Karl: I'd get rid of both fast hitch and narrow front if I were using the tractor for mower-conditioner and want to do windrows. It sounds as though you plan to put material direct into windrow. First you don't want those front tires on windrow and secondly fast hitch is too low and will drag windrows.
Fifty years ago we were mowing with narrow fronts and spread hay over entire surface. I did that myself until mid 1960s then started making haylage. My first haybine was a NH 460 and we used it behind Farmall 300 nf, broadcasting the hay, with all tires running over a portion of it.
When I went haylage, I wanted one pass putting hay in windrow, so I switched to 560 wf on 9' haybine. First the fast hitch was gone in favour of U type drawbar, then I had to go to 16.9x38 rear tires to give enough clearence so drawbar didn't drag windrows. My next problem was getting hay too dry for haylage. I had never encountered this problem, with broadcast hay and tires running over most of it. At that point I decided timing was quite crucial on haylage, plus I had to rethink the way I made hay. Gone were the days of ever letting any tires on mowed hay. With windrows we went from sun cured hay to air cured hay, much faster dry down and less chance of getting caught by weather.
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