Posted by JDseller on February 12, 2012 at 09:53:42 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Hesston pt10 swather posted by lazyLG on February 11, 2012 at 21:38:08:
I guess I got a lemon. It seems the other posters have had very different luck with their Hesston PT10 than I did. I bought a new PT 10. We had a local dealer take on Hesston hay tools. I was trying to help him get going so I bought a new one. The knife drive system was always breaking. We just could not keep it together. I tried bigger and smaller tractors, mowing slower and faster. I just could not get through a cutting without a major break down on the knife drive. Had several gear cases fail( broke the case on the original). Knife heads would not stay riveted for more than 25-30 acres.
I used it one season and traded it for a New Holland 488. I used that mower for fifteen years. I only traded it in when we went to a disk mower. The 488 was much lighter so it pulled easier and did not scuff the hay stubble as much.
As for pulling a Mower conditioner with a 47 horse power tractor: It all depends on how heavy your hay is. In alfalfa you would be fine. In straight grass it should do OK. I have had troubles in Clover/timothy hay with a tractor that small. I fertilize my hay heavy and many times it is four foot tall and real thick. It will work the cane out of a 75 hp tractor at times.
This was with a sickle machine too. A disk mower conditioner you would not be able to even use in real light hay. They pull much harder.
For the price of $450, if it is in working condition, is cheaper than you are going to be able to find anything else. NH is still my pick in sickle mower conditioners. The biggest advantage is that the parts are much more reasonable than most of the other brands. Hesston is AGCO and there parts are pricey.
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