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How do I know what my Tractor can pull???
| Shawn |
I have a rather simple yet important question. I recently acquired a 5030DT Kubota tractor and I was wondering what is the the appropriate size of baler that I can pull behind it? ( if any at all) I live in the north and on a mountain side and have a hay field that has a few slopes on it at a fairly good grade. Any Help would be great. Thanks
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| hay |
ALMOST any utility size tractor and some compact tractors can "PULL" the baler. the questions is if the tractor has enough weight and horsepower to USE the baler in the field. are you using a square or round baler? and what is the size of bales that the baler makes? all this information is vital so you won't overload your tractor or do something unsafe or dangerous. how steep of a grade are you going to be using it on? what is your tractors hp and weight? then we can go from there.
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| rich4 |
Pulling and running a baler may be different things, your tractor has about 45 PTO HP and weights about 4000lbs empty or a lot more with add on weights or fluid in the tires. Your tractor would put you in the range of some older Farmalls of that hp size or smaller which certainly ran square balers all the time, I believe a round bailer takes more power than that. But you would have to see the requirements of each bailer you would consider buying and find out their HP requirements. The pulling and running a baler on slopes could tax the stopping and pulling power of your tractor, if you are pulling a trailer behind it is even worse. If you find somewhat of a lighter weight baler and don't pull a trailer you should be better off. But if we don't know the slope or terrain you are talking about we can't give you a good definitive answer.
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