Which Round Baler Did We Buy?

After Demoing a couple round balers showing which baler we decided to go with. #farming #dairyfarm #equipment #roundbaler #johndeere #kuhn #claas #case

[@nicklambing9268]

For us small farmers especially, and all farmers as far as that is concerned, not getting beat to death by the high cost of equipment in some way is vital. As you explained very well, with the trade in and getting a good price for the new baler, you have done the best a person can do. Having parts and a good dealer close is also so extremely important. Well done! Nick, North West Farmer (Oregon)

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Nick

[@dennisshull5994]

Congratulations on your new purchase! It's a really nice looking piece of equipment and hopefully it will provide you many many years of good service! Thanks for taking the time to share why you bought it! 👍😎

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Dennis. I'm glad you enjoyed the video

[@robertmarino2158]

Great explanation of why you chose the piece of equipment, you did the right thing , enjoy & have fun !

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Robert

[@danielhurrle7008]

Looks like a great baler for you guys. Its nice to get parts from multiple locations. Can't wait for more videos of it.

[@mikep7810]

Very true Daniel. Can't wait to make some videos with it

[@d6joe]

It’s good to see your able to update some equipment. I look at a few things I just bought, wait a minute, that was 10 years ago! Time flies and equipment get old.

[@mikep7810]

Time definitely goes by fast

[@RickPerry4960]

Congratulations on your purchase. I hope it serves you guys well. I like Kuhn products…. I’ve used enough of them… the V spreaders, the vertical mixers, the double rakes, the mergers etc etc. I hope your bailer will last to for many many many years. Great video

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Rick. I really like Kuhn products. Should make a good addition

[@clinthochrein888]

Kuhntastic Mike! Sounds like parts an stuff it just not to far away. Congratulations on the purchase.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Clint

[@clinthochrein888]

@@mikep7810 You betcha!

[@chucklesx]

Congratulations on the new purchase, nothing quite like seeing new equipment coming on to the farm 😊

[@mikep7810]

Always a good time seeing the new equipment show up

[@johnwehner9520]

glad for you and your farm, enjoy it.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you John

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Great choice Mike! Really looked like a good bailer when you demoed it. So happy yall got some more ground and a new bailer.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. Its good to get it

[@jeffhoard4777]

Congrats, on picking a very nice baler , you’ll be very happy with it, can’t wait for more videos from you with it and just all your great videos . Thank you mike

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Jeff. I'm looking forward to going out and using it more

[@glenkellner9936]

Good luck, this should really lighten your workload during the summer. I was always stacking in the barn. Until your little guy gets older you need all the help you can get.

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Glen. Hopefully it does a good job for many years

[@acdiesel7439]

Awesome. Hope it gives you years of good service. I enjoyed watching the demo videos.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I hope its a good baler for years to come

[@danieldzurko8053]

Congratulations s on your new baler! Looks great!

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Daniel

[@tripledfarmsmaple]

Great video I think you made the right decision for your farm. Good parts and service go a long way. It’s a shame some dealers aren’t as willing to work with trade ins.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I think it was a good deal

[@morgcharfarms]

That was a great pun…rambling while talking about not rambling! Good stuff brother!

[@mikep7810]

Thank you, wishful thinking trying to get me to not ramble on and on

[@morgcharfarms]

@@mikep7810 I do the same thing. Love your channel man!!

[@robertburt9071]

Wise choice parts and service is very important And close And your happy

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Robert. Definitely important for parts availability

[@timerfarms113]

Nice looking baler hope it treats you well. Get yourself a truck mud flap to slip over draw bar. Helps keep hay from dragging on pin in big windrows.

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Josh. Thats a good idea

[@williamsievert-bw3fw]

Thanks for your analysis and review. We're replacing a NH 634 and are leaning toward either a Kuhn 3155 or Kubota 4160. I appreciate all the information.

[@mikep7810]

I've never tried or used the Kubota but I absolutely love the Kuhn 3155

[@onehappyfarmer3461]

I like how everyone becomes an authority on what brand you should be trying out. I would really like to hear your story on Kabota. Sounds like you have lots of warm and fuzzy feelings for them. Lol

[@mikep7810]

Haha, people have been telling us what brands we should use for years Jeff! No problems with Kubota. The dealership near us that sells Kubota is the problem. Their parts guys are good but the service isn't that good. Pretty sad when we have to have John Deere come fix our New Holland stuff

[@onehappyfarmer3461]

@@mikep7810 I understand that. I am fortunate to have such a good New Holland dealer so close. One reason blue is my favorite color. Hahaha

[@jerrytaylor1536]

Java farm supply is a great dealer. They are just 10 miles south of us. Yes trade ins make a big difference on purchases! Best luck on the baler!!

