Which mower and small square baler for 400 acres in Africa

[Adam20]

i I want buy small square bale to use sorghum and hay grass 400 acres of land each year and iam sending to Africa which is not easy to get spare parts and mechanical who knows this thing please which one you recommend me for last longer and easy mechanical . So iam looking mower and small square bale to use sorghum and tall hay grass thanks adam

 

[David.]

You might think Deere or Newholland would have Worldwide parts cover better than some brands.

 

[daveydiesel1]

We have nh 575. Good enough baler but id recommend a mf cause its inline with tractor so means no bales to shift out of way and made on hesstons design so will be good machine. For mower what size of tractor you usin? Probably a drum mower would suit you either a kuhn or sip

 

[Sharpy]

I have been told that New Holland balers cant handle sorgum, the packer fingers break seemingly.

 

[daveydiesel1]

I have been told that New Holland balers cant handle sorgum, the packer fingers break seemingly.

Dont even know what sorgum is lol so cant comment but a massey should be ok

 

[masseybreaker]

you need to look at it the other way is there any machinery dealers close to you in africa that you can get parts from ? if so buy what they can supply parts and service for. other wise talk to woodfield baler parts they will advise what they can supply parts for also they have balers for sale

 

[daveydiesel1]

Is ther not bound to be lelys stil sittin in dealers yards not sold yet like old stock somewherein the country

 

[Roger Perry]

Here in the USA Caterpillar dealers sell Hesston balers under the Challenger brand painted yellow of course...........in fact a full line of products under the Challenger name.
Does Cat have dealerships in your locale in Africa..?

 

[Adam20]

you need to look at it the other way is there any machinery dealers close to you in africa that you can get parts from ? if so buy what they can supply parts and service for. other wise talk to woodfield baler parts they will advise what they can supply parts for also they have balers for sale

We mf550 tractor I think it's is 65hp we also have mf240 45hp we also planing to buy Belarus 862 tractor but we don't have that amount of money we need some old machine baler manual and no broking just keep going and if it's broke we can easily fix we are very far away in the City?

 

[oil barron]

Freeman 3 string. They are rugged. http://www.alliedsystems.com/freeman/

 

[Adam20]

Freeman 3 string. They are rugged. http://www.alliedsystems.com/freeman/

Thanks do you think it's can handle sorghum and sorghum sudan grass

 

[Adam20]

I have been told that New Holland balers cant handle sorgum, the packer fingers break seemingly.

Our main plant it's sorghum so we need suitable sorghum baler if you can help please thanks

 

[Adam20]

We have nh 575. Good enough baler but id recommend a mf cause its inline with tractor so means no bales to shift out of way and made on hesstons design so will be good machine. For mower what size of tractor you usin? Probably a drum mower would suit you either a kuhn or sip

We are using mf550 and mf240 Belarus 65hp one I don't know how it's work baler so we need something last longer and easy to fix if it's broke .because we are very far away from the City thanks

 

[Adam20]

We have nh 575. Good enough baler but id recommend a mf cause its inline with tractor so means no bales to shift out of way and made on hesstons design so will be good machine. For mower what size of tractor you usin? Probably a drum mower would suit you either a kuhn or sip

Our main plant it's sorghum so we need suitable sorghum baler if you can help please thanks

 

[startinghandle]

Do you have supplier of string?

 

[Adam20]

Do you have supplier of string?

Yes that we can order from Dubai or China for few hundreds to use few years

 

[Lowland1]

If its Kenya get a Claas as they have a good dealer backup. However Sorghum/Sudan grass doesn't bale well with a conventional balers as it's far too long. I have used a Quadrant which is O.K but when we were in Sudan it was usually cut and carted away on old Bedfords.

 

[Roger Perry]

As Oil Barron mentioned if your budget will stand it the Freeman is the gold standard in conventional balers.
Sorghum although a tough crop will be no problem.

Loads of Freeman balers 20-30 years old still going great guns.

 

[Adam20]

As Oil Barron mentioned if your budget will stand it the Freeman is the gold standard in conventional balers.
Sorghum although a tough crop will be no problem.

Loads of Freeman balers 20-30 years old still going great guns.

Thanks that's good point

 

[Adam20]

If its Kenya get a Claas as they have a good dealer backup. However Sorghum/Sudan grass doesn't bale well with a conventional balers as it's far too long. I have used a Quadrant which is O.K but when we were in Sudan it was usually cut and carted away on old Bedfords.

I was thinking claas but I don't know how strong it's

 

[farmerm]

Do you have supplier of string?

Sisal is certainly grown in Kenya....