Good to see you show the D1000, here in the UK I used one for years, when they first came over here. by the time i stopped contracting I had put 150,000 bales through one, a good baler with regular winter maintenance and a main gearbox rebuild every two years, know that baler inside and out. Keep up the videos love watching them.
Love your videos. I like your Blunt to the point views on things. I have been watching you for a long time. Learn a lot from your videos. Not a Green man but like your videos. Hope you come to Ohio . Would love to meet you sometime. You amaze me doing most of your repairs yourself saving yourself money in the long run. Keep up what you do.
dad worked at Hesston in the 60s when it was still a stand alone company I remember them coming out with the first big square baler in 1968 or 69 I got to watch it and a round baler on test fields around Hesston kansas and moundridge kansas to bad they don't build quality equipment anymore
Wes, I have two 3x3 Krone balers, and couldn't be happier with them. I have 14,000 bales on one and 20,000 bales on the other. I been having good luck with mine. I would have a hard time buying anything else.
The Massey 3x3 and 3x4 balers are the best.. They run almost year round with NO PROBLEMS! The Krones we had were fair but we had a lot of problems with their knotters.. The pickups were also very problematic.. We use what makes us money!!
We bought a D1000 in the late 80s /early 90s if my memory serves me,i baled approx 100,000 bales with that bloody thing. new chains and density sensors every year. new plunger rails every second year. broken knots all the time. However we earned more money with that old bb than our silage chopping/drilling outfit.
If you get out west try and find some Freeman balers to look at. Those things are built like tanks!! I wanted one of their self propelled 2 string small square balers. One could do the work of 3 regular small square balers. But no dealer network on the east coast.
Do you remember the dinosaur baler ,Heston Stak Hand? Talk about a giant hay stack. Operated one back in the teenage days. Was a beast, never saw the practicality here in central Texas
Hey Wes, you know I'm in Lincolnshire, the farming county. Since you've bought the Krone I've noticed balers about this harvest, and guess what....all the big square balers I've seen are the same as yours. Just thought you might like to know that.
We got old Massey Ferguson round bailers around here and a new Massey Ferguson square bailer around Mablethorpe Lincolnshire. The harvester was new too, also a Massey Ferguson branded one. One cattle farmer who had a 2010 New Holland tractor had issues with the computer system and how he longed for his Massey Ferguson 135 back that got sold off.
I almost bought a krone round baler, did some research on it and found out that it made a soft core center hay bales, and all that chain and rollers it looks like a lot of trouble, and it made a 4×5 round bale weighting about 600 pounds. I went with the hesston round baler 540 it makes a 4×4.5 bale that weights about 850 glad I bought the hesston.
I think the Krone Baler was the right choice... 😆 ... very good quality ... i think you should also try a Claas quadrant baler... thats also a perfect baler 👌... quality MADE IN GERMANY... nice greets from Austria
I don't doubt that Krone balers are good balers, but hesston are also good. We traded ours a couple years ago with over 70,000 bales on it and no major problems for a new one.
I am not a farmer, but I am a welder/fabricator. Just buy watching your videos it's clear to me the Krone is far better built. I wonder how they all compare on the scale.
Wes, I have been meaning to ask you about bales. I see two kinds around my area; the big round bales and the square bales that you make. What is the difference and what are the advantages of each?
Are there any Freeman balers around there? I have only seen videos on youtube about them. I know they are little special, they have a hydraulically driven plunger. You have any thoughts about them?
I cannot imagine having a problem with the needle actuator arms. That is among the simplest components on the whole baler. I hope where it is breaking is not affecting the plunger stop so they don't bale up their needles.
I am not familiar with the other guy he spoke about but if he is baling trashy hay, then yes he is going to run in to issues like that. I have had a little stick go up into a knotter before and prevent the twine from being released from the bill hook which caused it to break and that was just a weed stalk. I can't imagine trying to bale hay with a bunch of wood in it. I hope that job is paying well for him.
this may be a dumb question?? but why are there water tanks on top of some of the balers? and the same for the windrowers. im guessing its ballest for the windrowers but don't think that's the reason for balers.
