Starting to look at hay tools

[PROFarms]

Hey Y'all

I just been out and bought a 42 PTO hp IH 444 (attached picture) and I'm looking to get some haying kit. Id be doing between 10-20 acres of my own and possibly up to 40 acres of a neighbours property on at least one cutting a year, sometimes get two in maybe. Before this year we only ever had a 19hp Yanmar and had to use a Sickle Mower to cut, turned most by hand or with a 4 wheel rake, and then had to pay someone to come in and bale it.

Anyone able to help me and give me ideas of what sort of size attachments i need. Probably looking for a disc/drum mower, 2 or 4 star tedder and then probably a baler cause it costs me so much to get someone to come and bale it.

 

[PROFarms]

anybody got any thoughts?? :/

 

[MrWhippy]

I'm curious if any of the haybines, discbines or moco's will work in that HP range.

 

[Northcountryboy]

I bought a New Holland 7320 discbine this past summer. It has a 9 foot cut and it takes at least 65 hp at the pto.

 

[mjcountrybumpkin]

You could run the heck out of a 474 new holland haybine. Good cheap rake and a 2 basket Tedder would have you set minus the baler. You wanting square or round bales ?

 

[PROFarms]

I'm looking to make small square bales.

 

[ddd75]

with that size acreage and tractor i'd look into a 9' sickle bar mower, 8 wheel rake, and a JD 336 sq baler.

 

[blueriver]

Hay grapple and accumulator a must

 

[PROFarms]

Acreage could be from 20-60 acres. Depends if I do the neighbours place. Have got a 7ft sickle but never got on with it. Always too slow and always got jammed up in really thick grass we have got. May invest in a jd baler - should this be able to be powered by a 40hp tractor? Currently got a 4 wheel trailed rake so might invest in a bigger one if I can guarantee I can get the neighbours land to do for at least a few years.

 

[ddd75]

Acreage could be from 20-60 acres. Depends if I do the neighbours place. Have got a 7ft sickle but never got on with it. Always too slow and always got jammed up in really thick grass we have got. May invest in a jd baler - should this be able to be powered by a 40hp tractor? Currently got a 4 wheel trailed rake so might invest in a bigger one if I can guarantee I can get the neighbours land to do for at least a few years.

might be able to push a 336 with 40hp but it'd be close.. might try to find a nice 24T.

I cut 200 acres with a 9' sickle bar and if it ever jams its because the belt isn't tight enough.

i doubt you'll be able to run anything but a sickle bar on 40hp