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MegaWide™ pickup
Features may include:
1 Series Round Balers - Model specification levels
MegaWide™ pickup with MegaTough™ pickup teeth offers super capacity
A MegaWide pickup is base equipment on 451E, 451M, 461M, 551M, and 561M Round Balers.
Hydraulic pickup is in base configuration on 451R, 461M, 461R, 561M, 561R.
Hydraulic pickup is an option on 451E (dealer installed), 451M (factory installed), 551M (factory installed)
MegaWide pickups make baling easier, especially in wide or windblown windrows, and increases productivity; more hay volume means more bales per hour.
Flare-to-flare width of 1.8 m (5.9 ft) on balers with a 1.2 m (4-ft) wide bale chamber
MegaWide pickup makes it easier to produce better-shaped bales and improves crop pickup in wide, windblown, or scattered windrows
Mega teeth, located at the ends of the pickup, pull crop around the flares when baling wide or windblown windrows
MegaTough pickup teeth provide greater strength and durability
Exclusive square design handles high-impact loads without yielding
Sturdy toothbar design
Self-adjusting roller baffle
Spiral rotor-feed system improves feeding in all crop conditions
Chain driven for positive feeding
Cut-out clutch protected
Semi-pneumatic gauge wheels
Mega and MegaTough pickup teeth are base equipment:
Mega teeth, at the ends of the pickup, are heavy-duty for long life and improved crop retrieval
MegaTough pickup teeth are designed to withstand the harshest baling conditions and provide long service life
The 1.2-m (4-ft) balers use a full-length, reinforced toothbar design.
The 1.5-m (5-ft) balers use a heavy, C-channel construction. The pickup toothbars are divided into two half-sections that mount to a center spider for increased strength and even crop feeding.
Available only on the MegaWide Plus pickup, the patented roller baffle is self-adjusting and produces smoother crop flow across the pickup. The roller also improves crop pickup in small windrows and prevents roll ahead of crop.
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Echo Bay, Ontario
2025
John Deere
1 Series Round Balers 451M
Available
Bale size: 117 cm (46 in) / 1.2 x 1.5 m (4 x 5 ft) | With standard tires: 226 cm (89 in.) | Belts-other: 17.8 cm (7 in.) | Regular pickup: Inside 117 cm (46 in.) / Flare 141 cm (56 in.) | MegaWide Plus pickup: Inside 155 cm (61 in.) / Flare 180 cm (71 in.) | High-capacity pickup: Inside 196 cm (77 in.) / Flare 221 cm (87 in.)
Gate closed: 260 cm (102 in.) | Gate open: 325 cm (128 in.)
Specifications
2025
John Deere
1 Series Round Balers
451M
Round Baler
Minimum - Dry Hay and Silage - 42 kW (55 hp) / MegaWide HC kW - 80 hp / 85 hp | 540 rpm (MegaWide rpm)
Protection: Slip clutch
Gauge: Semi-pneumatic
Dry - 11 L - 14 | Silage - high-flotation 14 L - 16.4, 8 PR
One tractor selective control valve (SCV) is required when baler is equipped with electric twine wrap. | Two tractor SCVs are required when baler is equipped with hydraulic twine wrap. | Three tractor SCVs are required when baler is equipped with hydraulic twine wrap and a hydraulic pickup lift.
Tooth spacing: 6 cm (2.6 in.) | Stripper diameter: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
89 - 152 cm (35 - 60 in)
Gate closed: 361 cm (142 in.) | Gate open: 455 cm (179 in.)
Bale size: 117 cm (46 in) / 1.2 x 1.5 m (4 x 5 ft) | With standard tires: 226 cm (89 in.) | Belts-other: 17.8 cm (7 in.) | Regular pickup: Inside 117 cm (46 in.) / Flare 141 cm (56 in.) | MegaWide Plus pickup: Inside 155 cm (61 in.) / Flare 180 cm (71 in.) | High-capacity pickup: Inside 196 cm (77 in.) / Flare 221 cm (87 in.)
Gate closed: 260 cm (102 in.) | Gate open: 325 cm (128 in.)
Four
Dry - 1,733 kg (3,820 lb) | Silage - 2,708 kg (5,972 lb) | Precutter - 3,691 kg (8,138 lb)
Full-size bale in dry crop: 449 kg (1,100 lb) | Max. allowable for silage bale: 794 kg (1,750 lb)
Bale forming - Density control: Hydraulic | Bale size indication: Electronic display on monitor | Regular pickup - Bars: Four | Number of teeth: 72 | Lift control: Adjustable height control | MegaWide Plus pickup - Number of regular teeth: 96 / Number of mega teeth: 16 | High-capacity pickup - Type: MegaWide High Capacity and Cutting | High-capacity pickup - Number of middle teeth: 120 / Number of mega teeth: Eight | Wrapping system - Control: Automatic to preset to bale size / Type: Standard Electric | Gate closed: Symbol on monitor | Bale forming: G5e | Bale size: Digital | Near full bale: Audible, adjustable alert | Full bale: Audible, adjustable alert | Auto wrap: Activates when bale reaches preset size