Just wanted to add this- for years I ran my little NH 68 kinda slow, take it easy on the machine I thought. It came with the Wisconsin on it and I later switched it over to PTO drive and used it with an 800 Ford or Cockshut 30. In either case I went slow with the PTO RPM thinking I was doing the machine a favor.
Last year I had extra help so I stuck the 68 on my DB 990 to do one field while I round baled the rest. The guy on the tractor ran the DB pto speed right about 540 rpms. That old 68 started spiting out the nicest, tightest, squarest bales it's ever done. No missed knots, no "banana bales", just perfect bales. I tried it the nest day and finished the hay for the season. The old girl sounds like she's going at Warp 8 but apparently the extra speed evens the stroke out and must smooth things out somehow.
I was really impressed and wished I'd done this years ago.
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