Posted by the tractor vet on August 29, 2023 at 10:38:42 from (108.220.145.239):
In Reply to: How much horsepower posted by waugh621 on August 29, 2023 at 08:23:49:
Before health issues we use to cover over 450 acres of hay mowing each year . Now over here in the hills of eastern ohio cutting with a garbage John Deere 1219 in good hay with a 706 gas withe the C 291 engine in first cutting it worked the bag off of it in 3rd low running around 3.5 to 4 MPH and when on some of the hills ya may have to pull the T/A into low . According to spec.'s she was about 75 Hp according to the dyno it was making a wee bit more . Now back when i first started making hay we had a new Holland 9 foot haybine and for the life of me today i forget what model number it was but we pulled that 9 footer over some of the same ground with a Farmall 450 Diesel and it mowed far better then the John Deere piece of junk and mowed at a far faster ground speed and in first cuttings running third gear on it you could count the rounds around the field by looking in the air as on a calm day the smoke was still hanging as it took just about all the old 450 could dish out with the wick turned up. . For us on the hills one thing you really need is the weight of a heavier tractor . That Deere 1219 will shove my 806 D sideways on the side hill turns and the 806 weighs in at over 13500lbs. , the 706 was not loaded and on that one she weighted in at around 97-9800 lbs and the haybine ruled the tractor as the tail wagged the dog. bad on the side hills , if the ground was wet ya really had to stay on your toes .
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