40 HP Tractor Choices

[N80]

I don't think any of these would handle full sized round bales adequately on the front. I think you could struggle with a round bale on the front, but it would not be advisable and travelling any distance or on rough terrain would be difficult and potentially dangerous. I don't know about the 3pt hitch but I think it would exceed the weight limits of the L4400 for sure.

 

[Billy427]

Can you recommend a JD dealer with better pricing, maybe in Texas? Kansas and Oklahoma JD dealers are coming down to between 24-25K just for the 3720 tractor alone, well equipped. Thanks for your help.

 

[ddivinia]

Call Ricky at Premier Ag and Lawn - 972 878 9691 JD Dealer in Ennis, TX.

D.

 

[jcmseven]

There are lots of nice tractors out there; our fellow posters have noted several. My slant is green, but I do not know that much about other brands. I can say the 3720 I owned was a very nice and powerful tractor. I traded only because I wanted to upgrade and an exceptional, once in lifetime, deal came up that I took. Otherwise, I was very pleased with the 3720. I think in that size tractor it has one, if not the most, of the most powerful engines, and you can really tell it. Personally, I would pay the extra for the additional features and comfort over the 990 in the JD line, but that is just me. You and others might see that differently. To me, and has been stated many times, the dealer is the starting point. If you have a good dealer, it almost does not matter what he/she sells, it likely will go well. If you have a chance to purchase a machine like a 3720 and you have a good dealer, then you have scored. I also would not make any decisions until I drove each machine you liked and decided from there.

John M

 

[UncleBuck01]

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CWP37
I use a mahindra 4110 with a "Quick Attach" skid steer compatable bale spear on the 112 loader. I have all four tires filled for ballast, Not a Problem for my tractor. I have never tried but you probably??? could carry another round bale on the 3pt hitch at the same time???
Buck

 

[aesanders]

For round bales, if you are going to be moving a huge amount of them, I would get a larger tractor. If you are just moving them occasionally most of these will handle them unless they are really big heavy round bales. We use to have some 2,000 lb bales at the farm and I really would not want to move many of these around with any compact tractor's front end loader.

 

[N80]

That's the kind of bale I was thinking of. Don't know exact weight but at least 6' in diameter. Probably close to 2000 lbs.

 

[UncleBuck01]

Aesanders & N80
Are you guys talking about "Dairy" Hay stored outside?? wet hay will be heavier. My "Horse" hay is 5 x 5 mixed grasses, given extra drying time in the field, and stored inside. Reason for extra drying time is MOLD, horse's are extremely sensitive to mold. In the past I would only feed small square bales to my horses, but since my NEIGHBOR now cuts hay for a living ( best hay I have ever bought) and supplies other horse farms in the area, I now used both square and round. I estimate my DRY round bales to be around 1200 to 1400 lbs each.
Now to the tractor. Mahindra 4110 operating weight is 3969lbs, all four, filled 75%, tires estimated at 1755 lbs, total weight of tractor 5724 lbs, I don,t know what the weight of the loader is but the ML112 loader has a lift capacity of 1972 lbs to full lift height (109.6 inches) Take the 6ft bucket off and put the smaller and lighter Quick attach bale spear. This tractor is totally able to handle SAFELY the round bales I use.
Buck

 

[aesanders]

Not sure what you mean by Dairy Hay. Most Dairy's that I know get the best hay available and leave the rest for the horse farms. They buy in huge quantities and the hay growers cater to them.

We had all types of hay on our place. Mostly fed Alfalfa. Their are many sizes of bales. Before we sold out, we used mostly large square bales that were well over 2000 lb's apeice and very high quality Alfalfa hay.

There are so many types and styles of hay available it is hard to say what one tractor will handle. A CUT would not be able to handle the large bales we fed at the farm. Heck for that matter, our 580k case backhoe would struggle with them as well. We mostly moved the large bales with our Volvo and Cat loaders. But we went through ton's of hay. If we only went through a couple bales a month a smaller tractor would have worked fine. We went through 1-2 per day and were constantly getting in loads so we needed something to handle them with ease.

 

[N80]

I'm not a hay expert. I assit my B-I-L on his cattle ranch. He has only one type bale. Big. Like I said, over 6' in diameter. I've moved them with his larger JD tractor, I have no idea what model, but big compared to my CUT. Even with loaded back tires you have to be careful on rough terrain with one of those things on the forks. It gets bouncy. I think he told me about a ton. I'm pretty sure that exceeds the loader spec on my 45hp Kubota L4400. Not to say you couldn't shuffle them around, but I wouldn't carry them down the road and out across big fields with it.

And now you know all I think I might know about hay bales and tractors. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif