exSW Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Well? What's your vote? I haven't found a utility type yet that I liked. A nice tight Super H if you can find one. I've been happiest with a medium sized row crop like my 560 or a 5600-6600 Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super A_sepa Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 544 narrow front . I liked using my 300 narrow front too. 706 narrow front is nice to use too. I like my narrow fronts especially for raking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP from Central PA Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 What rake are we using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super A_sepa Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, TP from Central PA said: What rake are we using? Very good point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP from Central PA Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Just now, Super A_sepa said: Very good point! I can't run a Vermeer twin with a 530 putt putt........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Using an IH #35 a Farmall H fit the bill nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Like running the v rake with either the 400 or 560D. When i had a 3 point mounted v rake it was kinda nice raking with the 826. Have a new idea 5 bar rake for back up but its at fils. Usually ends up behind his super h. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeachersPet1066 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 NH 258 hay rake on the 544. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihfan4life Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Best most fuel efficient that I raked with was an Oliver 600. Rake in hi gear at just above an idle. All day long on probably less than 5 gallons of fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP from Central PA Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Bar rake give me a 530 with float ride seat and roll a matic narrow front.................300 in second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSW Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Super A_sepa said: 544 narrow front . I liked using my 300 narrow front too. 706 narrow front is nice to use too. I like my narrow fronts especially for raking. I liked my wide front 560 better than my narrow front 706. 560 was handier,more nimble. 1 hour ago, TP from Central PA said: What rake are we using? I shoulda said five bar rolobar/basket rake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSW Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, TP from Central PA said: Bar rake give me a 530 with float ride seat and roll a matic narrow front.................300 in second. When I was at Eastern Expo a few years back there was a 430 row crop in the sale corral. I thought that would have made a good rake tractor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedar farm Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 My wife gets excited when I get out the C Allis ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 No big modern equipment here either. But the hay is heavy and it needs to be dry going into our dummy blocks (that we've been selling to horse people in Florida all winter). You can only put up so big a row, so 12' gyro rakes fit nice behind the fords and they will run all day on 10-12g of fuel. That 6600 didn't like the newer 6spool tedder, so it has its own rake now and the 856 runs that tedder. The 856 does 20 acres about 20% faster....but burns 33% more fuel doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 With the radio on, I heard that deer shed go "ting" and I found it. Imo, if I had a newer tractor with a nice cab, I wouldn't have heard it and that shed would have been stuck in a new rear tire as soon as the balers started going around the field. We've had two of those fords for close to 40 years. That's orginal old paint on all but that last one there that had been in a fire when we got it, 4o yearscago. I'd buy another today, if I find one that's clean and straight. Unfortunately, that's hard to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitty Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, TP from Central PA said: What rake are we using? 1 hour ago, Super A_sepa said: Very good point! 1066 hydro, twin rotor Claas rotary rake but I will want a merger instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958560 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 460D pulling an H&S 18 wheel v rake. Narrow front gives away embedded rocks or dirt mounds. Just back up and move windrow over a couple feet to help save baler pickup. Pretty cheap running too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bud guy Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 We’ve only had 3 rakes on our farm. The first is the IH horse drawn dump rake. Then a MH bar rake from the 50s. Both still sitting in the fence row. Today we use the green version of the Vermeer twin bar rake pulled with a JD 5100E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZG6E Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 For the longest time I used the 560 to pull an h&s wheel rake but when I got a vermeer twin basket rake I moved up to a 706. This year I decided I'm going to use the 5488. Even going over 1000 acres of hay ground the difference in fuel will only be about $150. That's worth it for me or who ever is raking for me to have a quiet cab and a radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missouri Mule Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 656d is what I rake with. Lots of power, sets up high for good visability. I have to have 2 remotes for my high capacity rake. Easy on fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP from Central PA Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 45 minutes ago, exSW said: When I was at Eastern Expo a few years back there was a 430 row crop in the sale corral. I thought that would have made a good rake tractor. Those vertical 2 cylinders are nothing but an annoyance..................nothing smaller than a B/50/520/530 for me. My brother had a few of them elf machines here, and have buddies with 3/430's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty shackleford Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I used my 300 at first even my cub when one broke down then I use my 560 puller, but got the 544 now and love it, one of my all time favorite tractors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisNY Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, stronger800 said: No big modern equipment here either. But the hay is heavy and it needs to be dry going into our dummy blocks (that we've been selling to horse people in Florida all winter). You can only put up so big a row, so 12' gyro rakes fit nice behind the fords and they will run all day on 10-12g of fuel. That 6600 didn't like the newer 6spool tedder, so it has its own rake now and the 856 runs that tedder. The 856 does 20 acres about 20% faster....but burns 33% more fuel doing it. Those Fords are nice little tractors, always liked them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bud guy Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, TP from Central PA said: Those vertical 2 cylinders are nothing but an annoyance.................. I’m just curious why?? They are some of the few 2 cylinders made with a “real” clutch. The 420/30 were a better product then what IH had at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 4366! No, I used my 504lp on my ford 501 bar rake last year and it was cheap on fuel. it turns really tight with the narrow front but watch out for armidallo holes! Thx-Ace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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