Ok, I bought this thing. Now what?

Other than normal wear, only thing I can find wrong is PTO yokes are a little out of phase from a repair. Also could stand some pickup teeth.

All bearings are good, belts look to be the same length, has good matched tires. Should work for me!

Here's the whole rig.

Yes the Super is a stage two and as such I don't expect any trouble with the hydraulics.

An M will round bale, just not at great speed.

Go mow some hay. And try her out.

Is that a MTA or Super M on there.

Gary

The one in the background is a distillate Super that dad bought; future project.

Now I did run a similar sized Vermeer with the plain M last year. It ran it, but it was a full load on it.

The IPTO makes it easier when you're finishing a bale because you can stop the tractor but keep the bale rolling while you tie it up. Without it you have to either do some fancy footwork or pull off the windrow. The round baler is simpler in function than a square baler, IMO. You just have to use common sense when making a bale in one with a smaller tractor. You might have to make a little bit smaller bale. It takes more HP, as the bales get bigger and heavier, to keep rolling the bale in the machine. A round bale could be anywhere from 800 to 2000 pounds depending on the size of the machine and how tightly it rolls the hay.