I just bought a Yanmar FX16D with a 52" front loader, we have 2.5 acres and a shovel just wasn't cutting it anymore. It won't start without a jump, so I'm getting a new battery today, and from what I can tell it wasn't charging the battery, but it started to rain on Sunday evening.
I have a Kohler powered Deere 316, an Onan powered Deere 316, a Deere 210, a MTD of some kind that was free because I wanted the wheel weights but had to take the whole tractor. And if we are counting 2 wheel machines I have a 1970's vintage Troy-Bilt tiller that currently needs a lot of TLC
If I didn't run hay, I'd trade both of mine in and get a much smaller unit. The implements I use dictate what pto power I need, which determines tractor size. New round bailer I just bought requires minimum 65 pto.
Same here 6x5 round baler and rolling hills will make 100hp+ tractor grunt!! Mis my turbo'd JD 4020 for roading wagons and 520 tricycle was fun to watch the sparks fly at night. B.
Problem with a (5x6) round bailer is transportation of bales. 5 foot wide bales are illegal to transport on a public highway as the are over width when loaded on a wagon of goose neck trailer (max width on a public highway here is 102". Bales placed side by side are 120" which is a no no.) and the LE will write you for an overwidth load and my hay is always transported on a public highway. That necessitates a 4 foot wide bale chamber, no exceptions. I don't roll 6 foot bales anyway. Max diameter is hard on a bailer. I roll 5 foot 5" bales. with a solid core usually. My customer's farm is 15 miles from where the bales are anyway. 15 miles of public roads. It's pretty flat here so no issues with gradient.
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