Are there Bailers the WD won't power?

Hello,

I've baled a lot of hay with a WD (and always pulled a wagon behind). The only (minor) problem you may have is hydraulic hookups, if the baler has a thrower.

My WD will run my JD 24T with no trouble, if you have hills, rake and bale on the contour if pulling a wagon. Bale the hill section with an empty wagon and fill the wagon on the level section of the feild.

Considering that back in the 60's the New Holland balers on two of the farms on our road were powered by Wisconsin engines, I can't see the WD being underpowered...

Some of the high capacity balers, like the Hesston inline baler, take a  considerable amount of power, but the average square baler doesn't take much.

Baled with Dad's WD and a NH 268(?) for years. Never had any problems running out of power. Usually baled all summer long for Dad and 2 of my uncles.

I baled thousands of bales with my CA and MF #10 baler back in the '70s.

1951WDNWWI wrote: We baled hay with a H Farmall,  six less horse power than a WD, on a New Holland 66 baler.  No problem at all.  Like a previous post said if you start 'bucking' you are not feeding the baler fast enough.  We would load 120 bales to a load.  You did not want to find a badger hole with the wagon.  Fast way to unload.

That H was over powered if it had 6 less than a WD. Most H's had about what a C had and could hardly pull the hat off your head. They were good for backing a wagon though. I remember baling for a neighbor every summer with a WD45 6 volt that he always had to hand crank and then he had this H for pulling the wagon. It could barely pull a full load but it managed. No elevator to stack hay in the shed so he climbed each bale up a few levels to me then I would climb them up a little farther and stack them. Dad always offered to bring over our elevator but as long as he had me working for him I guess he figured we'd get by..... and we did.

Lonn,

What Baler will you be using? New Holland makes balers that a wd would have problems moving(560 or bigger) without weight on the front end and they made many like a 273 that are “feather” light and anything between. My 45 would have the power for my 315 but think it would throw me around a bit, not to mention the wear on the pto.

Ed (Ont) wrote: We did thousands of bales with WD45 and New Holland 270 baler and  wagon on behind. Had some hills as well but not real big hills. Usually 120 to 125 bales on full wagon same as Lonn. Tires were loaded of course. I really like how it worked. Later we had a MF165 diesel which was a bit heavier. I preferred the WD45. The pto speed on the MF seemed a bit slower. Had to run throttle it up lots.

I think everyone that looks at a “CA” as being to small to do any real work should watch the second video as it cuts and bales hay with a wagon being pulled behind to boot. Just goes to show you don’t need a 100 hp tractor to get the job done.

RMD wrote: But note that all the bailers in the second video have there own engines - they are not powered by the tractor's PTO. I can remember my uncle bailing with a Ferguson TO-30 that way.

Back when I was about 14, I used Dad's CA to pull the 14T baler, pto powered, and a hayrack behind. Never had a problem with it, though it was on mostly flat to rolling hills.