LouNY
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- Joined
- Jul 4, 2015
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- Location
- Greenwich, NY
- Tractor
- Branson 8050, IH 574, Oliver 1550 Diesel Utility (traded in on Branson) NH 8160. Kioti CK2620SECH
Well to add fuel to the fire;
I have started hearing some of the larger farms around here talking about running R14's on the mowing tractors,
these are the ones running the triple mowers on the large tractors instead of the R1's.
These guys are doing a bit more hay then anyone I have seen on here posting.
On the farm here the R1's have a few thousand hours on them with lots of road travel
so they are getting the bars worn down considerably and don't tear up hay fields even when the ground is soft,
the haybine actually makes more of a rut then the tractor does.
We have one Kubota on the farm with R4's on it, it has the worst traction of anything on wet or slick ground
and it has absolutely no side grip if even just the grass is wet that thing is helpless.
I have started hearing some of the larger farms around here talking about running R14's on the mowing tractors,
these are the ones running the triple mowers on the large tractors instead of the R1's.
These guys are doing a bit more hay then anyone I have seen on here posting.
On the farm here the R1's have a few thousand hours on them with lots of road travel
so they are getting the bars worn down considerably and don't tear up hay fields even when the ground is soft,
the haybine actually makes more of a rut then the tractor does.
We have one Kubota on the farm with R4's on it, it has the worst traction of anything on wet or slick ground
and it has absolutely no side grip if even just the grass is wet that thing is helpless.