New Holland 315 baler info

Lee_K

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I am completely new to bailers but I found a 315 New Holland for sale about 40 minutes away from home. They are asking 3000. What should I look for and is this a reasonable price? I will use it on about 10 acres for now. I may try to do more at some point.

Thanks,
Lee
 
If you are new to balers then you will not be able to trouble shoot if it has problems. Better see it bale before you buy it. Have seller break apart half dozen bales and rebale them in front of you.
 
315s were good balers. However,they are now 30 to 40 years old. Just look at it. Is it in good shape,tight all paarts there and not all bent up,or is it beat and loose/worn.I would be looking at $2000. But that is my local market(and I am a cheapskate). 3000 might be about right in your area.Go price other balers in your area.Go to TractorHouse and look up 315 balers.However,if you do buy it,go immediately and buy an owners manual. And read it!You're gonna have a steep learning curve.
 


I agree with watching it tie. You need to break only two bales. Just trip it manually every foot. Whatever you get when you start to use it keep the RPMs up sometimes people try to "baby" an old baler by running it at 60% of proper speed. Slow speed stresses many parts. If you are going to be using it for hay get a baler not a bailer .
 
Not only owners manual but also a parts manual. That baler is too new for me to know anything about so is it a smaller baler or a commercial size that might be way too big for what you need? Doesn't sound like you are going out to bale a couple of hundred acres several times a year so you do not need or probably want a high capacity baler.
 
Mid range 14x18 baler.There was also a 310 and a 320. The 425 was the big chamber(16x18) high capacity machine.
 
I would not worry about having a "high capacity" baler if it's in good shape and the price is acceptable. Get the job done in an afternoon rather than a week.

By modern standards a 315 isn't exactly high capacity, but it is the midrange baler that NH offered in the late 70's and early 80's.
 
That baler should do his 10 acres in about 2 hours or less so a high capacity
baler he would not even hardly get it stared untill he was done.
 
Look for rust. Balers last longest if they are stored inside. I don't worry much about paint, but I think lots of rust can indicate it was left out in the rain and that can lead to lots of bearing and chain failures. Check to see how old the twine is in the box...old old twine usually looks it and indicates it has not baled for a long time regardless of what the seller says. A really really nice 315 brought $2900 here a couple years ago...but it looked nearly new.
 
Thanks for all the information. I did end up buying the baler. I saw several for sale for around that price and up. The seller was able to demonstrate it working and had a manual and a few extra parts. Now I just have to wait till spring to try it in the field. Thanks again!
 
(quoted from post at 05:47:25 01/24/23) Thanks for all the information. I did end up buying the baler. I saw several for sale for around that price and up. The seller was able to demonstrate it working and had a manual and a few extra parts. Now I just have to wait till spring to try it in the field. Thanks again!


DO NOT JUST WAIT!!! You have the manual. Use it! Go through the maintenance procedure and check all of the adjustments. Most likely you will find 2-4 that are a little out of spec and would give you problems before the season is over.
 

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