I need a bigger tractor

grandpa Love · Dec 10, 2019

Maybe my old Ford ain't big enough? Or
this JD is a bit of over kill?

rustyfarmall · Dec 10, 2019

The John Deere is definitely over kill, but if that is what you have, that is what you use. Probably will not use any more fuel than the Ford in the other picture.

ADB-Ia · Dec 10, 2019

The only time that Ford and that Deere are going to use the same amount of fuel is when they are sitting in the yard not running.

jeffcat · Dec 10, 2019

Bet that Deere could spin the PTO into a pretzel with no problem. Actually it would help you find any bad spiders in that PTO. I don't know about that same amount of fuel deal.

SETX · Dec 10, 2019

It's probably the tractor that would start. When its time to bale....its time to bale!

MJ in the UK · Dec 10, 2019

It is so you can see the bales dropping out of the baler. In the 1970s I sold a lot of IH 440 balers because here in the UK farmers were just starting to use automatic collecting sledges and the IH 440 balers were better to see over than a lot of the compertition. MJ.

Old Farmall Fan · Dec 10, 2019

I don't think that articulated steering would be very handy for keeping the baler on the windrow.

BarnyardEngineering · Dec 10, 2019

Oh, I get it! The insinuation here is that the person running the tiny baler with the giant tractor thinks he NEEDS that much tractor to handle the baler!

Wow he is sooooooo DUMB! LOL!

old · Dec 10, 2019

That would be a waste of fuel HP and also could be hard on the baler since a baler like that is rated for maybe 50 HP max

Donald Lehman · Dec 10, 2019

Yup, most likely scenario. If he's like the rest of us, if you have 11 tractors, there is usually something wrong with ten of them.

4520BW · Dec 10, 2019

If the baler is 540 rpm the tractor is only running at an idle so would not be producing much power. It would be nice for turning on the ends especially pulling a wagon and hey its probably got a/c

SVcummins · Dec 10, 2019

Your right the gas engine ford will burn more fuel on that baler than the Diesel engine in the big tractor

notjustair · Dec 10, 2019

I?ve honestly considered hooking my 8430 to the MoCo. When it is sitting there not used for tillage and the other machines have something hooked it is tempting. My 8430 has the pto and drawbar awfully close together, though. I have to be careful with the grain cart and have it on good level ground to unload. I wouldn?t want rolling land to run pto on that baler.

moresmoke · Dec 10, 2019

Last farm I worked on, the rake tractor was 160hp. What was available to pull a 5 wheel rake.

Pulled the baler with 140 hp. Whether it was a round baler or little old square. The IVT was really nice on the baler.

Not worth having other tractors around for 300-400 of each size bale.

And neither of those tractors was big enough to do much field work.

sammydwm · Dec 10, 2019

Nice to have that cab and AC.....

Texasmark1 · Dec 10, 2019

Around here you can buy that top picture for what you can get if you sold the bottom picture.

4520BW · Dec 10, 2019

The problem is you would not be able to turn short enough on the corners. I purt the 8430 on the 750 drill and had to put on alot of end rows.

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