What old Round Baler?

[Red Fred]

Is there a big difference between the 255 style and the 46? That one looks pretty similar to mine, just a bit less tinwork and no balcony.

 

[Henarar]

Is there a big difference between the 255 style and the 46? That one looks pretty similar to mine, just a bit less tinwork and no balcony.

no MPS on a 46

 

[spin cycle]

bit off topic but i saw some hay on ebay that'd been baled by a rotobaler....thats old

better tag @ulsterscot....he's one in his avatar

 

[JET]

vicon / greenland rf120
exact same baler as the deutz

except for a couple of roller bearings it was an excellent baler, mine was a chopper baler and it had ne i loved itbut compared to todays bales they are light.

mine didnt have a wide pickup

upgraded to a jd578 that machine nearly gave me a heart attack untill we figured out how toget the net to work 95% of the time (ran the baler at 580rpm rather than 540rpm)

last year upgraded to a mc hale 5500 and to be honest cant fault it at all!!!

 

[Red Fred]

and the pressure is still dropping back ?
I knock the valve automatically now I have done so many bales with these balers I would have a job not to do it

Now you've started mine doing it! When I first had it, I put the pipes in the wrong way round and got in the habit of pulling back to lower it and pushing to raise, but it was fine. After I read this thread, I thought I'd better turn them round, and now it loses pressure and I have to tweak it. Think I might go back to the old way.

 

[Henarar]

Now you've started mine doing it! When I first had it, I put the pipes in the wrong way round and got in the habit of pulling back to lower it and pushing to raise, but it was fine. After I read this thread, I thought I'd better turn them round, and now it loses pressure and I have to tweak it. Think I might go back to the old way.

that's odd, sounds like it must be something to do with the spool valve

 

[Will 1594]

What sort of weight would a Rollant 44s make in straw if driven sensibly

 

[Turra farmer]

What sort of weight would a Rollant 44s make in straw if driven sensibly

200kg

 

[holywell farmer]

claas 46rota cut here, bought second hand for around 4k iirc put new pick up tines on the outer 3 bands both sides and its now unblockable. Simple to use. Put the knives in on silage and hay, more to make feeding easier, as the cattle don't pull long stuff out into the sh1t. View attachment 692158 I do have another 46, not as well specced though, Standard 4ft pick up, no rotor cut but it does have net tie. Its been sat in the shed 2years and is looking for work. Pm me if you want.

Approximately how many do bale in season with that rig ?

 

[case 5140]

what old round baler will follow grass rowed up with a haybob ?

 

[jpd]

my mchale driven sensibly
might possibly reach 200k
that must be some 44

 

[spin cycle]

what old round baler will follow grass rowed up with a haybob ?

any of them if hay ....none on silage if they're 'worn'?

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

....has @Dave W not sold you one yet??

 

[mixed breed]

Approximately how many do bale in season with that rig ?

3-400 hay, 6-700 of Straw and usually 2-300 of 2nd & 3rd cut silage (although I've non yet this year) usually do around 300 odd silage bales for the neighbour too.

 

[Dave W]

....has @Dave W not sold you one yet??

Not had any in this year. Export job has taken the fun out the older stuff

 

[wdah/him]

if the hay is rowed right, and the krone net set it is no problem, if it is like a rope then it doesn't matter none will like it, asumming u want it chopped, if not then any baler should work it

 

[case 5140]

Would a JD 550 with narrow pick up bale hay/hayliage from a haybob row ok?

 

[essexpete]

Would a JD 550 with narrow pick up bale hay/hayliage from a haybob row ok?

It will not be the quantity that will be problem it is more likely to be the difficulty starting a bale and the ensuing blockages. My 550 is an early one and is a total barsteward on damp material and worse if long and stemmy. The feed roller wraps with material and soon jams very tight. A pig to unblock. There is a bar than can be fitted which is supposed to scrape the roller. I hear that does not always work.
I also have a good friend who used a mid 90s model for years and baled 000s of silage for wrapping. That machine had a slightly different feed and starter mechanism and worked better.
Most on here will tell you to avoid.

 

[Ray]

Would a JD 550 with narrow pick up bale hay/hayliage from a haybob row ok?

We had early 550's back in the eighty's, I remember converting the starter rollers and having steel spirals welded along the length of them. A scraper bar was then set very close to scrape off grass build up and prevent wrapping. It was a bit like a cylinder lawnmower, and worked well... A 550 would bale well behind your haybob and make a bale every bit as good as modern balers today IMO.

 

[essexpete]

If you can start a bale then the old jd can make a surprisingly dense well shaped bale.