The pickup teeth and narrow, flanged strippers extend to the flare on both sides of the pickup. This enables full, usable pickup width for feeding wide windrows.
Closely-spaced pickup teeth gather all of the hay in wide, heavy windrows.
Narrow-channel strippers positioned closely together help preserve leaves and short material to add more quality to the bale.
Adjustable hay compressor
The adjustable hay compressor mounts to and floats with the pickup and helps to maintain the same relationship to the pickup teeth at all operating heights.
The hay compressor also controls hay for continuous positive delivery to the auger.
The hay compressor is adjustable to nine positions to maintain positive control of hay in either large and heavy or light and fluffy windrows.
Deep-flighted auger feeding
Adds to the overall capacity
Produces higher-quality hay
Allows minimal crop contact with pickup teeth, which minimizes leaf loss
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Highlights
Clermont, Iowa
2025
John Deere
Small Square Balers 348
Available
Bale: 46 cm (18 in.) | 274.3 cm (108 in.)
Bale: 36 cm (14 in.) | 170.2 cm (67 in.)
Specifications
2025
John Deere
Small Square Balers
348
Square Baler
Minimum: 26 kW (35 PTO hp) | 540 rpm
Pickup: Belt slip | Needles: Shear bolt/plunger head stop | Knotters: Shear bolt
Equal angle 3 joint category 4
Pickup: Belt | Plunger: Gear and shaft | Knotters: Gear and shaft | Feeder forks: Gear and shaft