We did most of our hay with a 64 4000 S-0-S, Ford 535 mower conditioner, M-F 3pt side delivery rake, and 532 Ford baler with a kicker and wagon in tow. The tractor handled the job with no trouble, thick 1st cut alfalfa, or typical grass hay that is common here like orchard grass. It had 1 set of remotes, power steering and independent pto, but for a small utility tractor, that transmission had the right gear for every job, I'd imagine an 800 would handle the job, though the baler/kicker, wagon and hills might not be too comfortable for some, we used to hang off the side of the wagon on some areas to keep it from tipping over, those were the days !
Not exactly the most desirable set up either, but for many years it worked, we never had to buy hay and it was cheap then, I can remember the problems with the baler, mower was pretty good and that rake never gave any trouble. I'm not so sure I'd try it with my 850 though, maybe on the flats only, I can stop with a rotary cutter and no overrun clutch, just lower it and bottom out on the ground,( obviously with care, does no harm unless you lower it onto a rock) but with that baler might take a little bit longer, have to wonder how that feels, on an 800/801 without live pto, our 4000 was not much more than an 800 by HP and or that S-O-S trans, though it was nice to be able to stop and let the baler catch up if you needed to, though we did a neat job with the rake, windrows were usually easy to bale as I recall.
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