Producing a bale of 0.88m in height, 0.80m width and up to 2.50m in length, MF185 and Hesston 4755 balers were introduced in 1996 as replacements for the Hesston 4750 first seen in the UK in 1992. These machines have now been superseded by the MF185 Series II, this current model having much in common with existing out-in-the-field units. It suggests the design was pretty much right from the start, as James de Havilland reveals in this detailed report