RX7320 problems @7 hrs on the meter

[cat fever]

Thanks, I'm excited whenever someone gets a new tractor. (new or used)

I really like doing anything that involves starting the tractor. I would not be doing small bales if it weren't for this piece of equipment.

 

[THEPARTYHOUND]

Do you sell or feed the hay you put up?

 

[cat fever]

I sell and feed it out. (cows)

 

[Bavarian]

Do you run a baler with yours? If so, what kind of baler are you running and how does your tractor handle it? I'd like to be able to borrow my neighbors round baler, but I think it might be a bit of wishful thinking on my part. I do not recall for sure what his baler is, but it builds nice firm 1600+ lb round bales and net wraps them.

I doubt you can run that baler with a 7320 efficiently. IIRC some of the new balers are asking 90 hp PTO.
But the size of the bales might be adjustable on the monitor. Limit it to a 5 ft diameter and you should be able to run it, but quite possibly slow.

 

[THEPARTYHOUND]

I've never ran a baler before and I've got a long way to go before my fields look anywhere near as nice as Cat's do. There is still a good deal of sage brush to clear, gopher mounds to level, and a bunch of that clumpy sub irrigated ground to smooth out.
At some point down the road I hope to have my fields in good enough shape to put up some hay. I wonder if a large square baler needs any less HP.

 

[cat fever]

Round balers require less HP than big squares. I think a 3X3 needs 100 PTO HP. That's why I make small bales and any big bales I want I hire someone else to do it. Plus those big balers are expensive. Last year I baled the bottom field small and hired the top out for 3X3 bales because I had it all sold. I do like the big bales for how easy it is to load them. All tractor no manual work.:laughing: Don't remember if I already posted these pictures or not.

 

[THEPARTYHOUND]

Yeah, I like big bales too. I had been using large rounds, and I kinda prefer those because they hold up to the weather a little better without having to tarp them. I had to buy 10 ton of sainfoin that was baled in 1500 lb squares. They are a little tougher to get into the feeder, but not too bad.
So are those some really heavy bales you are handling there? I noticed your counterweight and don't think I've felt the tractor get light in the back end yet.

 

[cat fever]

The bales were 800-850ish. I have a different set of hay forks that I can lift 2 bales at a time and the ballast box is needed for that. Even when moving 1 bale around, the tractor is so much more "planted" to the ground with the ballast on. If I do loader work I usually have the ballast on. I do not have loaded tires.

 

[THEPARTYHOUND]

Ahh, the loaded tires must be the difference then. With filled tires, even with the big round bales I haven't felt the need for ballast, and that is over rough terrain. I suppose with the bale collector you run I might be looking for some ballast back there.

 

[woolyAcres]

@THEPARTYHOUND we run a Krone 4x4 round baler no problem. We use net wrap. Dry round are maybe 800lbs. We also make wet bales that we wrap. I doubt those have ever gone above 1500#. No trouble balling or moving any of them.