The not so epic Jonah
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I was wondering if my 240 could move medium to large round bales with the fast hitch set up safely.
Thanks,
Jonah
Thanks,
Jonah
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Brendon-KS
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- Goessel, KS
I have a Farmall 350 which is quite a bit more tractor than a 240. Picking up and moving 1400 lb
round bales on the fast hitch is just about all my tractor can handle and I'm sure the weight is
exceeding the design intent. If I had to do more than a bale every month or so I'd be looking for
something bigger.
round bales on the fast hitch is just about all my tractor can handle and I'm sure the weight is
exceeding the design intent. If I had to do more than a bale every month or so I'd be looking for
something bigger.
ptfarmer
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- Location
- San Antonio, Tx
It can do it, but you will probably need some weights on the front of it to keep the front end down at times.
Traditional Farmer
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- Location
- Virginia
I have an IH 240 Utility and no way I'd try to move any round bale unless it was on of those 4X4 mini bales.
old
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- Location
- Camdenton Missouri
The hitch has to lift power but the front end does not have enough up front so while it will try to lift the bale your also likely to slowly start looking up at the shy and that is not a good thing to do on a tractor because that can get you dead. You will need a lot of weight up front to do it
Roger Tomfohrde
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We did that a few times with straw on a 240 row crop, light on the front. Light tractor but for one or two ok.
Texasmark1
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Front weight is probably a must for that size tractor. On Ford and IHs I had to. Matter of fact just added some today to my Ford 3910. Put 100# out 1 foot
in front of the grille. 7' from the grill to the rear axle. 8'x100# gave me 800 ft-lbs. Yepper it worked just fine. What's nice about ft-lbs is you get the
benefit of the weight (for rear lifting improvement) without much loading of your front axle.
in front of the grille. 7' from the grill to the rear axle. 8'x100# gave me 800 ft-lbs. Yepper it worked just fine. What's nice about ft-lbs is you get the
benefit of the weight (for rear lifting improvement) without much loading of your front axle.
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