Ok, this is my dad's question. (it's about farming) Help please??

Question

I have a question about a 1600 JD. Haybine.

A Dealer has a 1600 JD. Haybine he would like to move. It has the twin knife configuration with a swing hitch. There is a wear in the cyl. pin area. The bar looks straight, under belly pans look ok, and rollers still have their rubber attached. There is welding done (or tried to) on the sheilds for the hinges to work. Looks like it has a few bumps . Saleman stated he would rather move it to a customer than peddle it at the consignment auction. He stated NOBODY wants the cycles ,everyone wants the disc bines. Anything I should look for would be appriciated hearing about. Any ideas?

I have only 30 acres of grass hay and when using the neighbor's, it seems everyone needs it at the same time.

Thanks for your input.

Answer 1

It kind of depends on the price, if the price is right, go for it.  For me anyways, we put up about 50 acres of alfalfa and grass hay, and what we use is a John Deere 1209 which is a 12 foot mower conditioner.  This piece doesn't have a swing arm which would be nice.  It also has a sickle bar on it, which JD DID make a 1209 rotary type.  This machine works really nice, it is getting to be an older piece of equipment, and is getting to be a little too small for our needs.  This site could help you for looking for really, any equipment:  http://www.tractorhouse.com/default.asp?...

Try that, you can get pricing, pictures, and local listings for your area (if you wanted to shop around.  Like I said before, our JD 1209 is getting older and can be bought pretty cheat.  My dad is a John Deere mechanic, so if you have any questions, just e-mail me, I know quite a bit about this stuff, but if I don't I will surly e-mail back what my dad says.  Good luck!

Answer 2

I looked at a few on line auctions at prices for the 1600 Haybine,   they went for $500 to $1200. Can't really tell you about their condition.  Used ones at dealers, $2300 to $7500.  This may give you an idea about how they are selling. You can see why your dealer might want to sell it to a customer, plus no consignment fee.  Might give you a bargaining chip.

http://www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?...

http://www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?...

http://www.polfus.com/productsused.asp?m...

Answer 3

Maybe I'm missing something, but I would let it go to auction and go there and bid on it because it will be way cheaper, He just wants to sell it to someone because he knows he can get more out of it. You don't need one till harvest any way right? I would check into the auction, or just keep looking. I am sure you can do better, but I am not there so it's just my suggestion.

Answer 4

He is right about everyone wanting disc mowers.  He wants to sell it to you because he knows he won't get squat for it at auction!!  Those things can be a pain in the rear.  if it has sat outside they are almost not worth having.  We had a similar model that we would have to pretty much rebuild every year to get it to work.  The clutch plates were the worst.  

I wouldn't think you would need a conditioner for grass hay, but I don't know your climate.  Unless the price is REALLY right, I wouldn't reccomend it.