What does the manufacturer call a CYCLE TIME?
Amazing as this may be, some manufacturers call a cycle the time from when the lever is pressed to when the bale is compressed a cycle time. That’s not a cycle. That’s an attempt to exaggerate the speed of their baler. A cycle time starts when the lever is pressed to compress a bale, and stops when the cylinder is all the way back, ready to compress another bale. Imagine how you would come out on a bid if you were figuring labor at 8 bales per hour, and discovered that the baler really could only do 4 bales per hour after you had gotten the bid and bought the baler. How long will the machine last? The maintenance costs of an Eagle Baler is really very low. If proper maintenance is done on a regular schedule, the Eagle Baler will last a long time. The first Eagle Baler that came off of our production line is now operating in its 12th year. Is time critical? If you have all the time in the world, you can fool around with a welder trying to fix an inferior product, especially if you’re a
