Things are might quiet here.

Texasmark · Jul 8, 2017

LincTex said:
I don't like leaving an auger in the ground - if it rains, the hole fills in.

Not sure what the top of your auger looks like (hex? round?), but mine is the exact same size as 2-3/8" oil field drill stem.

A short piece of drill stem stuck in the ground is 100x cheaper than an auger!

If you are talking to/about me, I bought the digger with 3 augers" 2 ea 6" and one 12". One of the 6" had the tip broken off.....PO drilling rocks. So I dug the hole with the good one, swapped and augered the bad one in. There it sits. Over the years I said I needed a 9" like I had with my previous one but never got "A-round-TOIT". Grin.

LindenBruce · Jul 9, 2017

Does anyone have any info on a future 47 or 50+ hp versions of the 25 series units? B.

DavesTractor · Jul 10, 2017

LindenBruce said:
Does anyone have any info on a future 47 or 50+ hp versions of the 25 series units? B.

Not that is for public consumption.

In general I would say that I suspect in the next year or so we will see the 25 series covering a similar horsepower range as compared to the current 20 series. How much horsepower are you wanting?

Texasmark · Jul 14, 2017

Texasmark said:
Yepper not much going on. Mine are working as designed. Got my first cutting hay crop in, zero defects. Fixin to get my drum back on the 6530 to cut the Bermuda patch for equine feed. Rain has been super. It stayed dry for my cutting and then got 1.5 and about a week later 2.25 this past Saturday. Regrowth is soaring. Weather looks good for the coming week for the Bermuda harvest.

Good farmin to you.

Got her up yesterday, no rain on it. Today it's prep the SS regrowth. I cut it earlier than I had wanted (2nd cutting) day B4 yesterday when I cut my Bermuda as I saw some small signs of Sugar Cane Aphid infestation again this year. May get a shower on it but Intellicast said 60% for .06" so that shouldn't be a problem. That should do it for me for the year.

LindenBruce · Jul 14, 2017

I don't know Dave. It just seems with the 25 series beefier status they would have higher HP numbers. If 42hp in the 25 series is good, why not go for broke and bump it up to 52hp? It's nice to have it if and when you need it. B.

DavesTractor · Jul 15, 2017

LindenBruce said:
I don't know Dave. It just seems with the 25 series beefier status they would have higher HP numbers. If 42hp in the 25 series is good, why not go for broke and bump it up to 52hp? It's nice to have it if and when you need it. B.

I suspect we will see the 25 series going up to 55 HP eventually, but it will not be that much different than the current 55 HP 20 series, the 5220. By the way, I don't have an inside scoop, I'm just speculating.