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<blockquote data-quote="Earl Thigpen" data-source="post: 412819" data-attributes="member: 3999"><p>This has been covered several times here but the answer is it depends:</p><p></p><p>On what kind of baler you're trying to use - Big round balers require 70 to 90 HP. Vermeer Rebels (and other small balers)around 40 HP. Square balers 30 to 50 HP.</p><p></p><p>On what kind of cutter you're trying to use - sickle cutters typically don't require much HP and the rotary cutters come in different swath widths. The wider you go the more HP is required and just as important is some of those 9'+ mowers are heavy and require a tractor with a little weight. I have pulled a 5' PZ drum mower with a Ford 3000 diesel (about 40 HP) and it was all it could do to handle it.</p><p></p><p>Then what are you going to do with the bales when you are all through. If big round bales you will need a hay fork of some type and if it's mounted on the rear you will again need a tractor with a little weight, otherwise the front wheels will come of the ground when picking the bale up.</p><p></p><p>I guess what most everyone here will recommend is that you size all of your equipment out. Talk with your local equipment dealers. Don't buy a 9'+ Kuhn mower or a 605M Vermeer baler and expect it to work with your 2300 lb, 35 HP tractor. It ain't gonna happen.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps. I think you're headed in the right direction by asking questions but you need to ask a lot more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Earl Thigpen, post: 412819, member: 3999"] This has been covered several times here but the answer is it depends: On what kind of baler you're trying to use - Big round balers require 70 to 90 HP. Vermeer Rebels (and other small balers)around 40 HP. Square balers 30 to 50 HP. On what kind of cutter you're trying to use - sickle cutters typically don't require much HP and the rotary cutters come in different swath widths. The wider you go the more HP is required and just as important is some of those 9'+ mowers are heavy and require a tractor with a little weight. I have pulled a 5' PZ drum mower with a Ford 3000 diesel (about 40 HP) and it was all it could do to handle it. Then what are you going to do with the bales when you are all through. If big round bales you will need a hay fork of some type and if it's mounted on the rear you will again need a tractor with a little weight, otherwise the front wheels will come of the ground when picking the bale up. I guess what most everyone here will recommend is that you size all of your equipment out. Talk with your local equipment dealers. Don't buy a 9'+ Kuhn mower or a 605M Vermeer baler and expect it to work with your 2300 lb, 35 HP tractor. It ain't gonna happen. Hope this helps. I think you're headed in the right direction by asking questions but you need to ask a lot more. [/QUOTE]
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