End of the Season

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  Baler goes on the DL for 2022 Hay Season.  That's it, all she wrote, nada, zilch............................  A 5000# paperweight in a matter of seconds.Have to get a new roller rolled at the fab place, then make ends for it, and weld some expanded to the surface for traction.  It's a Winter job.Or..........get a used roller for around $900-$1500.  Which in all likelihood, is just as ready to cave in. Damn shame.  Got the kinks out of the baling problems, and was cruisin' right along when it broke.
Reply:I looked at Krone balers.  THEY USE CHAINS INSTEAD OF BELTS, AND DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS OF ROLLERS.  Zee Germans have it goin' on!!!!  They took a page from New Holland when they were in their heyday.My old NH 846 was the most reliable baler on the planet.  A CHAIN BALER.  This belt BS is for the birds.Doing the numbers, and it might just pay to get some new floor chains for the NH 846, and get it back in the field after all these years.  About $800 worth of floor chains, and guides.  I replaced all ALL of the bearings on the machine before one of the chains snapped on the floor.  So, it's basically a rebuilt machine just sitting there gathering dust.  Only thing it needs is a new apron chain, but I might be able to coax it through the last 80 acres.Dump the belt baler for what I can get for it, and call it a day.  Or keep it, fix it, and keep both balers as redundancy.  There's nothing worse than stuff falling apart when hay is on the ground.
Reply:The 846 relies on simple sprocket gears for all drives.  No rollers, just sprockets carrying the apron chain.  A new apron chain is only about $1000  Can't get the sprockets anymore, but any monkey with a CNC mill can make a sprocket.  Hell, I might even be able to do the cuts with a custom ground half forming tool.  My little mill has too fast of a low speed range, and won't handle sprocket cutters.  If you use a rotary table with some imagination, a regular end mill might suffice for the simple cuts.
Reply:DOOOOOOOODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  THAT'S MY OLD NH846 ON STEROIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  OLD SCHOOL IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THINGS.Brunhilda obviously likes the machineLast edited by farmersammm; 10 Hours Ago at 04:56 PM.
Reply:A chain baler will bale ANYTHING.  Dry hay that's so dry it shatters.  Wet hay that would ball up any other baler except a "haylage" baler.  The damn things just WORK
Reply:Over 20yrs running one of these.  I was stupid to get that damn belt baler.These old gals will literally bale trees
Reply:  Hell, didn't realize I'd ever done a video on the old thing


Reply:@farmersammm you have the worst luck I've ever seen.... worse than myself. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
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Originally Posted by IAMsteelworker

@farmersammm you have the worst luck I've ever seen.... worse than myself. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
Reply:Sometimes it's best to just take off and do something for fun, whatever that may be. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
Reply:Sounds great just do not use plastic or the day after hang over will a real bad òne.Dave

Originally Posted by IAMsteelworker

Sometimes it's best to just take off and do something for fun, whatever that may be. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
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Originally Posted by IAMsteelworker

Sometimes it's best to just take off and do something for fun, whatever that may be. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
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Originally Posted by farmersammm

I agree.  My greatest fear is losing her.  If she needs a break, I'm all for it, and keep my mouth shut.  I'm not a gambler(He says, while messing with stocks

).I've tried going to the casino with her, but wind up just sitting at the bar, not enjoying myself.  It's just not my thing.  But she sure loves it, and because of that, I love it from a distance.  Ya know what I mean?
Reply:Surprised y’all have hay to cut. It better get to raining fast in North Georgia if I’m going to get the JD 435 out for a 2nd cutting this year. Not looking promising so far.
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Originally Posted by IAMsteelworker

@farmersammm you have the worst luck I've ever seen.... worse than myself. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
Reply:bad luck sam, guess you can get the old chain baler out of retirement though?Over here no-one will touch an old chain baler. It's belts or rollers all the way. Used to be belts for straw/hay, rollers for silage, but the last decade of machines have been pretty good at both.It wasn't even the belts that bust on your machine, and you're still blaming the belts! What?!Murphy's Golden Rule: Whoever has the gold, makes the rules.