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UPDATE: This baler turned out to be HORRIBLE. I bought it largely because it was advertised as being able to bale wet hay which was desirable to me as I wanted to wrap some (silage) hay bales. I baled wet hay with it, ~2 times after which point this machine BROKE EVERY TIME THAT I USED IT. I had a roller replaced, multiple bearings changed within the first year that I owned it. My impression that VERMEER had built this thing heavily was correct, HOWEVER the parts they used were the cheapest ones possible, chinese bearings that fail constantly. Finally, at the end of my second season with this thing, one of the main bearings on the unit failed and by this point I was tired of messing with it. As you'll recall, I only bought a new baler because I wanted one that would JUST PLAIN WORK and not have to be messed with constantly during the height of hay season, and this one, simply doesnt achieve that goal.
I sold it for a loss, as-is, to a Vermeer dealer who was short on inventory, and then I went and bought a German made CLASS baler thats older than I am. Its amazing, although its a smaller unit (4x4) its MUCH beefier in construction, better bearings, etc. This is the LAST TIME that I ever buy American made farm equipment, new at least. We, the consumer used to pay more for american made with the expectation that we were getting a better product, but now its just cheap components (chinese megacheap bearings in this case) with little/no service, so theres no point. I learned that all round balers are basically the same, they just break all the time, rollers cracking and bearings burning. Of course this would be easy to fix, simply make the bearings 50% larger and "2" grades of quality higher and you'll never have a problem. Same with the rollers, "2" sizes up on wall thickness and they'd last for 100 years. But OF COURSE then the big companies would make less money, so that cannot be allowed to happen.
My advice for anyone looking for a round baler is this: simply buy an old one from your choice of manufacturer and go through EVERYTHING on it, ideally replacing or at least inspecting each bearing before you have issues. If they're failing, replace with highest quality possible. And then buy a SECOND round baler and do the same on it, for when the first one inevitably brakes down for some other reason, and THEN find a friend or neighbor who can come bale for you, or vise-versa, if the need arises.
You can't just buy new stuff and expect it to work, its not the 1950's anymore, those days are gone. Might as well just buy an old machine for 1/10 as much since you'll be working on it constantly anything.
Seriously, I hate this thing. It was a huge disappointment and cost me a lot of time and energy. I was running to the bearing supply place and trying to fix it with hay down and rain on the way. I could've just kept the old one and done that exact same thing, saving $30k in the process.
Newer American made equipment... NEVER EVER AGAIN!
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3 мар 2022
