I used to be a BIG fan of Vermeer. In fact I was a dealer from mid80's thru early 90's. I remember when the 504I baler was introduced; it had no way to raise the pick up for transport. Vermeer engineers said after extensive trials; they determined there was absolutely no reason to ever raise the pick up. That concept lasted 1 year. Funny thing; Vermeer invented the round baler; then let John Deere pass them up in just a few years time. Also their very first version of "Double twine arms" were 100% JUNK and were too weak and nothing but trouble and twine routing totally sucked. I'm sure they have a good baler; just too many past problems for me. Around here there's not many Vermeer dealers and the few there are don't know squat.
I would try a vermeer, are local John Deere dealer got pushed out by deere and gobbled up by one of the big dealers. They built a store right next to the big dealer and sell vermeer now, plus I've been hearing about lots of problems on the new deere bales, net wrap problems and premature bearing failures.
The R series is a fine baler. I am entering my 4th season with one and have had minimal problems. Only had 1 real issue. It was a manufacturing quality issue with the hydraulic net tensioning system. It showed up in year 2. Dealer replaced at no cost.
Can this unit come with small 1000 pto?
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I used to be a BIG fan of Vermeer. In fact I was a dealer from mid80's thru early 90's. I remember when the 504I baler was introduced; it had no way to raise the pick up for transport. Vermeer engineers said after extensive trials; they determined there was absolutely no reason to ever raise the pick up. That concept lasted 1 year. Funny thing; Vermeer invented the round baler; then let John Deere pass them up in just a few years time. Also their very first version of "Double twine arms" were 100% JUNK and were too weak and nothing but trouble and twine routing totally sucked. I'm sure they have a good baler; just too many past problems for me. Around here there's not many Vermeer dealers and the few there are don't know squat.
I would try a vermeer, are local John Deere dealer got pushed out by deere and gobbled up by one of the big dealers. They built a store right next to the big dealer and sell vermeer now, plus I've been hearing about lots of problems on the new deere bales, net wrap problems and premature bearing failures.
The R series is a fine baler. I am entering my 4th season with one and have had minimal problems. Only had 1 real issue. It was a manufacturing quality issue with the hydraulic net tensioning system. It showed up in year 2. Dealer replaced at no cost.
Rubber mounted teeth is the dumest invention 😂