johndeereman
Well-known Member
Planning on mowing some first cutting after work today I use a ford 551 round baler which has a real narrow pick up head I"ve always raked double rows and it"s a real pita to bale with this baler now my question is for fuel economy baling would I be better to keep doing double rows and fight to pick all the hay up or just do single rows that would be so much easier but would have to make more trips around the field. Thinking with single rows I could travel faster bales would be wrapped tighter? With less pto load on tractor. By less pto load I mean not having to swallow all that hay to once baling tractor will be a jd 3010 gas. Used to bale with the jd 70 gas the baler worked that tractor to death on these pa hills and if the wind blew at all that day would have to go back over a few rows to pick up the tipped over row this will be my first season using the 3010. Thanks
