Combines l3 to R62

yup, remove the reverse bars, insert 1_2 height intead (or worn out bars) add the cut paddles extended bars. See TIPS to your right then click on upgrades then P3 or P1 depending. We baled 5000 square bales behind a R50 this year- soft red winter wheat. Have baled round bales of straw with Hesston 565 behind her also.

You do these changes between crops for strawIJ Doesn't it kill your performance in corn and beansIJ

Where are you at,might want to check out that l.

no, I use a 'retarder' system. This is the bars placed inside the cage, on the sep. grate to slow the material and prevent loss. What tears up the straw are the reverse bars and old style paddles that extended into the cage.

We had a dealer once that wanted to try out a new holland big square bale behind our R72 so we said sure come on out. He had forgotten that we run a chopper. The baler did a good job of picking everything up and baling, but they didn't last to long. After they started to move them the bales started to crumble just a little bit. It would work fine even with the chopper on if you didn't need to move them to far or very many times Kurt

Part of the problem with baling behind a rotary can be the type of baler you are using. Now i dont have a baler ( nor do i know much if anything about them) but the neighbour that takes our wheat straw says that a soft core baler will not handle straw from a rotary combine( it doesnt pack the center of the bale enough and like you say it will fall apart when ya start moving the bale). He used to run a soft core baler and hated doing rotary straw but when he switched to a new hard core baler( which packs the center of the bale tighter) his problems disappeared. As a note we just retract the knives in the chopper when doing wheat to prevent the straw being beat up too much.

my R62 leaves the wheat straw mixed with the chaff in the row when I drop the spreader. I have a 430 JD round baler. The baler will not roll the straw as it is too slick with the chaff mixed into the row. If you spread the straw, then baled, it might work, but you would have to rake. I have an l3 we drop the spreader for haying the straw and bale behind it. Keep the l and get an R. You'll like the R.

I also own a 87 l3 Gleaner, great machine keep the l3 if you want to bale straw. Around here all the neighbors with rotarys want to bale straw that was combined with a conventional combine. I like barley straw for our cattle best and with a rotary it is nearly impossible to bale I've heard. We bought the l3 specifically because we wanted to bale straw for livestock and didn't like the other brands of conventionals as we previously had a JD machine.

I have a nice 85 model l3 with 1900 engine hours for sale. We are near San Antonio Tex. It has a 24 ft head and a 830 corn head. all infield ready condition.