Seller disclosure: XES sells bale net wrap. We are not New Holland/CNH Industrial and not a New Holland-certified technician, and we cannot certify fit for a New Holland BR740 from the model name, a bale-diameter number, or a bale-width figure alone. This page recommends no product, no part number, and no roll size. Keep the comparison product-neutral until the official operator's manual or parts book that covers your machine's model and production/serial range, and the current physical roll label, agree on every required dimension. If any required value is missing, treat fit as unresolved and involve a New Holland dealer.
Quick answer: New Holland does publish official BR740 material, and we read it. The manufacturer's own prior-model library lists the BR740 in a 2004 Roll-Belt series and links a 24-page CNH America brochure, and that brochure confirms real machine facts: the BR740 makes bales 1182 mm (46.5 in.) wide at an adjustable 915–1524 mm (36–60 in.) diameter, and the patented EdgeWrap net-wrapping option is available on it. What the official brochure never states — anywhere in 24 pages — is a net roll width, core size, maximum roll diameter, or maximum roll mass. So 48 in. versus 51 in. cannot be decided from the public OEM evidence. Separately, a genuine Duckbill Trash Baffle Kit does appear in the BR740 parts-catalog accessories section — but it is described as a trash-control accessory, and nothing found here shows it converts a machine from 48 in. to 51 in. net. Confirm width, core and roll limits against the official manual or parts book covering your model and serial range before buying anything.
Identify the exact machine before comparing net wrap
"BR740" is a model designation, and New Holland's own prior-model library treats it as distinct from the similarly named BR740A. On the manufacturer's Prior Model Resources page, one card reads Roll-Belt BR600 Series — Year: 2004 — Models: BR730, BR740, BR750, BR770 & BR780, with an official VIEW BROCHURE link. A separate card on the same official page reads Roll-Belt BR700-A Series — Year: 2006 — Models: BR730A, BR740A, BR750A, BR770A & BR780A. That is the manufacturer itself placing BR740 and BR740A in different series with different years, behind different brochures. Do not let a shopping page, a spec aggregator, or your own memory blur the two.
- Read the data/serial plate. Record the complete model designation exactly as stamped (BR740, not BR740A or BR750), the full product identification number (PIN)/serial number, and note any net-wrap-related attachment or accessory that is physically installed. Do this before shopping for net wrap, not after.
- Confirm the installed net-wrap hardware directly on the machine. The official brochure lists EdgeWrap as an option, not as standard equipment on every BR740, so the presence or absence of a net-wrapping system on your specific machine is something you establish by looking at it — not by reading the model name.
- Get the official documentation that covers your model and your serial range. Ask a New Holland dealer for the applicable operator's manual, and use the official CNH parts store or a dealer for the applicable parts book. Confirm that the document's stated coverage includes BR740 and the production/serial range your machine falls in. Serial breaks and build configuration matter; a document that covers the model but not your range is not a match.
- Do not infer from a nearby model, from bale width, or from bale diameter. BR740A, BR750, BR7050, BR7060, BR7070 and the older NH 648/658 are separate models. A shared 46.5 in. bale width is a statement about the bale, not about the net roll that wraps it — see the adjacent-models section below.
Official evidence ledger: what the OEM documents actually say
This is a positive evidence ledger, not an error log. Each row names the source, the exact document and page, the exact fact that source establishes, and — just as important — the limit of that fact. The document at the centre of it is the 24-page New Holland BR Series brochure, footer NH1170401 • 020440 • VPC • PRINTED IN U.S.A., © 2004 CNH America LLC, published at the exact URL New Holland's own Prior Model Resources page links from its VIEW BROCHURE button. All 24 pages were read in full.
