HOT Weather Tractoring!!!!!!!

Bill VA · Jul 23, 2016

Went out from the mountains of VA today for a fast round trip east to Richmond to visit my Sister and her family. Temps around 95-98 degs F, probably pierced 100 in some areas - and high humidity! Even here in the hills, it's hot and humid. I hate to imagine how much hotter and humid it is as you move south or down towards Alabama or Mississippi. Georgia has to be scorching this time of year.

Saw a lot of hay on the ground traveling down early this morning and on the way back, a lot of those fields raked and tractors pulling round balers. Didn't see any open station tractors at work, all cabs, but one tractor had the doors propped open (gotta believe that's like being in an oven). Hot humid, heat of the day, clouds of dust rising from the round balers, big fields.

All I can say is - if a tractor can take that kind of punishment, including the load of the baler baler - year in/out, impressive!

What is the hottest, most humid weather you've ran your tractor under a hard load, like round baling and it didn't even blink in those conditions?

Moonlite37 · Jul 23, 2016

An old diesel seems to run good in this hot weather. just keep the radiator clean and full.

pete black · Jul 23, 2016

NW Al is partly cloudy, 88 degrees, 95 percent relative humidity. Not too bad for 6p/m.

Pair-a-dice farm · Jul 23, 2016

I can't say it didn't blink but I've baled with my 826 IH when the temps were near 100 and the dew point in the upper 70's. The tractor fared a lot better than I did. The last few years I try to avoid being out when it's that high of a dew point. It's hard to get hay dry enough to bale in those conditions.

hanovertom · Jul 23, 2016

To Bill in VA
I'm just outside of Ashland, and YES it was hot today. Tomorrow and Mon even more. At Mass tonight our Priest said he saw a bumper sticker "I know it's hot in HELL, But is it Humid!"

Traditional Farmer · Jul 23, 2016

I cut hay yesterday with my NH 456 sickle bar mower 96 degrees,pretty heavy hay baled it today in good shape 98 degrees.Used 3 open station tractors cheated a bit with the David Brown
780 as it has a canopy(LOL).I don't mind the heat much its the cold I hate.Newest tractor I used was a late 1980's Yanmar 330 to mow the hay.

HuskerLyn · Jul 23, 2016

Open station 756, last four days cutting, raking and round baling Bermuda grass in 101 degree with 40% humidity. Worked like a champ.

4520BW · Jul 23, 2016

Raked today with a 4020 and 5095 with a canopy. Round baled with the 4250 so that was nice. Baled a 105 squares behind the 4320. Hay is not drying with with all this humidity.

Fred Werring · Jul 23, 2016

I keep threatening to buy a cab tractor with ac for haying, but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Something about writing checks...

Just don't tolerate the heat/humidity as well as I used to, I'm turning into some kind of sissy.

Did mount an electric radiator fan under the canopy so it would blow down on my head on the baling tractor..it did help.

Still want a cab tractor though.

Fred

Goose · Jul 23, 2016

I saw a picture of the sermon title on a signboard in front of a church in the middle of a heat wave once.

The title of the sermon was, "You think this is hot?"

ericlb · Jul 23, 2016

i was mowing today on my little cub, its near 100 and i was having to push it a little, the old girl shut down on me, i suspect a vapor lock,or maybe something in a carb passage, had fuel, had spark, had fuel running out the carb bowl, no reason for it to quit, after awhile it did start back up, it quit shortly after, so the next time it started i idled it up on the trailer and drove back out to the farm, too darn hot to be out there anyway

Fred Werring · Jul 23, 2016

Oh, I guess to answer the question, my 398 Massey pulls a New Holland 855 round baler in this kind of weather and never blinks, never gets hot, just keeps on chugging.

Only Massey I own, it does the job.

If it just had AC

Fred

gene bender · Jul 23, 2016

Thats nothing new hot weather and using tractors they are built for such stuff and before cabs an umbrella served the purpose.

