flusher
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- Tractor
- Getting old. Sold the ranch. Sold the tractors. Moved back to the city.
You can do it. People have used small tractors like a Farmall Super A to pull a 2-twine small square baler like a JD 14T or like the one I have--a Massey Ferguson 124.
Here's what I use on my 10 acres (flat pasture)
Baler--MF124 2-twine small squares - $2000 (bought it right out of the field-previous owner baled 30 acres the day before)
Sicklebar mower--MF 31 (7 ft)- $550 at auction plus $200 new parts
Rake--JD 350 pto driven, 3pt hitch style - $800
Here's a YouTube video showing a Farmall Super A operating a small square baler. The baler sequence starts around the 5 minute mark in the video.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvz8-Sw1ntA]FARMALL Super A - YouTube[/ame]
Pretty impressive considering the Super A has about 16 pto hp:thumbsup:. I would guess the fellow in the video has an over running clutch (ORC) installed in the pto drive line since the rear pto is driven directly off the transmisson.
You should have no trouble haying with your 30 hp tractor.
Good luck