| Source | Document / page | Exact fact established | Limit of that fact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official — New Holland Prior Model Resources | Card: Roll-Belt BR600 Series, Year 2004, Models BR730, BR740, BR750, BR770 & BR780, with VIEW BROCHURE | The manufacturer affirmatively lists BR740 among its prior-model resources and links an official brochure for it | A model listing plus a brochure link. It carries no net wrap dimension of any kind. |
| Official — same Prior Model Resources page | Separate card: Roll-Belt BR700-A Series, Year 2006, Models BR730A, BR740A, BR750A, BR770A & BR780A | BR740 and BR740A are presented by New Holland as different series, different years, different brochures | It establishes that they are distinguished, not what mechanically differs between them. |
| Official-linked OEM brochure | BR Series, page 20 specification table, BR740 column | Bale diameter 915–1524 mm / 36–60 in.; bale width 1182 mm / 46.5 in.; bale weight 181–544 kg / 400–1,200 lb; density Adjustable | These are bale dimensions produced by the machine, not net roll dimensions. Column identity was cross-checked against the model descriptions on page 4. |
| Official-linked OEM brochure | BR Series, page 4 model descriptions | The BR740 is described as producing bales 4 ft. wide and 5 ft. in diameter, up to 1,200 lb in dry hay — consistent with the page-20 column above | Marketing prose. Used here only to confirm which spec-table column belongs to the BR740. |
| Official-linked OEM brochure | BR Series, page 16 | The patented EdgeWrap net-wrapping option is available on all BR models except the BR730; the EdgeWrap wrapper is wider than the bale chamber, which provides "over the edge" wrapping when using wide net material; EdgeWrap-equipped units come with Bale Command Plus as standard | It states that the wrapper is wider than the chamber and that wide net is used — it never states how wide, in any unit. |
| Official-linked OEM brochure | BR Series, page 14 | Bale Command Plus is an electronically controlled twine or net wrapping and monitoring system, available on all BR models except the BR730 | A control-system description. It publishes no net wrap-count table and no roll specification. |
| Official-linked OEM brochure | BR Series, page 22 specification table, BR740 column | Belts: number 6, friction surface one side; twine storage 6 balls; EdgeWrap option: Available | The table has no row at all for net roll width, core inside diameter, core length, maximum roll outside diameter, or maximum roll mass. |
| Official-linked OEM brochure | BR Series, page 19 | "All twine-net balers hold 6 balls of twine and 2 rolls of net." | Roll count carried on the machine — it says nothing about the size, width or mass of those rolls. |
| Official-linked OEM brochure | BR Series, page 24 (footer and legal) | Publication NH1170401 • 020440 • VPC • PRINTED IN U.S.A.; © 2004 CNH America LLC; specifications are subject to change without notice; operators are directed to read the Operator's Manual before using the equipment |
The brochure defers to the operator's manual by its own terms. That is why nothing on this page is presented as a substitute for it. |
| Official — CNH parts store assembly page | Net Wrap, Duckbill & Knife Arm, New Holland round baler | CNH's own store treats net wrap, duckbill and knife arm as one defined assembly group, with an itemised hardware component list (bushings, knife, bearings, fasteners) | This assembly sits under a Roll-Belt 1600-series round-baler branch, not a BR740 branch. On its own it proves nothing about BR740 package limits and is not used for any roll dimension here. |
| Secondary — New Holland dealer Messick's, rendering the CNH parts catalog | BR740 NH Round Baler (10/03–07/05) → 18 Accessories → 18.59 Duckbill Trash Baffle Kit | A genuine Duckbill Trash Baffle Kit exists as an accessories entry inside the parts-catalog tree for the exact BR740 (10/03–07/05), alongside the BR740 pictorial index sections | Secondary dealer rendering, not an OEM-hosted document, and never used here for any roll size. It establishes that the kit exists and is a trash-control accessory — nothing more. |
| Official — CNH part page | Part 87736321 — official CNH store product page
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An official CNH product page exists at this address, which is the correct place to confirm a part number, its current status and its stated application | The page body renders through JavaScript and returned only placeholder text to a direct read, so no contents, supersession or application are claimed here. Verify it yourself or through a dealer. |
| Net roll width — 48 in. vs 51 in. | Full text of all 24 brochure pages | Neither figure appears as a net width. No net roll width, core inside diameter, core length, maximum roll outside diameter or maximum roll mass appears anywhere in the official brochure | Absence in a brochure is not proof that no official figure exists — it is proof that the public OEM document cannot decide it. The operator's manual or parts book can. |
| Operator's manual | Publication identifier 87050919 (covers BR740 and adjacent models) appears on third-party listings |
Useful as a discovery clue when asking a dealer for the right book | No copy hosted by New Holland/CNH was opened, so this article cites no manual text at all. Treat the number as a lead, never as evidence. |
Net width and the Duckbill Trash Baffle Kit
Two things are true at once here, and collapsing them into one sentence is exactly how the previous version of this page went wrong.