The tanks are for preservative applicator systems. Some farmers bale hay at up to around 30-35% moisture, which at that moisture level the hay will mold, ruining it for animal feed. SO, to prevent molding/heating of the hay, they spray a preservative solution, usually propionic acid (although there are other preservatives), through nozzles mounted just above/in front of the pickup. This acid then prevents bacterial and fungal growth that would mold and heat up the hay and ruin it. Later! OL J R :)
I am a big Massey Ferguson fan but with square balers it's go krone or go home. The best round bale is Mchale . One thing is lose John Deere,s and go Massey 8700 for baler
I'm gonna have to disagree with ya there, mchale make the best combi unit by far but I still think for a single round baler for hay or straw welger are the top dogs and the new jd round balers aren't bad either. that mchale 5500 is only an average baler in my opinion. as for a massy over an 8000 series john deere?? fendt maby but it's poverty brother not a chance!
Personally I dont think his 8120 could handle a 4x4 baler, or not to it's fullest potential. I'm not an expert on these big balers. I think a 4x4 baler with no cutter would do well with a 200+ pto hp tractor. His 8120 is around the 180 pto hp mark.
I'm in Nova Scotia Canada. It's mostly round bales here, some small squares. I've seen a couple big squares being used but never seen one on the dealers lot, let alone half a dozen of them or more lol
The big dairy guys in my area (eastern ontario) have big square balers or get their baling done custom. Most of the other guys(including us) use round balers. I still see a few small square balers in use.
Greg Henry Small square balers are good for the horse guys, a lot of people make them because they are easy to sell. I don't miss making them, the switch to round bales was more than welcome.
They used to make some self propelled small square balers, don't know that they ever built a self-propelled large square baler... Not sure why. They sold some of the self propelled small square balers but they never really caught on, and had a lot of problems. Making a large square baler self propelled really seems like a no-brainer to me-- after all, they take a LOT of horsepower and most farmers could probably get by with MUCH smaller tractors if they didn't NEED a larger higher horsepower tractor to pull and power the baler. Making it self propelled wouldn't take a LOT... it could all be done using hydrostatic drives similar to swathers or combines, basically just adding that and an engine onto the existing baler, and an operator's cab of course. Later! OL J R :)
i watch u r channel also , the crops u bale i think all three names he mentioned would do fine but would depend on the available service in u r area , i think that would be my deciding factor.
It's a preservative tank. There is a sprayer set up on the pick up to apply a liquid preservative to the hay as it comes into the machine. It really helps if you're trying to make good quality hay that is a little damp, also good for when you're trying to beat the rain.
The tank holds inoculant which is sprayed on the hay as it's being baled. Usually used for higher moisture silage bales but can be used for hay also. Used to prevent mold and bacteria. You'd only use it if you were making good hay/silage bales for animal feed, not for mushroom hay lol
We have tanks mounted on our small square balers to spray propionic acid to combat moisture up to 25%. We bale alfalfa when there is enough dew moisture to prevent the leaves from shattering and turning to powder.
wes people are always going to have better shit than you... i dont know if its jealousy or what... f them and their opinions if your happy run it or do what your doing and thats always looking for a better way and staying happy in your life.... people really piss me off with all the negative shit twards you... keep the shiney side up and keep on rolling them bails off the end of that bailer... and keep sharing im always waiting for the next video
+Sky King you need to growa pair... you got no god damn clue who i am... im 6' 2" 320 pounds and bench 600 pounds... talk to my face and grow up and quit being a keyboard warrior... talk to my face like that punk.. they will never find you thats a promise
fredric i have no problem going that rout either... we have haters here to... drive fence posts in our corn rows spools of nylon line threw our soy beans... i have no tolerence for this... mr. pandy goes threw alot of crap just like we do here... for some one to say to me shit like that needs to move on with their negative shit attacking me... im not a bitch ya got something to say fine say it to my face dont be a cowardly woman about shit... grow a pair and come say that to my face... i dont give a shit what you bring im 50 years old i aint standing in bitch shoes
