Hesston 530 round baler

Binderiod · Jan 27, 2012

Saw this baler on Craigs list for 1000.00. What are these things worth? Thanks.

Tony in Mass. · Jan 27, 2012

Nothing. If you have high blood pressure or suicidal tendencies... it is deadly...
OK, I was told 'if' you find a supply of weak cheesey twine that the guillotine will cut when you want it to, that is one nightmare. If you are in the northern haybelt, the bales will mold from the center. I see there are dealers on these forums that know how to adjust the belts or whatever to cure this.... but mine didn't hang around that long...
For good points, you don't need lots of power, hydraulic reserve yeah, but smaller old stuff will run it. The weight of the bales was a plus, even a little guy like me could manhandle them. Again, an older small tractor and loader could lift and reach easy and safe. Oh, it will need ramps for the bale to roll away from the gate, on you have a new set of issues....

JWalker · Jan 27, 2012

I have one that I have used for better than ten years. I bale about 1500 bales a year with it. I have not had any problems other than the usual bearing and such. The twine cutter can be adjusted to cure it not cutting string. If I needed a new bailer I would not hesitate to buy it.

JWalker

Anonymous-0 · Jan 27, 2012

Around here, central MD, if in good shape, $2-3K would be about average. I have an older model 5530, have had few problems with it, was relatively easy to repair. Check the pickup reel bars, they can get bent up on groundhog holes, look across the teeth, from the side, if the teeth aren't in a straight line, bowed toward the middle, it will have a hard time starting the bale. Run it for a while, if possible, listening for squeeks, check the sealed bearings for hot ones, on the pickup drive. Look into the pickup reel, if possible, each reel bar runs in black ABS, or polyethylene bushings, and if these are in bad shape, they take some doing to replace. I have never had any problems with properly cured hay molding from the inside out. I have had thick sudax/sudangrass bales rot, but it was my own fault for baling it before a rain, when it was too wet.

Texasmark1 · Jan 28, 2012

I had a Hesston that rolled 5x6 bales. Think it was a 5600 or something like that. Had narrow belts as compared to Deere...4" I think. The twine was dispersed by two arms that crossed each other to start then went to the outside.

I don't know if it was open or closed throat but had trouble getting sudan x sorghum (haygrazer) to start the roll. Sometimes getting the twine to cut reliably was a problem.

What I liked about it and didn't like about the JD 530 I bought to replace it was that the JD had wide belts (8" as I recall) and not much space between them and unlike the Hesston, you couldn't see the bale string and know for sure that your roll was tied before you dumped it.....I really didn't like that as sometimes the JD wouldn't pick up the string till half way across the bale.

I sold it about 7 years ago for $3k after I demonstrated it (his insistence). He had the hay patch windrowed. I pulled in, rolled 2 rolls and stopped. Disconnected from my tractor, picked up my check and went home.

MY 2c,

Mark

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