First: the official brochure is genuinely informative about net wrapping — and genuinely silent about net roll size. Page 16 tells you the patented EdgeWrap option is available on every BR model except the BR730, that its wrapper is deliberately wider than the bale chamber, and that this is what produces "over the edge" wrapping when wide net material is used. Page 14 tells you Bale Command Plus electronically controls and monitors twine or net wrapping. Page 19 says twine-net configurations carry two rolls of net. Page 22 confirms the EdgeWrap option as Available in the BR740 column. That is a real, sourced picture of how the machine wraps. But across 24 pages there is no net roll width, no core inside diameter, no core length, no maximum roll outside diameter and no maximum roll mass. So the public OEM record supports "this machine can run net, and the wrapper is wider than the chamber" — and it does not support choosing 48 in. over 51 in., or the reverse.
Note especially that the 46.5 in. bale width on page 20 is not a net width. Page 16 says outright that the wrapper is wider than the chamber. Reading a roll size off the bale width would contradict the brochure's own description of how EdgeWrap works.
Second: the Duckbill Trash Baffle Kit is real, and it is not evidence of a width conversion. The CNH parts catalog tree for the exact BR740 (10/03–07/05), faithfully rendered by New Holland dealer Messick's, carries section 18.59 Duckbill Trash Baffle Kit under 18 Accessories, sitting beside the BR740 pictorial index sections for the bale chamber, bale wrapper and accessories. So a genuine duckbill trash-baffle accessory exists for this model — the earlier version of this article was wrong to describe it as not found. What no source here establishes is any connection between that kit and net roll width. Its name and catalog placement describe trash control around the duckbill area, and CNH's own Net Wrap, Duckbill & Knife Arm assembly listing is a hardware component group, not a width specification. Nothing in the evidence above shows this kit converts a BR740 from 48 in. to 51 in. net, and this article makes no such claim in either direction. "The kit exists" and "the kit changes wrap width" are two separate propositions; only the first is supported.
Finally, remember that even a confirmed width would be necessary but not sufficient. A roll must also match the core inside diameter, core length, maximum outside diameter, maximum mass, winding direction, threading path and brake/tension setting your machine expects. Any single dimension, however confidently repeated, is one row of a checklist — never the whole answer.
Package verification worksheet
The top rows are now confirmed from the official brochure. The rest remain unresolved and need the operator's manual or parts book that covers your model and applicable production/serial range — not a serial-unique document, but one whose stated coverage actually includes your machine. Do not fill an unresolved row from a spec-aggregator page.
| Verify before purchase | Status | Machine-side evidence | Roll-label evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exact model listing | Confirmed | New Holland's Prior Model Resources lists BR740 in the 2004 Roll-Belt BR600 Series card, and BR740A separately in the 2006 BR700-A Series card. Match the plate to one of them. | Not applicable |
| Bale width × diameter | Confirmed | Brochure page 20, BR740 column: 1182 mm / 46.5 in. wide, adjustable 915–1524 mm / 36–60 in. diameter, 181–544 kg / 400–1,200 lb, adjustable density | Not applicable — this is a bale figure, never a roll figure |
| Net-wrapping system present | Confirmed (as an option) | Brochure pages 16 and 22: EdgeWrap is Available on the BR740 and includes Bale Command Plus. Confirm on your machine whether it is actually fitted. | Not applicable |
| Belts and configuration-dependent storage | Confirmed with configuration limit | Brochure page 22: six belts, friction one side, six balls of twine. Page 19 says specifically that twine-net balers hold 2 rolls of net; it does not say every BR740 carries net. | Not applicable |
| Net roll width | Unresolved | Absent from the official brochure. Take the figure from the manual or parts book covering your model and serial range. | Width printed on the current physical roll label |
| Core inside diameter and core length | Unresolved | Absent from the official brochure; manual/parts-book value required | Core inside diameter and length of the current physical roll |
| Maximum roll outside diameter | Unresolved | Absent from the official brochure; manual/parts-book value required | Rolled outside diameter of the current physical roll |
| Maximum roll mass | Unresolved | Absent from the official brochure; manual/parts-book value required | Mass printed on the current physical roll label — handle only by the method your manual specifies |
| Winding/leader direction | Unresolved | Not stated in the official brochure; use your manual's threading diagram | Confirm the physical roll's orientation before loading — do not thread a roll backwards on an assumption |
| Threading path, brake and tension setting | Unresolved | Not published in the official brochure; manual value required — do not guess a brake or tension setting | Not applicable |
| Installed accessories and part numbers | Unresolved for your machine | The BR740 catalog tree includes accessories such as the Duckbill Trash Baffle Kit; confirm what is actually fitted, with part numbers, from a parts-book lookup | Not applicable |
| Manual / parts-book coverage | Unresolved | Confirm the document's stated coverage includes BR740 and your production/serial range, and note its edition or revision | Not applicable |
Adjacent New Holland models are not evidence
New Holland's own prior-model library already separates BR740 (2004 Roll-Belt BR600 Series) from BR740A (2006 Roll-Belt BR700-A Series), and points each at its own brochure. BR750, BR7050, BR7060, BR7070 and the older NH 648/658 are likewise separate designations with their own build history and documentation. A previous version of this page listed several of these side by side with matching "48 inch" entries, implying one shared net wrap package across the group; that inference had no source and is removed rather than repeated.
