which tractor should I use?
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Topic: which tractor should I use?
Posted By: aaronac1
Subject: which tractor should I use?
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 11:20am
Going to purchase a Case 8465 round baler and not sure if I should run it on the 190xt or the 7045.
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Wd-45 D-17s4 170 185 190xt 7045 8070
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Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 1:28pm
Posted By: StewartMD
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:07pm
My opinion is the 7045 or something with a cab and AC if you will be baling anything dusty like clover, alfalfa, etc. Also, I believe that's a pretty good size baler and if you have some hills you will appreciate the bigger tractor.
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8030, 8010, 220, 185, 160, D-17, WD, Unstyled WC, CA, G, 20-35, Gleaner E
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Posted By: Orange Blood
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:24pm
7045 all day long. 190XT as a backup
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Still in use:
HD7 WC C CA WD 2-WD45 WD45LP WD45D D14 3-D17 D17LP 2-D19D D19LP 190XTD 190XTLP 720 D21 220 7020 7030 7040 7045 3-7060
Projects: 3-U UC 2-G 2-B 2-C CA 7-WC RC WDLP WF D14 D21 210 7045 N7
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Posted By: ILGLEANER
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:28pm
Cab and Air.....although the 190 is my favorite tractor, I would be driving the 7045.
IG
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Posted By: Mike Plotner
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 2:35pm
cab, air, a extra 50 horsepower, more gears.... the 190 is my favorite too, but when you got all that going for you its hard to deny it!
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2001 Gleaner R42, 1978 7060, 1977 7000, 1966 190 XT, 1966 D-17 Series IV and 1952 WD and more keep my farm running!
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Posted By: AaronSEIA
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 5:06pm
Don't forget the wet clutch for all that stopping. 7045.
AaronSEIA
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Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 5:28pm
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I have a 7060 (close enough to 7045 for comparative purposes) and a one ninety XT. We run the XT on the baler for the fuel economy of it, and for the hand clutch; don't have to sit there with your foot on the clutch while the bale is tying. I've threatened several times to put the 7060 on the baler cause I'm getting soft in my old age, but the kid insists that the XT stay on it. The XT is a way more nimble tractor, and I've never had a power problem with it, even baling in the hills. We don't usually bale in the heat of the day, so lack of AC is not too big of an issue. I do plan on putting AC in it though, along with a bunch of new weather stripping and some acoustic foam. When I get that stuff done to it, it will really be the ideal baling tractor. I put 38 inch rubber on the back of it a few years ago, so there is plenty of clearance for windrows to go under it. A few years ago, I went and helped a neighbor bale one night. He had a pretty new tractor, with a forward/neutral/reverse shuttle on the column, and was telling me how much he liked it for baling, because he didn't have to sit there with his foot on the clutch while bales were tying. I showed him that I could do that with my 45 year old tractor also. I kept up with him bale for bale all night long. Darrel
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Posted By: Mike Plotner
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 5:44pm
Darrel has good points too. guy we buy cows off of has a 200 and a 7060. he likes the 200 for baling because of the hand clutch and fuel economy, but he still uses the 7060 for the A/C!
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2001 Gleaner R42, 1978 7060, 1977 7000, 1966 190 XT, 1966 D-17 Series IV and 1952 WD and more keep my farm running!
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Posted By: aaronac1
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 5:45pm
Cool story Darrel
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Wd-45 D-17s4 170 185 190xt 7045 8070
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Posted By: gerkendave
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 9:58pm
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Like I have said before I have a Heston 560. Almost the same as yours just older. I use a 190xt for one reason.....it's the only big tractor I have. But even at that I have never been short on power and I love the hand clutch for when tying. Since the baler does everything it's a nice time to get a drink of water or just take in the scenery. Once I get the green light I just pull the clutch back in and away I go! I bale alfalfa with my setup and even in heavy first crop I bale in third high side and the tractor never struggles. Love this setup just wish I had either a canopy to keep the sun off or a good cab to do that and keep the dust off.
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Posted By: Jim Hancock
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2015 at 11:28pm
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gerkendave, Here's an idea for you that dad did for a canopy on his XT: Weld a pipe on a 1/4" flat stock and bolt it on the fender on each side. Drill a hole, 1/4" or 5/16" in the pipe before you weld it on the flat stock and weld the appropriate nut size on it to screw in a bolt and hold the post of the canopy bracket. HTH.
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