How many PTO HP are you pulling it with and how does it handle it? Baled any damp/wet hay with it?I have the Signature baler and really like it. I put around 80 bales through it today.
The baler has the moisture read out on the monitor and it ran around average 12-14% except when I baled in a shaded area and then it shot up sometimes in the wet reading. The tractor is a Kubota M9000 91hp engine or 81 PTO. It handles it well, but the baler is harder to pull than the Vermeer 505M or 505I baler I have. Other than flat land I don't believe I would want less than 70hp. It has the wide/hydraulic pickup with the silage kit, and it seems to take hay well.How many PTO HP are you pulling it with and how does it handle it? Baled any damp/wet hay with it?
Thanks.The baler has the moisture read out on the monitor and it ran around average 12-14% except when I baled in a shaded area and then it shot up sometimes in the wet reading. The tractor is a Kubota M9000 91hp engine or 81 PTO. It handles it well, but the baler is harder to pull than the Vermeer 505M or 505I baler I have. Other than flat land I don't believe I would want less than 70hp. It has the wide/hydraulic pickup with the silage kit, and it seems to take hay well.
My only problem with the "R" baler is boredom while using it. Just keep an eye on the monitor and it tells you everything. I very seldom look back.So a quick update, yesterday I took it out for the first time and put up 91 bales with it. This thing is a monster! It will eat anything!!! No problems, no clogs, and I bale a lot of hilly places, lots of turns, definitely not ideal ground for haying. I couldn't be happier!
This Brutus of a baler is outstanding!!! I'm sure there are lots of great balers out there in all the colors, but after 5 seasons of futzing with my JD which was a constant headache (clogging, torn netwrap, etc.) this made baling hay fun! I cannot recommend this 504r enough.
I really liked my 605N. Made thousands of silage bales with it. Loved the ISOBUS monitor.A lot of good new balers out there. We upgraded to the Vermeer 605N select this year. It's been awesome. I've put a pretty massive windrow through it with no problems. I have no complaints yet. Made about 500 bales of hay. Not sure what it would take to plug it. We will see how it does in straw next.
I feel your pain. I have a NH BR780 that has spent more time in the shop than the field. It would choke at the drop of a hat. Belts would swap places, would not sense "full bale", etc, etc. Took it back to the shop for the third time this season but still had hay on the ground to finish. Dealer loaned me one of his 648's he took in on trade to finish my field. Jumped on a wind row a little timidly but soon running as fast as I wanted to. That old baler never missed a beat, never clogged and tied bales perfectly. It was noisey as heII with the gear drive instead of chains but worked perfectly.My last New Holland 648 had close to 20k bales thru when I traded it off. Current NH BR7070 only has 5k-ish bales and no complaints. The BR I've had 3 completely new operators in the seat and never and issue and kicked out perfect bales everytime. Next/2nd baler will be a NH RB460 in the year or two.
I need to get a better pencil to make a new baler for 200-300 bales a season make sense. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth upgrading for 1000-2000 bales a season.