NH 782 harvester

JayinNY

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How much horsepower would you need to run a NH 782 with a hay head? Any info would be great, thanks, J
 
I think it depends on how big the windrow is. We've got it's big brother the 892, and this was our first season with it. We only have a 100 HP tractor on the front which is much smaller than it can handle, so it's a matter of ground speed to work the tractor. Is it 540 or 1000? I would think that if the knives are set up properly you should have no problems with even 80 on the front, or less with a smaller windrow. From what I have experienced so far with our 892, they're pretty easy running machines.

The benefit of a smaller than capacity tractor, is it's very hard to plug it up. The tractor bogs down long before you get close to plugging.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
Thanks, they were 540rpm, but I don't think my 56 hp tractor
would run one, may as well look for a flail chopper, or cut and
chop, my father in law has a gehl one and he runs it on his
56 hp tractor.
 
I guess I don't know how small can run it, but if it can run a gehl, I would think it could run a NH as well. Just having the knives sharp saves a ton of HP vs. running with super dull knives. Really easy to sharpen on these choppers too. I was able to touch up the knives and reset the shear bar in the field while waiting for empty wagons. Took all of 5-10 minutes.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
(quoted from post at 04:29:53 11/11/12) How much horsepower would you need to run a NH 782 with a hay head? Any info would be great, thanks, J

We had one, it was too much for an 80hp 4030, but the 100hp 4230 was about right, then we put a 4955 on it and it just toyed with it. But I wouldn't want less than 100hp.
 

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