The point is sharper now that the brochure's own numbers are in hand. Page 20 shows several BR models sharing the same 46.5 in. bale width while differing in bale diameter range, weight range and overall dimensions — and page 16 explains that the EdgeWrap wrapper is wider than the chamber anyway. A matching bale width therefore tells you almost nothing about matching net roll requirements. If you operate more than one baler, verify each one against the documentation that covers its own model and serial range; do not carry a confirmed answer from one machine to another.
Wrap-count and roll-planning limits
The official brochure describes Bale Command Plus as an electronically controlled twine or net wrapping and monitoring system (page 14), but it publishes no net wrap-count minimum table and no controller setting range, so none is reproduced here. The only defensible planning relationship, absent a manual figure, is geometric: theoretical wrap length per bale ≈ π × actual bale diameter × actual wrap count, using consistent units on both sides. With the brochure's confirmed 36–60 in. adjustable diameter you can see immediately how much the answer moves with bale size alone — a 60 in. bale consumes roughly two-thirds more net per wrap than a 36 in. bale.
Actual consumption also depends on tension, stretch, tails left at each cut, any rewraps after a jam, and remnant length left on a spent roll, so calculated planning numbers will not match field results exactly. A bales-per-roll figure only becomes meaningful once roll length is known and compatibility (width, core, mass, threading) plus your monitor settings are confirmed on your exact machine. This article publishes no universal bales-per-roll number for the BR740, because the roll length that would anchor it is one of the unresolved rows above.
Safe loading boundary before touching net wrap
Your applicable BR740 operator's manual controls. The official brochure itself says so on page 24: read the Operator's Manual before using the equipment, and never operate machinery without all shields, protective devices and structures in place. No manual text was cited in this article, so no machine-specific procedure, interlock or gate-lock mechanism is described here. Before loading, threading or clearing net wrap on any round baler, the machine must be parked and braked, the PTO disengaged, the tractor engine shut off and the key removed, all motion fully stopped, and the bale chamber gate locked or physically supported rather than held open by hydraulics alone. Any stored hydraulic or spring energy must be controlled or secured exactly as your applicable manual specifies — do not improvise a release procedure. These are general round-baler principles, not a substitute for the manual that covers your model and serial range.
- Do not feed crop, twine, or net into the baler, or attempt to clear a plugged or wrapped area, while the baler is running or the PTO is engaged.
- Handle a loaded net-wrap roll using its actual labeled mass; do not estimate mass from width, and do not assume a roll you can lift is a roll the machine accepts.
- Keep hands and clothing clear of feed rolls, the brake, and the cutter area during any threading or re-threading.
- Stop and involve a New Holland dealer if the applicable manual is unavailable, the installed net-wrap hardware is unclear, guards are missing or damaged, or you are unsure how your specific machine's gate lock or interlock works.
- For general (non-model-specific) round baler entanglement and bale-handling hazards, see university extension guidance such as Penn State Extension's "Safely Making and Handling Large Hay Bales" — a generic supplement, not a substitute for your machine's own manual.
Frequently asked questions
How do I identify my exact New Holland BR740 before buying net wrap?
Read the data/serial plate and record the complete model designation and the full PIN/serial number. New Holland's Prior Model Resources page lists BR740 under the 2004 Roll-Belt BR600 Series and BR740A separately under the 2006 Roll-Belt BR700-A Series, so match your plate to the right one. Then note whether a net-wrapping system is physically fitted, since the official brochure lists EdgeWrap as an option rather than standard equipment, and obtain the operator's manual or parts book whose stated coverage includes your model and production/serial range.
What net wrap width does official New Holland material list for the BR740 — 48 in. or 51 in.?
The public OEM brochure lists neither width. It confirms plenty about the machine — 46.5 in. bale width, adjustable 36–60 in. bale diameter, six belts and EdgeWrap availability — and says twine-net configurations carry two rolls of net, but it contains no net roll width anywhere, in any unit. Because the wrapper is described as wider than the bale chamber, you also cannot derive a roll width from the 46.5 in. bale width. The choice between 48 in. and 51 in. cannot be made from public OEM evidence; take it from the manual or parts book covering your model and serial range, or from a New Holland dealer.