[@mikep7810]

They have been great any time I talked to them at the farm shows

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video Mike. the Kuhn was a great choice, thanks for sharing

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Tony. We have been very happy with the Kuhn baler

[@antonyfarming]

Awesome 👍 yeah it's not just about the machine it's about the backup and parts hopefully get will be a great machine🤞😁

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. It made a great bale so I'm excited to get it out there and start putting it to work

[@Doobie2100]

Dealer support is everything!!! Nice baler!!!

[@mikep7810]

I agree. Its great to have great dealerships to work with

[@Doobie2100]

@@mikep7810 yes it is. Stay cool!!!

[@patrickdeutsch6101]

Just a couple of things you might try, I always turn the drawbar over to gain clearance for the windrow and keep the pin from dragging material. I also made a bellypan for the tractor from a sheet of plastic. My last suggestion goes back to your baling video is to concentrate on filling the sides of the bales,run one side and then move to the other side if you just weave back and forth you may have a tendency to overfill the center of the bales that will give them a slight football shape. Beyond that I think you made a good choice having multiple dealers available to get parts is awesome.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Patrick and thank you for all the advice

[@mattphillips4260]

you have to go with the numbers and dealer you can work with in the end glad to see you was able to up grade

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Matt

[@longviewfarm226]

Congratulations and good luck

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I'm hoping it works out well

[@HumbleHaymakers]

I think you made a great choice and congrats on 20K subscribers...👍

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I hope it works out well for many years

[@paulcasefarms9933]

Congratulations!

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Paul

[@John-jg5dh]

Good choice of RB. Noticed the name on the side of your truck. I live near Ravenna Ontario! Kinda funny.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you John. Its been a great round baler so far. Talk about a small world!

[@bete1588]

Hey .thats the right decision !! It must not on all machines at the farm blind the John Deere company logo !! Many John Deere Fans and contractors in germany buy a kuhn baler .because the round bale net turns in front of the machine and you could control the function of the winding process . I wish you all times good work with the new baler . !! I would it buy with the knives model . Best greetings from East-Frisia from north west germany from Bert !

[@bete1588]

2. Kuhn become in germany a very hard competitor to john deere in the last years ! Here are many kuhn roundbalers coming up .

[@mikep7810]

I really like Kuhn products. I'm glad it worked out and we were able to make a deal

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Awesome! Availability of parts nearby dealerships [I repeat dealership(s)] plus a favorable trade-in on the diskbine,.... A pretty smart decision I think. (And I feel you angst in the haymow) anyway hope you get many years of good service.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Anthony

[@tommoyer3302]

For quick n easy round bale storage try hay tarps stacked 3 then 2 n 1 on top , hay comes out just like the day it was baled , stacked on skids or old tires . I get mine from Rocky Meadow farm sized to fit your bale size n shipped by FedEx from PA .very economical storage

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Tom. I'll check into that

[@heatherd212]

We tried that for a year when we first bought our round baler, it was a struggle all winter with wind! The next season we build a coverall

[@caseihmagnum279]

Looks like a nice baler Mike, should be a good machine for yu, we're very happy with the 4760 hesston cutter we got over the winter, but it's a 3x3 and no a round baler because of our hills

[@mikep7810]

I was thinking how you were going to love it if it went with the Case baler

[@caseihmagnum279]

@@mikep7810 lol, I like case tractors, their hay equipment I'm not a fan of at all, the hesston we got will out eat a similar year new holland, like you said though parts availability is the big thing

[@garybridger6707]

Welcome to the round baler club!! With the wet weather we have made some high moisture bales. Wrapped them, interesting process.

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Gary. I'm glad to be in the round baler club

[@possleaholsteinspossbrofar8429]

It'll treat you right. They make a solid baler. No dealers near us so we never demoed one.

[@mikep7810]

Definitely a nice solid baler.

[@heatherd212]

🇨🇦 Looks great Mike ! Can you get gathering wheels on the baler? You’ll love them if you can

[@mikep7810]

I can look into it and see if its an option

[@69druth]

They a great baler. I liked the Deere for the net but that's it. No soft core kit, no drop floor and they still back in the 8 series when every one else is with the times. But the Deere price is always up there. I would have liked a McHale but they low balled me on a trade 10k less than anybody else. Lot's of used 460's here been traded on Kuhn or McHale. I ended up with a CIH 455 and have 4000 on it had a few sensor issues but been good and it will eat the hay. Cheers

[@mikep7810]

I really liked the look of the Case 455. I thought it would be a great purchase also

[@chrismorris308]

