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round baler horsepower

Horsepower is only one consideration. Weight of the tractor is another especially if your land is a bit hilly. Using a round baler with an undersized tractor on slopes can be dangerous.
 
Not a hill to be seen for a couple of miles from my place,,,my hay field is only 12 acres and it is completely flat ground.
 
A 8N Ford and a NH 77 baler on hills a little spooky.....I did it once...no turns at the bottom or stops not recomended but I gotter done...
 
I get along Ok with a Gehl 1400 behind my John Deere 60. The 1400 makes a 4' wide by 5' tall bale. I had a Hesston 5800 and it was way too much baler for the 60 even on flat ground. Keep in mind my old 60 has some hours on it too.
 
I have a New Holland 848 baler that I use behind a 630 John Deere.

The John Deere has high hours, and was originally rated at about 48 horsepower, probably much less in it's present condition.

It handles it OK.

The other posters mention of tractor weight is very important. Again, the 630 handles the 848 OK, but it has four 150 lb. weights on each rear wheel.

I used a pretty big Ford on a big NH baler once.

Hilly country.

The Ford wasn't heavy enough for that particular baler.

Paul
 
Case IH 8420, Hesston 5530, 530, (all the same baler)will bale at 27 hp, I think, but others are right, need some weight, to handle hills, I use an Allis Chalmers D-10 about 4k lbs, about 35 HP, does fine.
 
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