MH8675309
Platinum Member
A 479 is allot of haybine for a 22 horse tractor. I ran the same bine off of my 53 horse JD and for the weight of the tractor wouldnt want to run it on anything much smaller. We had lots of breakdowns though and finally bought a Krone disc mower ( no rollers just a mower). It does similar to a sickle mower in that the hay is not conditioned but just cut and laid down. Cutting hay is super fast with this. Here in Michigan because of the weather this year most of us were really late on our first cutting. I had hay taller than the hood of the tractor but was able to cut in third gear - without any breakdowns- and got it off in good shape. Our Amish neighbors use a sickle mower and put up some fine hay - their stock doesnt seem to do poorly on it at all. They do use an inverter some times.