MF 8x2 Hay Making

Bill VA · Sep 6, 2014

My MF50 has a 6x2 tranny and have found I can mow hay with my sickle bar mower in 3L and 1H. I can rake in 2H (rollabar type rake) and bale with my New Holland 68 in 3L and in a thinner windrow, 1H - but that"s pushing it a bit fast.

If you are making hay with your MF tractor and 8x2 tranny, what gears do you use to cut, rake, ted and make square bales?

I"m wondering how the extra gear fits in with making hay vs my 6x2 tranny.

Thanks!
Bill

Roy in UK · Sep 7, 2014

Personally if I had a choice between a 6X2 an 8X2 and a 12X4 ( i.e. 6X2 + multipower ) I would take the Multipower.

495man · Sep 7, 2014

I use an 8x2 MF 240 haying, it's primarily a rake/tedder tractor for us but used to be the mower tractor when we ran sickle bar and will square bale if need be

mowing (worn out MF dynaclog):

L 1,2,3,4 depending on hay

tedding

H1

raking

H1 or H2

square baling

L2,3,4 depending on window (There is TOO big of a gap between 2nd and 3rd for baling)

Number of gears aside, I think the real thing you want is the actual speed charts, i.e. how fast is each gear, not all MF trans/tire combinations give the same ground speeds.

MF 8x2 Hay Making

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