I don't have a BR 740 but I did recently buy a BR 780, and I have been satisfied. My dad has been running a New Holland 688 for about 13 years now with very few problems so our experience has been solid with the brand. I will say when I bought mine I could have been a little wiser on what to look for. I wish I had known what to look at a little more. It made through the first season, but I took it in that winter and ended up with about $3000 stuck in it. Had to re-lace the belts and replace a couple of bearings. It works great now but would have given me a fuel for bargaining if I had caught some of the things that needed fixing before buying. Next time I think I will buy one that has already been run through the shop and looked at top to bottom, then I am sure of what I got. For what it is worth mine had 1800 bales on it when I bought it, of course that is a larger bale I wouldn't think that 10,000 bales would be all that much hay consider the size of the bale, should be a lot of life left in it. This talk of hay has got me itching for summer :nod:
