Molinechris
New User
- Location
- SW Idaho
There’s a super 55 selling tomorrow on auction time. I’m wondering if it would be good for me or if I need something bigger. I farm about 30 acres of hay, and stacking everything on racks by hand sucks. Guess I’m not as young as I think I am. I have a land honor 10 bale accumulator grabber I bought when the neighbor retired last year. He ran it on a skid steer, but those are way too expensive for me. I have a loader on my 1955, but I think it would be too big and awkward for accumulating. I think I need something smaller and more maneuverable in the fields, so I can see what I’m doing better. I spotted this Super 55 and am wondering if it’s too small for the job, or a good fit. It’s a gas model with power steering and a yellow loader of some type on it. I have a PTO pump and tank in the shed I could use to run oil to the grapple cylinder if the tractor doesn’t have enough capacity. The grabber weighs about 750 pounds, and I make 40-45 pounds bales. So about 1200 pounds combined. Is this tractor up to the job, or do I need something's bigger? I don’t have any hills and I have as pretty heavy blade I could carry as rear ballast. Just worried about the front end mostly