Not something that interests me at all. Too many operators around here with Bale Barons anyway. I can contract it much cheaper than owning one. Besides, I prefer rounds and so does my customer.
Idiot cubes are just that. All work and poor return when factoring in all the labor and storage and dealing with as you put it 'horsey people'. Been there, did that, not going back so the 575 leaves this year. it's a nice ready to rock bailer, always kept inside, always serviced but I don't use it anymore so why keep it. it's just depreciating.
Have to see what kind of deal I can do on a Kubota. Don't want chopper knives but I still prefer dual operation (twine / net). Not overly fond of the in cab controls, I like the NH bale command much better.
Leaning towards a Kubota bailer because of my relationship with my dealer. One, he's a lot closer than the NH dealer and two, the NH dealer is one of those conglomerate outlets and I'm not fond of the 'supermarket' approach. Why I don't do green. All the green dealers around here and the conglomerate ones and most of them go through employees like water so that tells me, most of the technicians don't know squat. Not an issue with my Kubota dealer, he has no turnover at all.
