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Ron: I baled 30,000 bales per year 40 years ago with no more hp than you have. My haybine was NH 460 - 9' and baler was a NH S-69 with thrower, and damn few bales were ever droped on the ground. The MF will have live pto, I expect the 40 has as well. You'll have no problem. On level ground, I've baled a few loads with my Farmall 130 and pulled wagon and operated the thrower. Wasn't fast but I didn't have to take other tractors off work they were doing. Give you another little tip. In early 1960s I had Farmalls 300, 130 and a Cockshutt 540. With above equipment I once baled and put in barn 9,000 bales in two consecutive days. Later I added Farmalls 560D and 656D to the tractor lineup. I say added as the old ones were not traded off. We never duplicated the 9,000 bales in two days again. Got 4,500 in one day numerous times but never two days in a row. " Haying fast with square bales has more to do with manpower than horsepower." Precisely why those 60 hp tractors never duplicated the old 300. Labor was getting harder to find. I think we had close to 15 young men the time we did 9,000 bales in two consecutive days.
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