Hay making

[Glenn D]

For my N's could they pull a New Holland hay rake? I wonder about getting the speed right since it's wheel driven, this rake is for sale near me and there is also a square bailer I'm not sure whose that is but it could be a massey or New Holland. it's PTO driven, the kind with the yellow roller with spines on it to pick up the fluffed winrowed hay

 

[old]

Any of the N series tractors make good rake machine. Not very good pulling a baler but a rake or a sickle mower the Ns handle them real well.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Hope it's dryer than here. We had a record rainfall for June with over 16". Last year we had around 1/2" for the month. Talk about feast or famine!

 

[Glenn D]

It's been pretty average here rain wise, but cold.

Is there a bailer that will work ok on the back of an N?

 

[Glenn D]

Just saw a video with an 8n pulling a NH baler similar to the one I see for sale and also pulling a hay wagon full of bales.

Seems to work pretty well. my terrain is about the same as that too.

http://youtu.be/ZjyJKx4U4vE

 

[R Geiger]

The problem with an N tractor is the lack of live power take off. Light hay like in the video probably ok, but in heavier hay may have a problem. I baled a lot of hay with small tractor but the baler had it own engine. International Harvester. If you need to slow up by hitting clutch you spot the PTO.

 

[Glenn D]

those self powered baler seem pretty rare here, is there a name they generally go by that people would list them as? . these N's seem to be the perfect size for us otherwise. There must have been a way to make bales when these Ns were new? or was hay just put into haystacks?

 

[DD in WA]

I"ve used my "52 8N to cut rake and bale our 10 acres for the past 15 or so years. I use a 501 sickle bar mower, a JD ground driven rake, a Kuhn tedder, and a NH 271 baler. The mower, tedder and rake are no issue at all with the N. Our land is very flat so pulling a baler around that weighs as much as the tractor isn"t a problem. This being said, running a baler is pushing the limits of what an N can do - but it"s definately doable. Small windrows are key or you"ll find yourself doing a lot of shucking and jiving to get the tractor our of gear and trying to keep the pto moving in a big slug of hay. But with some practice you can do it very quickly. Last fall I bought a "59 Ford 861 (kept the 8N) to have a backup machine and to run the baler since it"s about twice the HP and has a live pto. Baled with it for the first time yesterday and the HP and live pto made life much easier.

 

[Glenn D]

I thought you wouldn't need a tedder if you used a sickle bar to mow since the grass will already be pretty spread out to gry

 

[old]

Many of the balers that where made around the time of the N series tractor had engine on them so that would make the problem of lack of live PTO a no problem thing. Big problem is if you have any hills the baler is as heavy if not heavier then the tractor and can push you down a hill in ways that are not fun or safe.

 

[Anonymous-0]

A wheel rake tossed me around something fierce (not nice flat land) but a bar rake makes the ride enjoyable. In my op the baler would work the old Ford too much.

 

[Wisfarmer82]

Your n will work great raking hay with that new holland rake I
use mine for 30 acres and its easy on gas

 

[Glenn D]

Well went over last evening to look at the machines and the rake was sold already. The baler is a MF 124 and it was a one owner machine so it looks to be in very good shape. it was used with a JD 1530. he says the first bale comes out 12 feet long and is ok after that.

 

[DD in WA]

Maybe a tedder isn"t necessary in a lot of places but here in western wa getting hay dry enough can be a challenge so the tedder helps.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

That video shows a very very thin windrow and even so it looks like the pickup on the baler is having trouble keeping up at times. If you have just a couple acres of hay to make and can somehow manage to get windrows that small then it can work. If you have a thick crop and more than a couple acres then your asking for a headache.

 

[Ed S.]

(quoted from post at 10:01:12 07/03/13) Just saw a video with an 8n pulling a NH baler similar to the one I see for sale and also pulling a hay wagon full of bales.

Seems to work pretty well. my terrain is about the same as that too.

http://youtu.be/ZjyJKx4U4vE

That would be me in the video. The 8N works great as a raking tractor. As long as you're on flatter ground and your windrows aren't huge, it also works great as a baling tractor. Learning to 'two-step' the clutch wasn't hard, and I only plugged up the baler once or twice before I learned the timing.

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[Glenn D]

Nice job on the video and on the tractor. Ive since seen 1/2 dozen more videos and i'm pretty confident it would work fine.