New Baler..Maybe I am crazy?

Bruce from Can. · Jul 22, 2013

Took the plunge , and made a deal on a brand new CaseIH BR454 Silage special . Take delivery Thursday, guess I'll find out just how crazy then.Never run a hard core baler, or made wet bales, always had a custom guy come in. $9.00 per bale for custom baling this year. So ,I thought that having my own unit won't cost me anymore, as Iam spending the cash anyway. Iam looking forward to net wrap on straw bales. Stay tuned. Bruce

Anonymous-0 · Jul 22, 2013

Maybe crazy but congrats anyway. My first two balers were new, used since then but now I work on balers more than I bale it seams. I have discovered new equipment is not as expensive if you can trade every 5-10 years. (just my thoughts)

donjr · Jul 22, 2013

I was still borrowing money to build up over ten years ago and applied for a loan thru farm credit. The loan officer asked me about a NH loan on my 644 baler, and why I had bought a new one a year or two earlier. When I explained just the tie time capabilities of the NH over the NI that I had traded, he quickly understood my reasoning. The NI took about 2 1/2 minutes to string a bale and eject it. The NH was just over a 1/2 minute- about 2 minutes saved per bale. If I spent 6 hours baling, and could do 20 bales an hour in heavy hay, that was a 40 minute savings with the NH over the NI. At the end of the day, it could amount to another 40 or more bales with the NH machine per day, or, at the time with $20 bales, some $800 extra capacity per day. Very short payoff if you have material cut. Then spread the expense over ten years.....

Case Nutty 1660 · Jul 22, 2013

congrats as well I have a Vermeer silage baler but do not make silage bales and I really like mine seemed to start the bale better than the same models around here that are std units be looking for pics of her at work
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bison · Jul 22, 2013

Bruce You got more guts than me, i never bought a new piece of equipment.
The buying is the easy part,.. the paying it off is the problem. :shock:

I make around 1000 bales a year,at 20 bales an hr that is 50 hr a year or 1 week of use.
I am still baling with an old vermeer 605 D i bought used for 4 grand 25 yrs ago :shock:
I did modify it to make 6' bales instead of the stock 5' and widened the pickup to 6' so it became a decent baler and it would be nice to have something new for a change but i can't justify spending 40+ grand on a baler that is gathering dust for 51 weeks of the year.

JD Farmer · Jul 22, 2013

Not any more crazy than me. I just took delivery last week, on a brand new NH BC5060 square baler. At 62 yrs, this will be the last and only new small square baler I will own. It was a deal I couldn't pass up...trade in for my old 311 was 4500.00, a thousand more than I gave for it 20 years ago. This one was 14950. At todays prices, I'll bale enough this year to pay for it if it ever stops raining.

Erik Ks farmer · Jul 22, 2013

Congrats Bruce, probably one of the best moves you could have made towards making quality feed. Less down time, more capacity and a nicer product.

Bret4207 · Jul 22, 2013

I stand in awe! I can't even imagine owning anything new. Best of luck to you, I hope it works out.

JD Seller · Jul 22, 2013

I have been buying new round balers the last 15 years or so. It had gotten to where good used balers where within 15-20% of new. So I decided to go with new and have some warranty. We also picked up more custom work so it has all worked out. I think you will like the ability to make silage bales. With your dairy they are great feed.

Nathan (SD) · Jul 23, 2013

Please clarify. You gave them a check for $14,950 and your 311 OR you gave them a check for $10,450 and your 311?

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