That caused the corners on the bale to be very soft and they would not hold the twine). If you don't do this, the bale will have soft corners and you will have a very hard time getting string to stay on the ends of the bale ( I learned that one from experience, we usually make three to four foot wide windrows for our square baler and as I was weaving back and forth to fill the round baler and keep the bale level, I wasn't getting the much hay into the last 6' on the outside edges of the pickup. We do use a John Deere tractor to pull it though, and our combine is green. We have a round baler that is only a couple years old, but we LOVE it. We use a New Holland Super 66 square baler that was bought during the Korean War.
I'm not sure if you have run the round baler before, but if you haven't, you need to make sure to get the edge of the pickup all the way over to the edge of the windrow frequently to make sure that you get enough hay at the edges of the bale. I'd like to see any baler that can outlast a New Holland or New Idea. Plan on replacing bearings on the baler, we have had 2 go out so far and from what I understand, its a regular occurrence. We run a Ford 552 5x5 round baler behind our Kubota 元830 which has ~35 PTO HP, it doesn't really notice that it is back there until you get the bale over 4' in diameter, then you can tell that it is there, but it can handle it.