Nice Mike! Now don't make the same mistake I did as a rookie round baler operator...Grab the wrong lever & open the door before you tie🤣I'm not joking

[@mikep7810]

Haha thanks Chris. I'll try not to do that. I'm sure that will be in the back of my head now

[@johnclarkkitner9556]

Nice looking baler. I do not blame for not wanting to handle those little bales anymore.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you John. We'll still do some small bales just not as much

[@smileyfarmxbox8680]

Knives are nice for baleage for dry hay the bales blow apart when you take wrap off

[@mikep7810]

Yeah I'm probably going to be just doing dry hay especially to start

[@DennysCountryLife]

Congratulations Mike! That's a fine baler. I'm thinking you'll be make less and less small bales as time goes on. Enjoy!

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I'm hoping thats the direction we go

[@johnhenderson299]

Great new purchase

[@mikep7810]

Thank you John

[@rickjorstad7134]

Awesome videos

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Rick

[@scottsargent8564]

Good choice Mike. Best of luck with the new baler. Is there a wrapper in your future or a bale shed. Got to protect that feed value of that hay.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Scott. I'm sure the more we make the more things we invest into making and storing round bales

[@johngourley741]

Good choice. Parts are important for hay balers.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you John. Its good to have so many good dealerships around

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍Krone make good balers it's like you said it's about the deal and backup

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Jim. I think all the balers I mentioned would have been good

[@gregwagner2301]

Nice purchase.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Greg

[@paulreis1648]

Nice baler Mike it's a keeper

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Paul

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

I hope you made a good pick with the Kuhn. A great day for me was seeing my JD 530 on the truck leaving, with a NH baler taking it's place . It' had the knife kit in it, and made great bales that fed out well. Hope you are satisfied with your buy, I know how frustrating it can be when a baler doesn't work right.👍

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Morgan. I've heard a lot of good things so I'm excited to get it back out in the field

[@generationll]

Hope it works out for you Mike.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I'm hoping it works out well also

[@shamrock56gargan96]

You did a lot of research, 😊

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I tried to make the right decision

[@ianhaggart1438]

Excellent investment there sir... well done.. 👏 shure you'll have it a long time... one note on the display position try fitting it between the right hand pillar and the rear one.. you'll see why when you try.. .. kuhn spreader next the 😮😊 iso compatible is handy.. stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Ian

[@csx5197]

As a big Lindsey Equipment fan, glad to see they got your business. Maybe when you do the baler walk around you can have Will come be on video!

[@mikep7810]

That would be great. I have a feeling Will doesn't want to be in a video but he is more then welcome to be in a video

[@randyvilleneuve4907]

Nice Baler. You will like round baling.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Randy. I'm looking forward to it

[@ericroden7712]

VERY NICE👌

[@mikep7810]

Thank you

[@bobbyrobinson4439]

It'll last forever doing dry hay mostly, but I would get a mud flap on your draw bar.

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Bobby. I'll look into that

[@nashcobb3056]

thank you

[@mikep7810]

Thank you

[@pistonringfarms8107]

Im glad you never went with a case/ new holland baler. The last 2 new holland balers (br780, br7090) are junk after about 15000 bales. Our john deere 569 is great but dont like the net wrap but we also got a vermeer 605N and the net wrap system is second to none the best. The monitor is crazy good. Built like a freight train and will be no more new hollands and will be many more john deere and vermeer balers.

[@mikep7810]

I'm pretty happy with how everything went

[@justynkeyser9912]

We bought a new Vermeer last year and we love it. But nowadays I think most brands are gonna bale good. I think it comes down how close the dealership is to you. If one brand is 2hrs away, and another brand is 30 mins, it’s hard to justify that 2hr drive!

[@mikep7810]

Vermeer looks like a nice baler

[@justynkeyser9912]

@@mikep7810 pretty simple baler! Ours doesn’t have a bale ramp and we actually prefer it like that. We farm a lot of hillsides. I feel you have more control when ejecting the bale!

[@dembeckfarms]

Congrats buddy! Work on a 7810 next

[@mikep7810]

Haha thanks man. Got a lot of things to pay off

[@dylanbarber9053]

Java has a dealership just up in syracuse. Old mabie Brothers location

[@mikep7810]

Sounds good

[@tomhough3649]

Does this mean we won’t be seeing my buddy Dusty anymore😮😮 I like his Claas baler 😂😂

[@mikep7810]

You'll see him, just probably wont see the claas baler

[@bevroseboom3628]

Does the Kuhn do silage too?

