Dk35 and cutting hay

[den75]

Anyone have a dk35 they use to cut and bale hay? If so how much do you cut and what hay equipment are you using? Thanks!

 

[zzvyb6]

I cut, rake, bale and pickup hay using my 35 hp tractor. About 15 acres. JD 14T baler, NH 479 mower/conditoner, NH 1012 stack wagon. Occasionally a Kuhn combo tedder/rake. No problems. You ought to have at least a 2 stage pto clutch or "live power" independent pto control. I started out with the same hay equipment and a 22hp Yanmar, also no problems other than the pto clutch controled the ground drive as well as the pto. Those who say it can't be done or that the tractor is too light or too small have never tried something wild.

 

[den75]

I cut, rake, bale and pickup hay using my 35 hp tractor. About 15 acres. JD 14T baler, NH 479 mower/conditoner, NH 1012 stack wagon. Occasionally a Kuhn combo tedder/rake. No problems. You ought to have at least a 2 stage pto clutch or "live power" independent pto control. I started out with the same hay equipment and a 22hp Yanmar, also no problems other than the pto clutch controled the ground drive as well as the pto. Those who say it can't be done or that the tractor is too light or too small have never tried something wild.

Thank you, generally, how long does it take you to cut, rake and bale 15 acres?

 

[aczlan]

Thank you, generally, how long does it take you to cut, rake and bale 15 acres?

We bale about 17 acres of hay (in 3 fields). We use a L3830, we cut with a NH 479 mower conditioner, rake with a Enrossi 4 basket tedder and a old NH side delivery rake. We bale with a NH279 baler that has a belt kicker on the back to kick the bales into basket style hay wagons.
We also bale round bales with an older Ford 552 5x5 round baler (although, we generally stop at a 5x4 bale).

Aaron Z