Does the Duckbill Trash Baffle Kit change the BR740's net wrap width?
No evidence found here says it does. The kit is genuine: the CNH parts catalog tree for the exact BR740 (10/03–07/05) carries section 18.59 Duckbill Trash Baffle Kit under 18 Accessories, so an earlier version of this article was wrong to describe it as not found. But its name and catalog placement describe trash control around the duckbill area, and nothing in the official brochure, the CNH Net Wrap, Duckbill & Knife Arm assembly listing, or the parts-catalog section establishes any 48 in. to 51 in. conversion. "The kit exists" and "the kit changes wrap width" are separate claims, and only the first is supported.
Which BR740 package details are confirmed, and which are still unresolved?
Confirmed from the official brochure: the model listing itself, bale width 1182 mm / 46.5 in., adjustable bale diameter 915–1524 mm / 36–60 in., bale weight 181–544 kg / 400–1,200 lb with adjustable density, six belts, six balls of twine, EdgeWrap available with Bale Command Plus, and two-roll net storage on twine-net configurations. Unresolved: net roll width, core inside diameter and length, maximum roll outside diameter, maximum roll mass, winding direction, threading path, and brake/tension setting. It is not true that everything is unresolved, and it is not true that width is resolved.
Will net wrap for the BR740 also fit the BR750, BR740A, BR7050, or NH 648/658?
Not established here. New Holland itself separates BR740 and BR740A into different series and years with different brochures, and BR750, BR7050, BR7060, BR7070 and the NH 648/658 are separate designations too. The brochure's own page 20 shows several BR models sharing the same 46.5 in. bale width while differing elsewhere, and page 16 states the wrapper is wider than the chamber — so a matching bale width is not proof of a matching net roll package. Verify each machine against documentation covering its own model and serial range.
How many bales will one roll cover on a BR740?
No official wrap-count table or bales-per-roll figure appears in the OEM brochure, so none is published here. Use the theoretical relationship — wrap length per bale ≈ π × bale diameter × wrap count — only as rough planning math, and note that the brochure's confirmed 36–60 in. adjustable diameter alone swings consumption substantially. Real counts depend on your roll length, tension, stretch, tails, rewraps and remnant, so rely on your own repeatable field results.
What happens if official guidance and my physical roll label disagree?
Stop. Do not resolve a conflict between an official source and the label you are holding by guessing, and do not default to whichever value is more convenient. Ask a New Holland dealer for the applicable operator's manual, or use the official CNH parts store or a dealer for the applicable parts book, and confirm the net wrap specification for your model and serial range before loading the roll.
Source and method note: The primary source for this article is the official New Holland BR Series brochure — 24 pages, footer NH1170401 • 020440 • VPC • PRINTED IN U.S.A., © 2004 CNH America LLC — published at the exact URL New Holland's own Prior Model Resources page links behind its VIEW BROCHURE button for the 2004 Roll-Belt BR600 Series (BR730, BR740, BR750, BR770 & BR780). All 24 pages were read; the specific facts cited come from pages 4, 14, 16, 19, 20, 22 and 24, and the page-20 BR740 column was cross-checked against the page-4 model descriptions. The Prior Model Resources page also supplied the separate BR700-A Series card that distinguishes BR740A. CNH's official parts store supplied the Net Wrap, Duckbill & Knife Arm assembly listing and the part page for 87736321; the latter renders via JavaScript and returned only placeholder text to a direct read, so no contents are claimed from it. One clearly labelled secondary source is used: New Holland dealer Messick's rendering of the CNH parts catalog for BR740 (10/03–07/05), cited solely to establish that section 18.59 Duckbill Trash Baffle Kit exists in that model's accessories tree, and never for any roll dimension. Operator's-manual publication identifier 87050919 is noted as a discovery clue only; after checking New Holland's official routes, no OEM-hosted copy of the manual was opened, so this article quotes no manual text. No forum post, dealer blog, reseller listing, third-party manual mirror or spec-aggregator page was used as compatibility evidence. Every package dimension the official record does not settle is marked Unresolved rather than filled in.
No photo accompanies this article. A prior version used inline images of a Case IH tractor and a New Holland 688 — neither a BR740. No photo of an exact New Holland BR740 was separately licensed for republication here, and the OEM brochure's own imagery is copyrighted and is not reproduced, so the page ships without an image rather than risk another mislabel.
