Re: Best suited hay bailer

Posted by Hugh MacKay on July 18, 2007 at 02:30:59 from (216.208.58.108):

In Reply to: Best suited hay bailer posted by Pete_5959 on July 16, 2007 at 04:42:23:

Pete: Go with the vet's two tractor idea. With 50 acres horsepower is not a big issue, however manpower is. You'll find in these modern times finding enough help is the big chalange.

Personally I'd make my two tractors about 50 and 30 hp respectively. George for example recomends 574, 584, etc., you may notice he also has Super Cs. I'd buy a 50 hp with live pto, go with baler and thrower along with a haybine, and to 50 hp will handle those nicely. then buy the SC for raking and pulling wagons in.

Forget the damn hydro, nothing but a bill of expence. They were designed for precission work, and baling is far from precission work.

I had three tractors I could bale with, namely Farmalls 300, 560 and 656. The 300 on my farm was never beaten on daily baling production, roughly 100 ton and the key was manpower to handle those bales. Just never had the manpower to give the two larger tractors a real test. Precisely why I went to round bales, and you will also.

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