Always used a contractor but got a bigger tractor now, and fed up of shifting 120cm rounds all day, so looking for a baler to bale straw (bought off the field), hay and poss silage (light cuts or if i cant get silage contractor at the right time) Leaning towards a 120x90 baler but thinking i may struggle on hills with 155hp (200 boost). Dont really want any smaller squares due to cost of wrapping silage/haylage. Also looking at 150cm rounds (JD 960 or krone f155) but not keen as its fairly steep here for rounds. Cost of baler not a huge problem as long as its justifiable e.g. longevity, resale etc. Suggestions?
What baler?
- Thread starter dave mountain
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Obviously everyone is just as clueless as me on balers 
at least I've got 8 months to research them...
at least I've got 8 months to research them...
Wellytrack
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Quadrant still a useful size and fairly plentiful.
In saying that square balers not my thing.
In saying that square balers not my thing.
Was thinking of 6 string quadrants and wrapping 2 together, but also thinking a wrapper able to do this would cost a fortune? Or is it something most square wrappers can do?
The. Saving is negligible, lot of pissing about for pence
Mark C
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- Location
- Bedfordshire
mCHALE 998 or Kuhn 4004 will wrap twin packs. To be honest by the time you have faffed about getting someone to put them in pairs with the loader you could have wrapped half the field
Spencer
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- Location
- North West
150hp would be on its knees with 120 x 90 on steep hills that you say you have.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
I agree 200hp minimum on anything reasonably hilly.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
Either Claas quadrant or Massey Ferguson 186 187 or 2160/2170 fairly reliable and good parts back up. You could also think about mini Heston size, 80x90. Bit of a pain to handle until you get the hang of them but more suited to your horse power.
I think you are right, half the idea of getting a bigger baler is to make logistics easier so last thing I need is to be doing double stacking silage bales.
Thanks for replies, sounds like my bets bet is 120x70 baler and just spend a little extra on wrap. So im looking at quadrant 2200, mf 186/187 or new holland bb950. Im thinking i should just buy whichever i can find a good example of, or is there any particular downfall with any of them?
Run a massey Ferguson 7618 on a fergie 2170 120x90 baler it loves it on the flat but it doesn’t like going up hill, it is 4 cylinders though so if youv a 6 cylinder it might have a bit more balls... since your baling your own doesn’t really matter if you slow down a bit either....
Spencer
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- Location
- North West
Quadrant 2200 with lowest bale count you can afford..
I've a t7.170 with remap and adblue delete which does seem to give it a bit more pull, would an older shape 120x90 baler suck up less power than a 2170? seems to be more 120x90 balers about 2nd hand, and would mean less bales to handle, I know a 120x70 would suit the tractor better but it seems like 6 and two 3s overall
Wellytrack
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Your 7618 is a 4 banger?
I'm guessing he means 6718
6718 sorry
Hesston4860s
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- Nr Lincoln
I’ve got a tandem axle BB950 going spare, pretty tidy for it’s yr 2002 done 58447 bales. Runs really well and ties really well very rarely misses.
glasshouse
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- lothians
You would come down the hill quick though
Wellytrack
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All the more impressive. Four pots go very well these days.