Little Farmall Earning Its Keep Haying

Bobl1958 · Jun 3, 2020

Put the new little Farmall 70 to work on
the small baler. I was worried if it had
the guts to handle the baler and loaded
wagon. Found out it works great and barely
moved the fuel gauge on a little over 100
bales. I dropped a waterway Sunday to
check out the swather and decided to small
bale it. Got the trailer sitting in the
barn ready to unload in the morning. Proud
of the little squirt! Now for the bigger
fields. Still need a couple hundred more
smalls before I start on the large rounds.
Bigger tractor for that baler. Bob

showcrop · Jun 3, 2020

That is a wide load of bales on that wagon!! you don't cross them up?

Roger Tomfohrde · Jun 3, 2020

Now I know I have been gone from farming too long. 70? as in close to 70 horsepower? Little at 70 back in 77 that was actually pretty large and weighed 7-9000 lbs. and I have been know to bale with a 240 Farmall pulling a H+S throw rack. Mind you I was doing a couple waterways of thin hay but that is little. My 706 weighed in around 8500 and that is 72 Hp and I could still get pushed down a few of my hills. Just saying to me 70 is not a little tractor unless all you have is a three hundred Hp monster. Like I said I have been gone too long.

Traditional Farmer · Jun 3, 2020

HP apparently ain't what it used to be in tractors.We used to pull a JD 24T baler with wagons hooked to it all over the hills in my area with an Oliver 77, the 77 was around 40 PTO HP I think.

Russ from MN · Jun 3, 2020

We put the IH B275 (34 pto ) on the kicker baler once, every time it fired a bale it seemed like the back of the tractor jumped off the ground! Just tried it for a short time, it started to run warm. The JD R (48 pto hp) was the baler tractor.

flying belgian · Jun 3, 2020

That is just an exact twin to my Farmall 65. Two wheel drive also. I was baling 10 to 12 thousand bales a year when I first got mine but anymore only about 6000. 141 bales on each wagon. Hook one wagon behind the other and pull it all home. Now here is where it is deceiving. My baler is a New Holland compact 65 baler. So the bales are only two thirds as big as yours. Two years ago I put a canopy on mine. That's nice to sit in the shade. If you get a canopy, get the one for the New Holland tractor as that is white in color. Case is red. Same tractor so it bolts right on. Lots cooler sitting under white then red. Also I will take a picture of the grab handle I made for mine. Makes it much easier getting on. I love my Farmall. I have 2000 hrs. on mine already. Had to replace the alternator. But that's the only problem I've had with it.

Tom in Mo. · Jun 3, 2020

These are the "new" Farmalls made in Turkey.

shaun wallace · Jun 3, 2020

There rated at the flywheel now. No more PTO or drawbar. They also run them at 2500 or more rpm instead of 18-2000.

Bobl1958 · Jun 3, 2020

I believe it's 54 drawbar pto. Have to run about 2600 rpm to get the 540 on the pto. Bob

Bobl1958 · Jun 3, 2020

Ordered the canopy today. Also a kit to take the exhaust pipe upwards. Blowing down it blows the windrow out believe it or not. Bob

Russ from MN · Jun 3, 2020

This is what tractordata says about it, should be plenty of power for small squares!

Engine (gross): 65 hp [48.5 kW]
PTO (claimed): 52 hp [38.8 kW]
Drawbar (tested): 46.2 hp [34.5 kW]
PTO (tested): 59.1 hp [44.1 kW]

flying belgian · Jun 3, 2020

I did not notice yours had down exhaust. Mine came factory with upward exhaust pipe.
I took some photos so now to see if I can get them posted. I struggle with this picture thing but here goes.

flying belgian · Jun 3, 2020

try again.

flying belgian · Jun 3, 2020

Good grief, that's the wrong one. Here we try again.

flying belgian · Jun 3, 2020

Now the stupid things are sideways. Here's another.

flying belgian · Jun 3, 2020

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gab · Jun 3, 2020

Back in the about 1960 we baled with a Farmall M. When the cultivator went on the M we baled with the Super C. Only had one steep field on the place and I lost traction toward the top of the hill and the wagon, baler, and me and the Super C went down the hill backward until it all jack knifed to a stop. Think all I busted was the bale shute and my nerves.

used red MN · Jun 3, 2020

Must be fairly flat there. We stacked them ..= = I.. then next layer was ..I = =.. To tie them together if that makes
an sense. I am not sure what that will look like in Modern.

caterpillar guy · Jun 4, 2020

Another words you loaded 5 wide 2 cross wise then one end ways then reverse on the next layer.

showcrop · Jun 4, 2020

(quoted from post at 02:11:35 06/04/20) Another words you loaded 5 wide 2 cross wise then one end ways then reverse on the next layer.

Caterpillar guy ==I, I== is how we always used to do it too, but the pic shows ===, === so as used MN said it must be flat there, or maybe his helper wanted to get a super big load on,

Bobl1958 · Jun 4, 2020

Yep, this is Kansas. The land is flat us
the trailer is extra wide. They dont go
anywhere. I go 3 wide x 4 high, then 2
wide to tie them a little, then 1 tie the
2. The wide trailer, ( built for an FFA
project ) allows for the 3 wide.

Bill VA · Jun 4, 2020

Looks good!

David G · Jun 4, 2020

PTO HP is not as much as an issue as Drawbar HP and weight needed to be stable on hilly ground, looks flat there.

flying belgian · Jun 4, 2020

I also go 3 wide on mine but again, mine are the compact bales so I can do it on 8 ft. Trailer.

SVcummins · Jun 4, 2020

These modern 70 hp lawnmowers are not what tractors used to be for sure . This baler weighs 9300 pounds plus 2 900 pound bales and a little bit

showcrop · Jun 4, 2020

(quoted from post at 13:56:09 06/04/20) These modern 70 hp lawnmowers are not what tractors used to be for sure . This baler weighs 9300 pounds plus 2 900 pound bales and a little bit

You look at these modern tractors and what looks like a compact is 120 HP!!!

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