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Billy NY
12-05-2007 06:33:09
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Re: Baler on Ford 850 in reply to Amatt, 12-05-2007 05:12:03
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We used to run a 532 ford baler with a kicker, behind a 64 ford 4000 with S-O-S transmission. No real big windrows, mostly on the flats, and it actually was a suitable combination for the 25 or so acres of grass hay, 7 acres of that was alfalfa. My father was surprised that it had enough hp etc., but the transmission/independent PTO was really the reason it worked. While we had our ford dealership I can remember baling with a low hour 5000, as we would use some of the used stock off the lot, seemed to handle the bigger windrows of the 11 acres of grass hay behind the shop, really dense hay used to come off those fields, ground water was only 5 feet below, great for well points, but the 4000 still handled that field as well. I cannot imagine doing the same work with my 850, although I think it would handle it, without at least the double clutch of an 860 so you can start and stop if need be, that is the deciding factor, and or the size of the windrows, if kept uniform and not too large you might get away with it, hard to say having never done it with that tractor.
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