Claas round baler

What does anyone think about the older Claas round baler the 62 to be exact.

Good reliable baler, we have one here, and a newer Claas belt baler. It can struggle in short dry crops, as the rollers don"t always want to form the bale properly, although i"ve seen someone put truck bed liner on the rollers to give them more grip. They are very simple, and as long as the chain oiler works, the chains shouldn"t give you any trouble, check to make sure the chain and sprockets are in good shape if you"re looking at one, i"ve never had to price either, but they might be expensive, it"s a #80 chain if i remember rightly. The twine knife does need to be razor sharp to work right, otherwise it struggles to cut the twine, ours had been "converted" to hydraulic tying before we bought it, so i have no idea how the electric tie works...
"Rod in Ns" is an expert on these balers, helped me a few time with mine...

I have a 62s bought new in 1986. It has electric tie system on it, works great. Have baled thousands of bales of hay and only replaced chains and about four sprockets. Keep it serviced and the chains adjusted at the manufacture specs and they will keep baling hay. If I was going to purchase a new baler it would be a Class. This baler has rollers, never used a belt model.

Good baler. I've got a 44S rather than a 62 but the idea is the same.
Look the rollers over for dents/damage as that will eventually lead to their failure. Rocks will do that...
Also check that the hydraulics are reasonably tight as it needs to hold pressure to make a tight bale.
Check the chains and sprockets and evidence that the oiler is working... New chain will set you back a pile of money. This thing doesn't like offshore chain. New chain is so sketchy today that I'd suggest going to Claas for the chain if you needed it.... It's got to be heavy side plate chain of the best quality. 'Drives' is the only thing I can find locally through Deere that is any good anymore....
That about sums up the things to watch. Electric tie can be funny sometimes. Make sure the timer controller works right. Mine is busted and I'm scared to price one so I direct wired it.
Otherwise it needs a good knife sharpening every year but that's about it.

I've changed several rollers on this one, a few sets of chain and some pickup parts on this one but it's seen somewhere north of 30K bales now and a lot of rock and sticks. Got used hard. If it hadn't been used so hard I doubt there would have been many repairs at all...
If I was buying another today it would be Claas, without any doubt.

Rod

What about haylage will it bale that.

That's what it was made to bale... tho you may find the 5' bale a bit large/heavy if you've got to manhandle them.
The 44S was probably better for haylage of that vintage... or go with a little newer 46 or 250.

Rod