I would stop at 18-20' width of hay rolled together. Now that depends on how heavy the hay is, but 3 swaths sounds kinda thick - my 605 F wouldn't care for it. A bearing lock collar loosened, bearing ate into the shaft on the top drive roller on my 605, so have that at the machine shop since Thursday, they are building me a new roller. Was supposed to bale for a neighbor today, but the shopis so busy, won't get to it until Monday at the earliest. Had some problems getting the right parts for a wheel rake, was shipping parts back & forth Thursday. My trusty NH 55 rake had some bearings fall apart in the gearbox, kept getting to be a bigger job as I dug into it, but go it together... My very favorate tractor for square baling, IHC 300, has been in the shop getting an engine rebuild for several weeks, so am using the same tractor to cut, rake, & bale. I miss the idependent pto, TA, and Fast Hitch on the baler!!!!! My 1209 moco has a cracked frame, bearing holder for a roller cracked right out of the side, don't have time to pull it all apart so someone can get in to weld & plate it - too busy cutting with the 14-92 sickle mower and fixing the other stuff. --->Paul
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