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mnbob

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Old and others; (I know you have a WD or two Old). Mine is a good runner but I have never tried it on a baler. I know the hyd. are a bit slow but it handles my single line rake ok. I was thinking of trying it on a JD 336 baler. What do you think? I have rolling land, no really steep hills. I have been useing the JD 4010D which is a bit of overkill but the fuel consumption is low, wonder if the gas WD would be a good idea? I know a 45 would be better but that I dont have. Bob
 
I wouldn't. Especially not if pulling a wagon. I had a 336 with #40 thrower on it when I used to sell square bales, and I used my 170 AC gas on flat ground and my 4020 Diesel on rolling hills. Actually, the 4020 used less fuel than the 170 gas did anyway. I think that baler will push the WD wherever it wants to go on any kind of a slope.
 
A WD at around 34HP should work just fine. Plus the fact it has a hand clutch giving you live PTO thats a big plus. I my self have not tried to use my WD on a baler but I would think it would handle it just fine. I used a D-17 this summer on a NH271 which was over kill and I have used an Oliver 77 to pull a good many balers and it just played with them
Hobby farm
 
A good running WD should handle a small square baler with ease. I"ve baled a lot of hay with one pulling a wagon behind on rolling hilly ground. The tires were loaded and it had one set of rear wheel weights. We put on usually about 110 bales per load. Our D17 PLAYED with the same task.
Mr. Bob
 
It should work fine on a square baler. The PTO shaft clutch on the baler should keep it from pushing you, but I would put one of those overrunning couplers on the tractor PTO just in case.
 
I forgot to mention I pull an 8 bale accumulator behind. That may make a big difference. The 4010 is fuel effecient. I use my old JD 40 on the 5 bar s/d rake and use the wd on the wheel rake. The wd definetly consumes more gas.
 
Old; forgot to mention I pull an 8 bale accumulator, old farmhand with hyd off the baler flywheel. May jsut keep the WD on the wheel rake. Sure would like to find more use for it though. Put new rear wheels and tires on and probably has about 15 hours on it since. Payback is slow. Bob
 
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