Re: What size round bale can I haul?

Posted by paul on September 08, 2003 at 22:13:16 from (209.23.145.63):

In Reply to: What size round bale can I haul? posted by OKRon on September 08, 2003 at 19:43:39:

I bale 5x6 bales with my round baler. I
generally move them with my 85 hp Ford
7700, but since I bale with that too, I was
using the 150 hp tractor - that worked great, I
had to have the duals off for cultivating this
year anyhow, and with the big tractor & front
weight box, that was joy to move bales.

I picked up 2 bales with my 1720. That was
iffy, and I would not want to put that nice little
tractor through that stress very often. The rear
end & 3pt handled it but not by much, with a
short top-link I could make the relief valve go.
With a Ford loader on, I could barely steer the
front end was so light. I would not try to pick
those bales up with a front spike, I doubt it
could. I use a rear pallet-fork type bale mover,
not a spike, but same difference. My
understanding is that a 1710 has weaker hyd
than a 1720?????? I think you would really
stress that machine to try to depend on it to
handle a lot of 5x6 bales - if it could do it at all.

I'm not qualified to say how a 2N would do,
never sat on an N.

Can your neighbor make your round bales
smaller, that would help a lot. Make them 5x5
or even 4x5.

--->Paul

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