Posted by Hugh MacKay on September 15, 2008 at 14:00:55 from (209.226.106.143):
In Reply to: 656 or 560 posted by steve in wi on September 15, 2008 at 10:18:52:
Steve: I had both back when these tractors were new. Personally I'd pick the 656 for hydraulics (two remotes and 3 point), being more operator friendly and the steering. 656 will run circles around a 560 on jobs like haybine, baler, drilling, corn planting, etc., based solely on that steering and good operator platform.
If you set the pumps so they are both cranking the new tractor rated horsepower they will be the same on fuel efficiency. That will be damn close to 1 gph. I operated my 656 at 65 hp and 560 at 90 hp, did a lot of tillage and forage harvester work with the 560. During the years these two tractors were my main source of power, a period of 7 years, I made more money than at any other time during my farming career. I went on to farm with 100hp+ tractors after that, it was never as good.
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