IA Roy · Jul 23, 2016

In 72 I was plowing on the 1st of July in 100 degree weather. You didn't want to touch any metal parts of the tractor (856 Farmall, 5-16 plow). The guy I was working for planted beans the next day. I don't know if it made a crop or not!

notjustair · Jul 23, 2016

I just came in from baling with the 886 IH. Yesterday was miserable. I think it hit 100 - the heat index was 113. I ran the 886 10 hours with the A/C on high. It never missed a beat but did run a little warmer than usual. It actually got into the green "run" area. Those tractors always run cool. At the end of the day I shut it down and happened to walk around the front. The grill was covered with brome. I was impressed it didn't get warmer. She got a radiator clean out before we went out today. She got off easy - I only ran her about 8 hours.

Last year was my breaking point. The only tractor that didn't have duals for square baling was the 4020. I just don't tolerate that heat anymore. I decided then that I would have a new tractor with a cab for chores and square baling/raking that wasn't a dualed up field tractor. Enter the 886. Best thing I have done. With it and the other two cab tractors I don't have to worry about weather.

01gentdc · Jul 23, 2016

gotta fix my ac on my1070 case ,,. probably gonna use propane ,.rite now if you open the door and side window and open the rear glass the air moves thru very well , I like that ,. nephew runs a 930 case open station on a roundbaLEr ... that motor is to close to you feet in the summer but wonderful in the winter ,,, he is toying with aluminum to deflect the heat away from operator

Paul from MI · Jul 23, 2016

I raked straw with my 44 JD B Wednesday. Don't know the temp, but I couldn't hold onto the metal pan seat to pull myself up, too hot. Tractor ran fine, it was happy.

RayP(MI) · Jul 23, 2016

My project for today was unloading and mowing hay. Yesterday, I mowed half a wagon load, and unloaded another half a load into the mow. With my setup, I have to pull wagon load beside barn, throw 20 or so bales in the door, on the conveyor, then climb up the conveyor, and stack them in the mow. Air movement is very limited in the mow, even with a 20 inch fan running. I managed to work yesterday, got one load unloaded. Came out this morning, ready to run out and start moving hay. Got about half way to the barn, and decided to do something else. Got up to 90 in the shade this afternoon, and I don't want to know how hot it was in that mow. Pulled the tractor and half a load back in the pole barn and parked them, will be just fine if it actually rains tonite! Still got 2 1/2 loads to go, but I'm not going to kill myself in this heat. Almost 70 years old, I need a couple teenage boys and a good strong farm girl. No luck in this neighborhood.

cjd12000 · Jul 23, 2016

Chopped last September in 90/degree heat. Had to blow out all the radiotors and check everyday. Gauges were pushing hot. Ac could not keep up in 1086 was more comfortable with the doors open.

bingo71 · Jul 23, 2016

Pete, I hear pretty 20 pound boxes of tomatoes are sell for $8.00 a box at farmer's market in B'Ham, may ride over next week.

fixerupper · Jul 23, 2016

Not tractors but we combined in 100+ degrees quite regularly on the wheat harvest. The case IH 2188's struggled with keeping cool but the 2388's took the heat well as long as the radiator was clean. We were n 110 degree heat near Midland SD with twelve 2388's running and none of them got hot till the rad plugged. The other crew on that farm had ten 9510 Deeres and they seemed to keep cool enough to keep running. The components that gave the most problems in the heat was alternators and serpentine fan belts. If a fan belt gave up the ghost I wouldn't touch the combine to replace the belt till it had cooled for an hour. Same way with alternators. The combine driver just had to find shade somewhere for that hour.

xfarma · Jul 24, 2016

It could be a bad coil.

Richard from SE AZ · Jul 25, 2016

Not about tractors but about hot weather. My son is here from Tenn. working on a car. He went to Phoenix yesterday to a U pull it junk yard for some parts, He found a lot that he wanted, needed. He was working out in the open in 111* heat. Almost over did it. He was drinking a lot of water but It got to him. He had to sit in the air conditioned office for almost an hour before he could head home. He knows how dangerous it can be but... what can I say.

4play · Jul 25, 2016

Triple digit temps are normal around here and heat index of 110+ in the summer time and usually lasts for around 2 months, luckily its been a little mild but had plenty of 95-99's. The tractor doesn't seem to care about heat but I do. The problem with humans vs machinery is for humans, its the heat index or winter time it's windchill factor. Those are what affect us but not machinery.

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