Re: What HP does it take for 1200 # Rd. Baler

Posted by david on December 18, 2002 at 16:17:26 from (64.12.96.236):

In Reply to: What HP does it take for 1200 # Rd. Baler posted by John Pawlicki on December 18, 2002 at 14:20:26:

We run NH 650 balers which run 1500# full sized. Most of the time we run them set at 1000-1200#. Also used to run NH 847 (1000-1200#). Samllest tractor we have is a 62 hp Ford 5600. It does fine on all terrain. Really steep hills it will run almost to hot but otherwise does fine. I like 85 hp better (Ford 7600, 7710, and 7610). They really pull it well, even at the 1500# setting. At one time I had a 105 hp 2090 Case, it obviously did a good job but I no longer have it. the three 7--- series Fords are our biggest tractors. We also bale with a 1210 and 1410 Case-DB, they do not do as good a job. Engines are smaller but turn 65 and 82 hp respectively. This proportionally more fuel burned per cubic inch of engine and they want to get hot in a hard pull unless you gear down. As a rule of thumb you can buy more hp for less money. Eg I paid $8500 for the 2090 and $7500 for the 7610. Sold a 5600 for $11,000 last spring and it had more hours than either of the others.

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