small sq baler input HP

Robert_in_NY · Apr 2, 2006

Scott, what model Case baler is that? My friend has one that I can buy cheap if I wanted to but it is hard to find Case baler parts but it would be fun to fix it up and put it behind my old Massey Harris. The baler even has the Case thrower so I can use my kicker wagons if I wanted to play /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

jimg · Apr 2, 2006

How are you figuring 90hp as the spec, I think, is around 75? Just curious b/c this baler spec thing seems to be a big crap shoot if Im understanding the entire conversation. For someone getting into haying its pretty confusing. I want to be as efficient as possible but only have marketing blurbs to plan w/.

Robert_in_NY · Apr 2, 2006

The "Minimum" spec to run the 575 is 75 pto hp. That is what NH states is just enough. The 90 hp figure is what everyone who has run a 575 tells me is the ideal hp to run this baler at. They would rather have at least 100 pto horses in front of it but 90 is a good machine.

jimg · Apr 2, 2006

I see...still 100hp is quite alot of tractor. Do you have an idea of how much faster bales can be made at 100hp than 75? I assume thats where the advantage comes in -- being able to move faster over the field.

Robert_in_NY · Apr 2, 2006

I don't have any idea. I have never hooked the 7710 up to the 575 yet as I got it late last summer and didn't want to mess around wiring it up then. I will see how it handles it this year though. My 7710 is putting out 110 pto horses so it should be a big difference between what the TN and TL-A did on the 575. The TL-A was a big upgrade over the TN and that was around 75-80 pto horses if I remember right so I can tell you more around the end of May early June.

jwcinpk · Apr 3, 2006

110 horses for a square baler? Couldn't you use the same tractor to run one of the new giant square balers? I don't believe there is a 110 hp tractor in my whole region! Looks to me like if you had to put up that much hay you'd be rolling. Maybe then in a seperate setup changing to squares.
How many squares are you guys doing a year?

cowboydoc · Apr 3, 2006

My family will usually put up around 50,000 a year.

jwcinpk · Apr 3, 2006

Wow I cannot imagine! I don't think there are that many put up in all of SE KY. Are you using wagons or some sort of bale bandit setup? Or migrant workers?

jimg · Apr 3, 2006

Ill be doing small sqs b/c of the market Im planning to target. That market almost exclusively requires small sqs b/c theyre easy to move, store and transport. If I was making hay for myself then yes, rd bales would probably be ideal.