Well, my big tractor is still down for overhaul/clutch work so we did with what we had.
We used our 48 8N to run a New Holland 268 baler. We recently bought the 268 for $650 which I thought was decent. My wife's uncle used to be a NH field tech, so he helped us get the knotter all cleaned up.
The baler only missed about 1 in 60 or so bales... which was doable for now.
The 8N gets rocked around a bit by the baler, but we kept the windrows a decent size and used a kicked or wagon. The 8N did just fine at about half throttle. The whole field is an incline, so we gave it a
bit extra on the incline up.
Nice to have the 8N as a backup for hay making.
We used our 48 8N to run a New Holland 268 baler. We recently bought the 268 for $650 which I thought was decent. My wife's uncle used to be a NH field tech, so he helped us get the knotter all cleaned up.
The baler only missed about 1 in 60 or so bales... which was doable for now.
The 8N gets rocked around a bit by the baler, but we kept the windrows a decent size and used a kicked or wagon. The 8N did just fine at about half throttle. The whole field is an incline, so we gave it a
bit extra on the incline up.
Nice to have the 8N as a backup for hay making.