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Mark thanks for the feedback. Just placed a Hatchet 60 order.

Mark can you offer up your feelings on the hatchet 60 or Powerplasma 52i as far as what is not listed on the website. I would only be doing manual by hand cutting so the hachet 60 not suitable for CNC does not bother me at all.

As follow-up to my earlier post I do still have a 2005 2500 hd with the 6.0 that I bought from Craigslist for not much money. No plans to ever get rid of it.

As close to claw hammer reliable as you can get. On paper it will never win the hp bragging rights wars if that is important to you and it will like its gas but the competitors of the era were no better in regards to fuel economy and way worse in reliability. Fact is the 6.0 is still running...

The 1999 to early 2002'ish 5.3 with piston slap are not oil burners in any way. The piston slap does not really hurt a thing albeit it is annoying as heck when engine is cold till the engines warms slightly and the piston expands and noise disappears. Pretty much fixed and a non-factor by late...

It was mostly the 305's that had the cam problems. Not saying a 350 never did but never like the 305's

Where were the 350 or 454 listed by the Original Poster? I must have missed this part of the original question? If your disagreement is in regards to my claim that the 6.0 is the best base engine to date ever put in 3/4 ton truck? I will take a 6.0 over a 5.7 any day of the week and twice on...

The Ford 6.2 is a modular based engine with slightly bigger spacing between bore centers. Google anything you desire from Wikepedia to various press releases from various sources and they all pretty much state the 6.2 is a modular based design. I will say it is likely the best of Ford's...

That is just it the venerable GM 6.0 has been around since 1999 or 2000 where the Ford 6.2 would be the next oldest introduced in 2011, the Ram 6.4 introduced in 2014, and the GM 6.6 gasser or ford 7.3 gasser are all introduced 2020 or newer so in theory the price points each could potentially...

an old thread of mine that the pic links still work https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/hobby-haying-pics-with-a-compact-tractor-and-bushog.146362/

I suppose some rotary cutters do better than others, but I made hay for several years using my little Kubota L285 and a 5 foot genuine bush hog brand rotary cutter so yes it can be done. The hay was equally as good in quality as the haybine type mower conditioner that I use today on the same...

Well knotter problems cost me some valuable time today so no good action photos of the baling or bale picking up process but I did snap a couple pics at dark. Got all the bales (guessing 160 or so) picked up before dew set in. 2 truck beds full plus the 16' trailer stacked as high as I care to...

A little flippy the windrow action with a couple of antiques...

No laughing at the lift system on the mower conditioner now...

Well I now have at least 1 back-up machine for each function of my hobby hay operation. Multiple clunker tractors, 3 ways to cut it, 2 ways to rake/improvise tedd, 1 way to truly tedd, and now 2 ways to bale it.... Not the prettiest baler, but the darn thing has not been used all that...