688 New Holland round baler

Tom.jones · Feb 3, 2019

Who has a 688 New Holland round baler ? I?m thinking of buying one . There listed as a 5x6 baler . My question is can I make a 5x4 bale with this baler as it is a variable Chamber

oj · Feb 3, 2019

Yep. What ever size you want, as long as it's 5 ft wide. Lots of them around here

newhollandnut · Feb 3, 2019

Had one since brand new and as far as the baler I really like it. Been looking at other ones recently just for the fact of the 4x5 bales load on a trailer and handle better kinda slacked off in the cattle side. Starting to pick back up and having to haul quite a bit and all down hilly curvy narrow county roads and it seems like people are just driving more crazy anymore and I am just waiting for the accident to happen. I think the only real problem was the gear box mounts. If you got crazy or tried to bale too fast and jam it the gear box would pull loose. As long as there are no visible cracks you should be fine but I would recommend new skip clutch plates before you ever start

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