Ford 5600 question on pulling

Looking at buying a JD 535 baler for a great price I'm just worried I don't have enough tractor for it.
The old 5600 runs strong and will be baling less then 400 bales a season. Anyone have any dealings with using a 5600 with a JD 535 ? Thanks

70 hp tractor on a 75 hp baler. I'd do it. Especially if you can live with 5x5 bales.

My 5200 Ford runs a 5x6 old Vermeer 605F real well. I donno but assume a JD wouldn?t pull harder, should work.

Paul

Kinda what I was thinking, just run 5x5's

You?ll be just fine if you don?t have to win any races doing it. Working at a steady pace will be no problem.

I agree making 5X5 bales will fine with 5600 unless on really steep hills.

I am sure that if you tweaked the pump on your 5600 it would run a 5x5 baler with ease. There is almost no difference between a 56-6600 tractor. Here is my view from our farm. I bale using 2 4020s to each run a Hesston 4x4. Last year the clutch started slipping bad on the one my wife bales with so we swapped it out with our restored 5600. Now she does not want the 4020 back! She has baled THOUSANDs of bales using (her) 4020 so she has some seat time. This is what she said. "5600 is shorter and much quieter than the JD. She likes the flat top fenders that are higher to rest her arm on while driving. Turning the PTO on or off is easier than reaching foreword on the right of the syncro 4020 and having to push firmly to engage. She also likes the hydraulics under her right knee over the dash mount Deere." It handles this baler as well as the 4020 even hills, but uses 1/2 the fuel. Each morning when I grease and fuel up for the day the two 4020s always used a gallon or two the same amount of diesel. Been this way for eight years. So I can say it uses 1/2 the fuel with pretty good experience. She baled all of our hay fields but the first one with the Ford. Now how to get her back to the Deere? I always liked seeing people slow down on the road to see us baling with the same tractors and balers in the same field. Guess I might have to look for a second Ford to bale with. LOL. The Ford 56-6600 tractors are way under rated for how much work they can actually get done. With some weights and good rubber they will surprise most guys. Hooker up to the baler and go!! Al

A 70 horsepower tractor can pull a 5x6 baler at 7 mph with the 90 horsepower and still use half the fuel huh ? 😂😂

I agree that a 5600 should work fine, as long as you don't try to make a race out of it. But a 5600 gives up 10 h.p. and 23 cubic inches to a 6600 - 4.2" stokes vs. 4.4" stroke.

not enough tractor, i have ran a jd 535 with a 6610 ford and it was a load in good hay was in 3rd gear any thing more the heat gage mover over to the right to far outherwise its a good baling tractor, i wouldnt think a 5600 being 10 hp less would be enough, but again i am not sure there is any differnce between a 5600 and a 6600 its the same 256 cid motor, i allways thought my 6610 is under powered gota love these tractors but thay need a turbo.

(quoted from post at 08:31:17 04/12/19) not enough tractor, i have ran a jd 535 with a 6610 ford and it was a load in good hay was in 3rd gear

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Were you making 5X5 or 5X6 bales? There's a big difference in HP needed between a 5' & 6' diameter bale being made all other factors equal.