Gehl round balers

farmer boy

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Looking at a GEHL 2580 round baler. Wondering if anyone on here uses one (or a 2880, 2680, 1475 etc.) 14,000 bales. Has net wrap and mega wide pickup. Looks to be in really good shape for the age and bale count. It's open throat with Variable density and silage special.
Main questions are about parts support and how many bales they're good for.
For 14,000 bales, it looks to be in really good shape. Only welding on it is on the net wrap cover. The rest of the machine looks really good. Is it's life mostly over at 14,000 bales, or are they good to 50000 bales like a Deere can be with proper maintenance?
Also wondering about parts. From what I understand, some parts are obsolete(monitor, controller, etc.), but are most of the parts available? I'm not too worried about bearings, sprockets, rolls and belts, which covers about everything.
Also wondering about how the net wrap system works on these(trouble free and reliable)?, and how well they'll bale straw out of an IH combine. I would really like a Deere 467, but that's not in the budget right now. I can get this for the right money(5000 or less), And I haven't heard too much bad about a GEHL baler that isn't closed throat.
 
I would really think long and hard about buying any Gehl implements now. They are out of the farm equipment business. They are making skid steers and other construction equipment. This has made parts availability be just about none for some things. They had a pretty good forage harvester. I know of machines that are maybe 10 years old and not usable because of some Gehl only part that can't be found.

If your looking just because of price than look for another brand that is cheaper. Hesston is that way here not bad equipment but not a very good resale here.
Vermeer used to be the same way but has gotten a little better with a new dealer in the area. That is another issue too. Is there a dealer in your area for Gehl??? I know of two that did sell Gehl around here and they both dropped the line.
 
I don't own a GEHL but in answer to 14,000 bales being a lot I would say that is nothing, especially for a $5,000.00 net wrap baler. If you were custom baling at 20 bucks a roll and clearing 40% above fixed costs, fuel and labor it would only take 630 rolls to pay for that baler so if you get a couple thousand rolls per year for the next several years out of it you are in high cotton. Most all baler consumables these days, regardless of manufacturer, such as bearings, belts, sprockets, chains, tines rollers etc. are available from various sources other than the dealers and usually at much less cost. Monitors can be sourced from salvage yards or sent off to ag electronic places for rebuild. I never take availability of parts or dealer support into the equation when buying any equipment anymore, whether major or shortline because it just does not make that much difference anymore, the internet and UPS are about all a person needs these days with a little pre-planning although it does pay to have a back up to critical equipment but that would still be the case if the dealership was next door.
 
I've got a 1475. It's my second one. I had a 1500A and a 1450 before I got the first 1475. Mine's a closed throat though,so I can't help you there. I honestly don't know what the parts situation is anymore. I haven't needed anything major. I had around 29,000 bales on the last 1475. I wouldn't even know how many I had on the 1450. I bought that one new in 81,had it until 97. I did a lot of custom for several years with it,plus my own,so it baled a lot.
I think the best thing to do is just call a Gehl dealer and ask about parts availability instead of asking somebody else's opinion about it.
 

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