New Holland 848 Round Bailer, Help

Hi Everyone,

 

We live in Northern New Brunswick Canada, there are no New Holland dealers, and no help with round bailers, we have bought  a NH 848 Round Bailer with wide pickup, S/N 829783, it is in good shape, but we know absolutely nothing about it and need help, we used it once and broke a side chain that supports the cross tubes that build the round bail.  We need help is getting parts at a fair price with reasonable delivery costs, ex. we saw repair links for sale online from a NH dealer about 100 miles away, the links sold for about $20 and the shipping was nearly $50, this does not seem right.  Our main problems are, getting parts, and adjusting the bailer, we need to know how to align the chains, adjust the tension, spacing at the stripper roll, setting the tension for the bail of hay, what is the relationship of the air bags to building a round bale, does it affect the density of the bale?  We would like to buy a good user manual, new or used. And some where to buy parts, for us it would be cheaper if we can buy in Canada.   Thanks for any help.

 

God bless

 

Jim

New Holland 848 Round Bailer, Help