What can I pull?

[Anonymous-0]

I have a great line on an 8N, but am not sure if it is strong enough for me. Most of the work is light weight, but I am looking to pull a small square baler on hills. Will the 8N run a baler?

 

[Anonymous-0]

I would not even attempt it. HP is low to start with and the thing is so light that i would never trust it behind me on a hill.

But that is just me. My lame experience would guide me to around at least 40 ponies for that appication.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Another option is a baler with it's own engine.

 

[Anonymous-0]

First thing I see you say is HILLs nope and 8N and baler on hills is just plain unsafe. Figure an 8N is around 2000-2500 LBS and the baler is about 1500-2000 LBS so yep its to much for an 8N. Plus to use a baler well you need live PTO which an 8N doesn't have. 40HP is a good number to use a square baler. Before I switched to round bales I use an Oliver 77 and it did a real good job and that was with a wagon behind the baler on rolling hills
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[Anonymous-0]

well the ponies are about the same as a farmall H. we used the H for years balin hay.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I don't know.. I'm curious...

Did that farmall H have a live PTO?

 

[Anonymous-0]

My father used a 2n and a ford baler with wisconsin engine for 30 years and we have some pretty good hills. And my grandfather used them for 20 years before my dad took over. He even told me last week that they blew a rod right through the block on the wisconsin once and it kept running.

 

[Anonymous-0]

i wouldnt want to pull a hay wagon behind it though even if it is self powered

 

[Anonymous-0]

My Grandfather's brother thought it could handle that job. He died prematurely before the hay was in.

TOH

 

[Anonymous-0]

I've been running a NH Hayliner 68 (PTO) behind my '50 N with a smallish rack
(100 bale capacity), and the N struggles to pull up the slight incline (10' drop in
about 200') at one end of my field with the rack more than half loaded. I've drop
baled my hilly pasture, and the N did okay, but I did try to avoid baling downhill
towards a fence (grin).

On the flat, the N runs the baler with rack just fine - it's not even working as
hard as pulling a two-bottom plow...

es

 

[rich3]

We used a Farmall H ( similar HP to Ford) to bale hay with a small wagon behind. It did fine, but an H weighted Over 4000 lbs so could handle trailers etc better. I would agree the potential load could push/pull the Ford all over the place and be unsafe. The lack of Independent PTO on the H was an issue, but we got used to it until we got a newer tractor with Ind PTO. A baler assuming it does not need more than 20 PTO HP could work with caution, but could not pull a trailer also. If you need both, then you need a bigger tractor. My opionion only.