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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 354703" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>plb, you may wish to reconsider. Haying equipment, no matter what breed, color or variety is going to eventually break down. Its as sure as the earth going round and round. Balers blow bearings, haybine teeth break, chains break and sprockets wear out eventually.</p><p></p><p>So if you're going to end up hiring someone to do your fixing, you'll probably be cheaper having your hay custom baled.</p><p></p><p>Having said all that, if you're still intent on doing it, M&W balers are pretty much as maintenance free as you'll get. Keep the pressure turned to the middle, and a good used 5506 will crack out thousands of bales before needing work. If you need more capacity than a softcore, I like New Holland hard cores.</p><p></p><p>On the mower side, I prefer a mower/conditioner. The NH haybines work extremely well, but the MacDon units are tougher.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 354703, member: 2862"] plb, you may wish to reconsider. Haying equipment, no matter what breed, color or variety is going to eventually break down. Its as sure as the earth going round and round. Balers blow bearings, haybine teeth break, chains break and sprockets wear out eventually. So if you're going to end up hiring someone to do your fixing, you'll probably be cheaper having your hay custom baled. Having said all that, if you're still intent on doing it, M&W balers are pretty much as maintenance free as you'll get. Keep the pressure turned to the middle, and a good used 5506 will crack out thousands of bales before needing work. If you need more capacity than a softcore, I like New Holland hard cores. On the mower side, I prefer a mower/conditioner. The NH haybines work extremely well, but the MacDon units are tougher. Rod [/QUOTE]
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