mo1
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"here" you'd be 15k CDN minimum just for a serviceable discbine and round baler and old rolabar rake....and that stuff would break down so you'd need to work on it yourself.
Disc-moco are cheap used here compared to straight mower.
100k CDN would get you all new basic round baler (70k), 8 foot disc mower (15k) and rotary rake (15k). Yes I have been pricing.
Wheel and bar rakes are pretty simple and pretty reliable, just grease them regularly and don't go so fast that the teeth/wheels bounce up and down and smack the ground and they will last a long time unless you got a real rinky-dink wheel rake. Dinky wheel rakes like to break welds on the arms. A NH Rolabar rake or a Deere bar rake of the same vintage are actually quite reliable pieces of equipment.
Beaten-up used Discbines or disc MoCos are cheap because they are beaten up and require expensive major repairs like rebuilding a grenaded or rusted-through gear bed or replacing the rubber on the conditioner rollers. A disc mower-conditioner in serviceable condition at least in this area (a lot farther south than Canada) costs noticeably more than a regular disc mower.