2025 John Deere 338

Small is a relative term

Sure they’re called small square balers, but they’re all about big performance. Whether you need to feed a couple of horses or get crop delivered to the barn before supper, three affordable models offer the field-proven crop control system you need to make solid, square-sided bales that are easy to stack and transport every time.

Features May Include:

• Full-width feeding pickup

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.

• 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.

It can easily be removed with two spring pins for access to the auger or feed opening.

• Deep-flighted auger feeding

The deep-flighted auger continuously moves hay away from the pickup to the pre-compression chamber:

• Adds to the overall capacity
• Produces higher-quality hay
• Allows minimal crop contact with pickup teeth, which minimizes leaf loss

The free-floating auger raises or lowers to match and maintain control of incoming crop.

• Accurate knotters

Knotters driven by shaft and gears provide a positive drive for dependable and accurate functioning.

The timing of knotters and needles is easy:

• Remove one bolt and match the gears
• Timing slot enables easy positioning of the plunger

• Hydraulic bale tension available

The hydraulic bale tension permits easy adjustment of bale density to meet crop variations and desired bale weight:

• Hydraulic cylinders replace springs that would typically control the density of the bale
• Exerts constant and uniform pressure on each bale
• Easy to use
  • One knob controls the tension applied to the bale
• By increasing the tension, the bale weight also increases