jdkid
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- Joined
- Apr 16, 2000
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- Tractor
- 8350 valmet with 980SL FEL duels had a 150 Hp deutz just sold it 10 NOV 01
Hi ya's
well seeing a few people are thinking about geting hay gear how about good/bad points of the gear ya have or had ...i know some brands may not be in all areas or same numbers .also Hp to run them.any good links to 2nd hand gear will help to..
mowers i have used heaps from sicklebars to disc cutter bar moco's costs(buying and running)and Hp run the same way with disc cutter bar being higher end.also more moveing parts more things to go wrong i note looking at a lot of moco's in the USA are sickle bar they did not take of that well in NZ as alot of sticky cutting crops here disc mowers are main type used..
rakes ..alot of finger wheel rakes here and alot of tedder/rake PTO driven rakes too bar rakes there are a few but not many used now alot of rakes end up being pulled with 4X4's to free up tractors for loading trucks etc etc ..
balers...we have had both belt and roller round balers and for eaz of working rollers are better small square balers we had 2 and are now on our 3rd ...
the smallest tractor we ever used was a same 80 4X4 but run the moco's behind 95-100Hp 50%of the time it was hill so 4X4 was a must .run the round balers behind 160 Hp ,did not need that much but only free tractor as others mowing or raking but it was good for baling on hills..i'll have to look up the books and get full list of gear we have owned and put remarks with them
catch ya
JD Kid
well seeing a few people are thinking about geting hay gear how about good/bad points of the gear ya have or had ...i know some brands may not be in all areas or same numbers .also Hp to run them.any good links to 2nd hand gear will help to..
mowers i have used heaps from sicklebars to disc cutter bar moco's costs(buying and running)and Hp run the same way with disc cutter bar being higher end.also more moveing parts more things to go wrong i note looking at a lot of moco's in the USA are sickle bar they did not take of that well in NZ as alot of sticky cutting crops here disc mowers are main type used..
rakes ..alot of finger wheel rakes here and alot of tedder/rake PTO driven rakes too bar rakes there are a few but not many used now alot of rakes end up being pulled with 4X4's to free up tractors for loading trucks etc etc ..
balers...we have had both belt and roller round balers and for eaz of working rollers are better small square balers we had 2 and are now on our 3rd ...
the smallest tractor we ever used was a same 80 4X4 but run the moco's behind 95-100Hp 50%of the time it was hill so 4X4 was a must .run the round balers behind 160 Hp ,did not need that much but only free tractor as others mowing or raking but it was good for baling on hills..i'll have to look up the books and get full list of gear we have owned and put remarks with them
catch ya
JD Kid