Farmall?IH 340 and NH271 baler

old · Sep 24, 2011

Is a 340 to small for one?? Ya I know a tad bit light but only have a small area to do and it is just sitting there and the other bigger tractors are hooked up to other machines. Or do O just bite the bullet and switch the 340 to the hay rake and the WD45 to the baler but the 340 would be a fast easy hook up and the WD45 a pain to hook up for so little an area

Jimmy King · Sep 24, 2011

Should pull it just fine, did the 340 have live PTO??

old · Sep 24, 2011

Yes the 340 IH has live PTO that is one of the reasons I was thinking about trying it. Learned many many years ago non-live PTO tractors and balers do not mix well

Jimmy King · Sep 24, 2011

We pulled a 68 with an H, Dad's cousin pulled it with Super C.

Zachary Hoyt · Sep 24, 2011

I do all of our baling with a NH67 and Farmall H.
Zach

gene bender · Sep 24, 2011

Why not you just do a single mower swath windrow that way you can get 15-16 slices per bale and they will be firm those 10 slice bales just arent verry good.

onefarmer · Sep 24, 2011

I had a 340 for awhile. It had about the same hp as a H. Should run a baler just fine.

paul · Sep 24, 2011

Ya know, i'm not familiar with what a 340 is? We paired a IHC 300 and a 270 NH for decades, great match at 35 hp & the 10 speed of the TA and the live pto. Always pull a wagon or bale basket behind it....

--->Paul

old · Sep 24, 2011

A 340 is about like a Super C on steroids. Around 31HP but no TA so only 5 forward gears.

paul · Sep 24, 2011

Should be good with live/ind pto. Little light on hills or with wagon behind, but people have used less....

--->Paul

Anonymous-0 · Sep 25, 2011

Don't know how the NH compares to my Welger, but my little 26 HP tractor doesn't miss a beat, just have to go a little slower but eats up some pretty full windrows.

old · Sep 25, 2011

The area I will be baling is for the most part flat and will not have a wagon behind since I do not even have a wagon sort of hard to pull what you do not have LOL

oldtanker · Sep 25, 2011

Old dad bailed rolling hills with a AC CA rated at 23 HP and about 2500 pounds just fine with no wagon with a NH 68 then a JD 24T. Sure had to go in 1st or 2nd but it did the job. Your 340 at 35 hp and 3900 pounds should be able to just play with that.

Rick

old · Sep 25, 2011

Most years I have it behind my D-17 but since it is on brush hog duty figured I would just hook it up to what I have sitting with out something hooked to it

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