Bush hogging cornstalks
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oliver28472
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Bird,
We still have a couple dairies around here but nothing like your picture. The stalks baled here were not cut for silage but did have the combine (corn picker) go through it before it was bush hogged and baled.
We still have a couple dairies around here but nothing like your picture. The stalks baled here were not cut for silage but did have the combine (corn picker) go through it before it was bush hogged and baled.
wbb
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oliver28472
[/QUOTE]Like that Ollie. Is it a 1650? My brother has a 1650, and a 1655. He is keeping a nice 1555 for our cousin, who also has a 1600.[/QUOTE]
Yes it is a 1967 1650. One of my favorite tractors to drive. It is used mostly now as a chore and hay tractor. It has 8900 hours on it and runs very good. I'm looking for a matching 1850.
We store the cornstalk bales in an old open front shed - stacked 3 high. The ones we have to leave outside are set on high ground and covered with a tarp. These are used first.
[/QUOTE]Like that Ollie. Is it a 1650? My brother has a 1650, and a 1655. He is keeping a nice 1555 for our cousin, who also has a 1600.[/QUOTE]
Yes it is a 1967 1650. One of my favorite tractors to drive. It is used mostly now as a chore and hay tractor. It has 8900 hours on it and runs very good. I'm looking for a matching 1850.
We store the cornstalk bales in an old open front shed - stacked 3 high. The ones we have to leave outside are set on high ground and covered with a tarp. These are used first.
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We harvested the corn. It made 140 bushels to the acre. which was pretty good for as dry as it was/is.
oliver28472
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wbb, my brother's 1650 has the hydra power. He wishes it was the three speed like yours. I guess your engine is the direct injection like the 1655?
wbb
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oliver28472
Actually my 1650 has the Hydra-Power (2 speed) also. Some of the late model 1650's came with the 3-speed (over-direct-under).
It has the 283 Waukesha diesel motor (has glow plugs).
We plug in the block heater for a couple of hours and it starts right up in the winter.
The Waukesha sure sounds nice when you fire it up in the morning.
I would like to find a Perkins powered 1850/1855.
*more on baling cornstalks*
The neighbor that bales cornstalks for us has a fairly new John Deere baler. He said that any John Deere from the 530 model and newer should be able to handle cornstalks.
Actually my 1650 has the Hydra-Power (2 speed) also. Some of the late model 1650's came with the 3-speed (over-direct-under).
It has the 283 Waukesha diesel motor (has glow plugs).
We plug in the block heater for a couple of hours and it starts right up in the winter.
The Waukesha sure sounds nice when you fire it up in the morning.
I would like to find a Perkins powered 1850/1855.
*more on baling cornstalks*
The neighbor that bales cornstalks for us has a fairly new John Deere baler. He said that any John Deere from the 530 model and newer should be able to handle cornstalks.
Bird
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wbb, your picture sure looks like the Oliver I used baling hay. I think it was a 1755 (not sure now), but I am sure it was a 6 cylinder diesel, supposedly about 80hp and 1972 vintage, with 6 forward and 2 reverse gears plus the 3 speed "Hydraulshift" I was thinking it said on the side of the hood. The hour meter showed about 5,000 hours when the neighbor bought it, but it was a very nice and reliable machine.
oliver28472
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Right, the hood decal is what I was going on.
