You want enough power. 35 hp for a smaller older baler is good, 50 hp is needed for a newer bigger baler. In any case you want a _heavy_ tractor. A baler is heavier than it looks, you need enough mass to control the baler, hp isn't so important - weight of the tractor is.
You need live pto. Yes it is possible to bale without live pto, but it is miserable. Get live pto. (Independent pto is even better, but not needed.)
More forward gears are better. Can't have too many. A 4 speed is not so good. A 5 or 6 speed is better. Someting with a hi/low (8-16 speed) is even better.
Dad & now I have pulled a NH 270 baler for decades with a Farmall 300 tractor. t has 35 hp, independent pto, the TA works so it has 10 forward gears. We have hills and we pull a hayrack - now I pull a hay basket - and it is a perfect match.
If the baler were a little higher capacity, or if I had a thrower on it, I'd want more hp.
As it is, it works great.
I also have a 960 Ford, an Ollie Super 77, and ann IHC H. Used all of them at one time or another to bale. The His underpowered & no live pto, didn't like. The other 2 worked fine, but I like the features of the 300 better.
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