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Read articles →This is a real-world haying session with a Kubota M5-111 pulling a John Deere 450E round baler, not a spec review. The owner walks through baler setup and quirks (net wrap needing baby powder, manual pickup adjustment, bale monitor settings, gear/PTO speeds around 540 at 5.3 mph), makes bales on camera, and even troubleshoots a net wrap mistake mid-run. Useful for owners pairing this tractor with a similar baler.
An owner-operator filming casual, unpolished footage from actual haying work, sharing hands-on lessons rather than a produced review.
Even after using the baler the day before, the net wrap screws up on the roller unless baby powder is applied again before baling.
PTO is cranked up to 540, starting in fourth gear then moving up to sixth gear (low range) at about 5.3 mph for thinner windrows.
When it will not go further, turn it three full turns, which picks up the most hay for this setup.
The baler threw a code mid-bale; the net wrap was not cut, so the bale had to be dumped and the net wrap cut and redone inside the baler.
