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Alfalfa in our type of climate almost needs a mower/conditioner (aka haybine). With a sicle mower the leaves get dry & fall off before the stems dry down it it isn't crimped. You can sickle mow it & run over with a $150 old crimper, but that takes time you might not have? The dependable moco/ haybine might be $3000, but it will give you a lot better alfalfa. Lose a cutting or 2 per year to weather/ leaf loss, & you are pedaling backwards.... Open throat, hyd pressure round balers can be had for $2000 or so & will be servicable for you. Your 850 is a little light, but if good clutch & good engine, can run a 9 foot haybine. You will have a tougher time without live pto. Will be a nice tractor for running siderake anyhow. A round baler likes 60-90 hp depending on size; most worthwhile ones need 2 sets of hyd remotes, and live pto sure is a whole lot nicer. Not sure what your 4010 specs out at. Moving bales, depends how big a baler you get. 5x6 bales is what I get from my $1650 Vermeer 605F. I use the 3pt hitch of my 85hp tractor with a fork type lifter, not the spear, works well. Spear can work too, sissors type 3pt work well too. From $50 for an auction special to $600 for the sissors type. Would take a hefty loader & tractor to stack them with the loader. Smaller 4x4 bales you might have a loader that stacks them easier, but you use a lot of time & twine with smaller bales. Depends what you want when you are done, what's important size or time or costs. --->Paul
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