Re: Whats a good 60 horse tractor?

Posted by Andy Martin on September 05, 2003 at 17:14:52 from (12.86.249.131):

In Reply to: Whats a good 60 horse tractor? posted by Kelly C on September 04, 2003 at 12:26:29:

Kelly:

We've baled about 300 round bales with the M this year.

Pay attention to the guys talking about hills. We hay pretty gently rolling fields so hills aren't a problem. But with a good windrow coming up out of a steep bottom even first gear is not slow enough for the M. And I can't stop going down a steep hill with a full bale so if it is time to tie I have to pull out of the windrow and hit bottom to let out the bale.

You can vary the size of your windrow. We've been baling three nine foot cuts. Smaller windrow=less hp required. A 4x6 baler will take less hp than my 5x6 if it is an efficient baler. If it has it's own hydraulic pump, etc, it takes more hp.

Obviously I agree with Hugh that cheap can be the way to go, even if it is a little slower. It is a LOT cheaper. The pickup on my Vermeer 605 Super C came apart and the dealer put me on to a guy who had one for sale. He was a custom baler who had just quit using it in 1999 when he got a new baler. Bought it for $200. It is in better shape than the first baler I got for $1300. So now I have two sets of belts and almost a spare baler for $1500. Vermeer made the first large round baler, and this is an early model, so it is about like the M, new enough to have the bugs worked out but old enough to be simple, no electronics (or electrics!) and takes low HP.

A neighbor I trust told me to get rid of the 605C and get at least a 605K. Said it would not start a bale. It was too worn for that to be true. Somebody had figured out how to do it. I'm not there but am getting better and can make money the first year at $15/bale custom baling.

I'm not in an IH area so I don't know anything about IH round balers but from what I've seen I got real lucky buying the Vermeer.

Newer balers are faster, as is net wrap, but you have to have something else to do when you get done or it is a waste of money to go faster. Ever seen the guys with the big tractors sitting around the coffee shop because they got done early? I don't drink coffee.

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