 small pair of plastic ones

drive faster or slower

 

[Grizzle]

Thanks, tried both !

 

[DeeGee]

The yellow range of New Hollands always had a reputation for popping out mis shaped bales!

Having owned both a 376 and a 575 I would always go for a good 376 if I could find one. I found the 376 to be less troublesome and probably just as fast as the wider pick up 575.

And according to a well respected local baler mechanic they were apparently a much better made baler than the American 570 and 575 models. Just my experience and opinion.

 

[Two Tone]

Thanks, tried both !

How fast? How many plunger stokes/bale?
7-9 is good. Anything less wont pack enough in the chamber to make even bales. But you need the rest of the baler set up well to achieve these sort of rates. If it breaks any shear bolts other than actually ingesting anything metal or a log, it ain’t set up well enough. Make sure both knives are sharp and that they pass as close as possible to each other by adjusting the plunger roller cams.

It is all explained well enough in the operators manual.

 

[jendan]

The yellow range of New Hollands always had a reputation for popping out mis shaped bales!

Having owned both a 376 and a 575 I would always go for a good 376 if I could find one. I found the 376 to be less troublesome and probably just as fast as the wider pick up 575.

And according to a well respected local baler mechanic they were apparently a much better made baler than the American 570 and 575 models. Just my experience and opinion.

A neighbour had both. The mechanic was always at the yellow job,while the older red 376 just kept pumping away.