Make sure you consider gal/hr as well. Besides the possibility of mowing hay with a large hydra-swing because of the need for a heavier tractor, all other parts of doing hay require small amounts of power. Raking, tedding and baling are not any faster with a larger horsepower tractor. Balers only can handle so much hay put in them at once and raking and tedding require a specific ground speed to turn or fluff the hay to dry the best. Going to fast often leads to windrows thrown to far to keep the green side up or leaf shatter caused from throwing the hay to hard and fast. Gal/ hr on smaller tractors that do the same job as well could be between 1.5-2gal/hr and larger tractors oversized for the job may still be in the 4-5gal/hr. Even though its only 40 acres I still would not recomend mowing it all at once anyway because weathermen are seldom right and if you do have a breakdown which you are bound to you should hedge your bet with less risk of loosing all your hay. Maybe first knock down the headlands and split the field a few times then next time get the rest. Just my opinion, you will know your situation best. Good luck
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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