Re: Re: Re: How Big is a 504

Posted by Hugh MacKay on April 30, 2002 at 02:24:17 from (216.208.58.162):

In Reply to: Re: Re: How Big is a 504 posted by TomH on April 29, 2002 at 18:55:20:

Tom: I must tell you that I never did bale any hay with 504. My 504 came with purchase of a second farm. Also on that farm was a 656D and a SuperA Also before I bought that farm I had a 560D I did use 504 on mower conditioner some, and found it very comparable to 300. By this time I was cropping 500 acres and needed more hp for haylage and corn silage. Either 300 or 504 were going on a new 1066. For several reasons the 504 was traded on 1066; dealer allowed 3000 more for 504 than 300, no sleeves in engine, I only needed a spare tractor, etc. Before the move to silage I was baling 30,000 bales per year using 560, 300, 130 and Cockshutt 540. By 1975 I was only baling 8 - 10k per year. 1066 was parked during hay making. It was bought for forage harvester, disk harrow, field cultivator and 12 ton manure spreader, and was never started for anything else. It was going to last as long as I wanted to farm. 966 may seem like a good deal at 5,000. Just remember after the purchase every time you step up to the parts counter it may be a lot more than double. 2000 bales is not a lot of hay and fuel is not the total cost of operation. I just play around today, have two tractors, neither are diesel, just don't want step up to parts counter and hear that price. Diesels are fine if you have lots of work. If they are going to basicly set in shed 11 months per year nothing better than a 4 cylinder gas Farmall.

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