John Deere 100 baler

No personal experience but I've interacted with folks who've run them. I was field testing a different baler at the time they were introduced so I heard what was being said about them at the local cafe and other places. Even die-hard green guys didn't get very excited about it. The most telling thing to me was that it was discontinued within a few years - Deere must have felt it was better to have no large square baler than to offer the 100. A Hesston 4760 or New Holland 590 would be a better choice for this vintage of 3x3 baler.
 
Run is right. Quite a few tried them in my area and they were a disaster. They were a Krone Company baler with John Deere green paint on them and it cost Deere a huge market share in hay tools. I never had one but was told they lacked a precompression chamber which caused unevenly packed bales.
 
Price it by the pound. Many folks think they have stumbled into an amazing deal to get into the hay biz when they find a JD 100 cheap. They always regret not doing their homework!
 
Saw one sell at a large equipment auction. It seemed to be going pretty cheap but I kept my hands in my pockets. A good clean looking machine that sold for less than $10,000. Now I know why.
 
Most all of them ended up in Mexico from what I understand just to move them. Otherwise like someone said scrap iron price
 
In dry hay they work ok but in hi moisture hay and corn stalks they are not real good. In an older baler I would buy a Hesston or the caseIH that Hesston built for them. They just go and go. Tom
 
I figured there was a reason they want five grand for this one and a hesston of the same shape they want 22 a guy had one around here and it did ok but it couldn?t make a very heavy bale or it would banana shape them
 

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