[@mikep7810]

Yes it does

[@jaronkoch4095]

I got a little trick for ya if your hay balls up under the tongue is take an old mud flap off a semi and cut a hole in it and slide it on the tongue before you hook it up and it will push the hay down and around the tongue and hitch pin

[@mikep7810]

Thanks for the tip

[@farmshoffman8475]

Great awesome baler . Too bad you couldn’t get a new Holland

[@mikep7810]

The New Holland looked like a really nice baler

[@farmshoffman8475]

@@mikep7810 you wouldn’t be disappointed in a new Holland

[@JakeGarcia-d2e]

How do you set ur bale size and wraps? How do you respool the wrap?

[@mikep7810]

On the main screen of the monitor in the upper left hand corner you will see your bale size. You can tough the monitor and it will bring up numbers so you can adjust to make 4x4 up to a 4x5. Not sure if the 3185 goes larger then 4x5 or not. Next to that you will see a number of how many wraps of the net. You can touch that and adjust it to any number you want. Respooling the wrap is done in the front of the baler and there should be a picture to show you the direction. I'm shocked the dealer didn't go over it with you. Mine went over everything and told me if I needed anything to call him and he'll come back and show me

[@allen8756]

Should be a good baler. Where is that dealership from, not familiar with them?

[@mikep7810]

Lindsey Equipment has a store in Binghamton and another just over the state line in PA

[@e.a.bfarms]

I don't know if you have ever said, how many rounds do you see making a year?

[@mikep7810]

I'm hoping we can round bale all of our first cutting then square bale 2nd cutting and straw

[@NorthEastOhio]

If I'm thinking correctly , vermeer balers are only string tie right?

[@mikep7810]

No Vermeer makes net wrap balers. I think every manufacturer makes a baler with net wrap. Vermeer actually makes a self propelled round baler. Looks really cool

[@kyleclinch12]

Kuhn is here in Vernon like 5 minutes away from me

[@mikep7810]

Thats cool. I have to get up that way one of these days and check it out

[@kyleclinch12]

@@mikep7810 I’m between Clinton tractor and kuhn

[@justinpoulin5123]

Which 1 made a denser bale?

[@mikep7810]

The Claas and Kuhn were about the same. The New Holland made a really tight bale too

[@justinpoulin5123]

@@mikep7810 I currently have a John Deere 450m have not been impressed with bale density John Deere has struggled to make it better we are on our third hydraulic valve tension block it is finally doing a better job my old 459 made a good Bale just demoed a claas 460 rollant density was okay shape was terrible. Currently have 450 New Holland that we have demoed made an excellent dense bale but not impressed with the pickup head with the stub augers very easy to plug the pickup head. They want me to demo a kuhn next waiting for that to come down. Thanks for the videos

[@mikep7810]

@justinpoulin5123 The stub augers were the one thing that concerned me about the new holland. Love the bale it made. That surprises me about the claas. My buddy makes some really tight bales with his. I think you will like the kuhn

[@joemutter7661]

Ur going to have to paint it green and yellow now lol

[@mikep7810]

Haha I do like that color orange back there

[@smileyfarmxbox8680]

To be honest I think New Holland is loosing there edge in the hay making department. Everybody is that I know is moving away from them due to the quality really isn’t there anymore

[@mikep7810]

There are a lot of brands that out there. Gotta stay on top of your game cause there are plenty of options out there

[@davidtanner4020]

I agree with that statement. We moved away from them with their Tedder and rotary rake. Switched to a krone. Never demoed one just went by a few good reviews. Definitely the best decision we have EVER made

[@philbrand7978]

Quality is directly related to dealer support and I feel there loosing there high quality dealers

[@danaedwards5464]

not so easy on the wallet but much easier on your back

[@mikep7810]

Absolutely

[@timstevens2866]

How many horses to operate it? Y could use any tractor U have maybe well not the 3010...

[@mikep7810]

Ive used the 4250 and 4055 on it. the 4250 is running at 120 pto hp and the 4055 is running at 130 pto hp. Both ran it fine. the 2940 and 4040 is a little under sized for it and the 4555 is way too much tractor for it

[@TheGrumpyFarmer]

You’re rambling 🤦‍♂️🤣🤣

[@mikep7810]

Haha, says I don't wanna ramble then continues to ramble

[@CharlesKreeger]

I can't hear you

[@mikep7810]

It's still loading

[@baynebrown8914]

Talk talk talk

[@mikep7810]

Yes yes yes

[@ArmpitStudios]

Sounds like manufacturers need to make better products, because it seems that farm equipment is always bought because of the availability of service and parts rather than personal choice or performance. Far too many breakdowns, combine and baler fires, etc. Do they all use crappy metal or design with bad tolerances, or what?

[@mikep7810]

I'm not sure what sort of metals they are using. I have good expectations for this one