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Neighbor, dairyman, had several NH bi-directional tractors over the years. I ran them a few times. They where a pretty good loader but not like a industrial loader but better than the average tractor loader. He had a set of mower/conditioners for his. That worked pretty good but you where horse power limited in heavy hay. He later went to a self propelled mower.
The earlier Red Versatile ones where prone to hydraulic leaks under the cab. Then add some hay chaff and you had a fire waiting to happen. A fair number of them burnt.
The earlier Red Versatile ones where prone to hydraulic leaks under the cab. Then add some hay chaff and you had a fire waiting to happen. A fair number of them burnt.
Bruce from Can.
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I am sitting here dreaming about a 3 other 2 row chopper head for doing corn silage. . Chop corn or hay looking forward, not over my shoulder.
I believe that Gehl experimented with that concept back in the late 1970's. Drawbacks were noise closer to the operator and so-so blower which could come up short hitting the back of the wagon. When the blower had issues it meant material all over the tractor including the radiator/fan area. Even when the blower was working fine the cooling system was affected by drifting debris from the chopper assembly. Oncoming vehicle visibility was considerably reduced while traveling down the road so the idea was canned. Somebody built a front mounted side delivery rake for chopping or baling but once again you had plant material pushing into the radiator. If you caught a woodchuck hole hard then the implement sustain considerable damage. That was in North America so I could not tell you what the Europeans were doing and if they had any success.
My godfather bought one new when they came out. He traded in a 9030. That TV-140 was such a POS that he went all the way back to a conventional tractor with a loader in this instance he traded it for a JD 7810. The 9030 on the other hand was almost bullet proof. I have another neighbor that went through three of them before getting one that worked.
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