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What minimum horsepower for silage bale

  • 22-05-2014 8:20pm
    #1
    mancity1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭


    Hello all anyone able tell me what would be the minimum HP needed to lift a silage bale in comfort? Many Thanks


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  • #2
    ABlur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 826 ✭✭✭ABlur


    mancity1 wrote: »
    Hello all anyone able tell me what would be the minimum HP needed to lift a silage bale in comfort? Many Thanks

    62hp Massey Ferguson 165 will do most unless its a big wet Fusion bale.


  • #3
    onyerbikepat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭onyerbikepat


    You can check the different tractors on www.tractordata.com under '3-Point Hitch'.
    It gives the rated lifting power in Kgs. A round silage bale would be around the 700Kg mark. It's not directly linked to the HP of the tractor but I'd guess around the 60HP to be sure.


  • #4
    J.O. Farmer
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    I've lifted many silage bales with a MF 35 and a Ford 3600 both round 35hp. They will struggle with very heavy bales so no comfort in the long run. Anything bigger should be fine though.


  • #5
    Genghis Cant
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    J.O. Farmer wrote: »
    I've lifted many silage bales with a MF 35 and a Ford 3600 both round 35hp. They will struggle with very heavy bales so no comfort in the long run. Anything bigger should be fine though.

    I carried plenty with a 135, an IH 444 and a Ford 4000. Wilt them to a degree that suits your tractor.
    But there's nothing like having the power and weight to do the job correctly and safely.


  • #6
    royalmeath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭royalmeath


    This is what you want.
    http://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/case-885-l-mint/6971373


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  • #7
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Wet fusion bale and it's a job for the 110-90, dry and any 3 cyl 40 hp tractor will lift it.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #8
    frazzledhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,278 ✭✭✭frazzledhome


    royalmeath wrote: »
    This is what you want.
    http://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/case-885-l-mint/6971373

    I'm looking for something like that. Approx what would it be worth? I'd have no idea


  • #9
    jd06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 592 ✭✭✭jd06


    Would a fusion bale be much heavier than a normal bale of silage


  • #10
    kake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭kake


    jd06 wrote: »
    Would a fusion bale be much heavier than a normal bale of silage

    It depends on how dry the grass is going into it. Have seen other balers make as good of bales as the fusion, but the fusion is fairly consistant.


  • #11
    kake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭kake


    Anyone stacking or feeding bales with skidsteer?


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  • #12
    Damo810
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Damo810


    It's more to do with weight of a tractor rather than Hp. Some fusion bales can be awful heavy, we had a 290 bouncing up and down with them at one stage. Looking at the lift capacity won't help either, as this only shows you what the lift can manage, not the tractor which would have to be seriously ballasted in order to get near the capacity.


  • #13
    onyerbikepat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭onyerbikepat


    Damo810 wrote: »
    .....Looking at the lift capacity won't help either, as this only shows you what the lift can manage, not the tractor which would have to be seriously ballasted in order to get near the capacity.
    True, but it's no problem to ballast it. A front loader will be enough, in most cases.


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