From what I have read the 990 sickle cutter with built in conditioner (aka haybine or moco) may be one of the few International hay tools that was well respected.
I believe the rollers spread apart when you raise the machine which can be a real nice feature for clearing plugs. A very unique feature compared to most of the other competition of the time.
I pull a Hesston model 1120 which is a 9'3" sickle based cutter with built in conditioner (aka haybine or moco) with my 1951 Farmall h. The Hesston 1120 is one heavy son of a gun with immense tongue weight. The ole Farmall h handles it in 3rd gear WOT (4.3 mph) in light to medium hay. 2nd gear WOT (3.5 mph) is needed for heavy, tough, damp hay using the h.
The farmall M handles it better and will be my primary tractor to run my moco going forward, but the h is certainly more than capable and has been used the most to do it since it is rock solid reliable. That said, I would not want anything smaller than the h on my unit so I would consider it the bare minimum morso based on weight and traction than hp.
I have also pulled the same unit with my John Deere model A. I like the Farmall h on it much better than the JD A due to the smother PTO power delivery but the A is certainly capable of running it too. 4th gear (4.5 mph) in light to medium hay and 3rd gear (3.5 mph) in heavy tough stuff.
This post was edited by rankrank1 at 10:01:01 02/21/15 2 times.
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