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Re: Do I need a Hydro?
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 06, 2006 at 08:39:53 from (209.226.106.105):
In Reply to: Do I need a Hydro? posted by Doug D on February 05, 2006 at 18:43:08:
Doug: Close to 40 years ago I looked closely at these Hydros. Comparing the specs one them with gear drive and how they performed at Nebraska tests, I couldn't justify one of the hydros. I never did buy one. They certainly wont out perform a gear drive on a round baler or any baler for that matter. There are much better drives out there for loader use. These hydro tractors were clearly engineered and designed for the vegetable industry. I know of dozens of them bought for precission vegetable harvesters and seeders or planters. Those guys wouldn't even start them for any other use, just too costly. Hay baling doesn't even come close to a precission function or operation.
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