Dave H (MI)
Well-known Member
Had an interesting discussion today. A fella had me pulling his JD 338 baler behind my Farmall SMTA. Baler has a 540 PTO shaft and I figured to run it at 540 PTO. No he says...too fast. So I had him listen to the rpm's and tell me when it was OK...about half throttle. Made a round of the field and he stopped me again. Wants it at 1/3 throttle and use a lower gear. I had him unhook me and told him (nicely) to find another tractor/operator. He was concerned that any higher rpm would damage his baler. Does any of that make sense? It's his baler so he can run it where he wants but the tractor was struggling on the hills and it was taking a lot of time. I always assumed if it had a 540 pto it was meant to run there. New one on me!