Power harrows

Buxtondairy

New Member
Looking to purchase some power harrows but unsure of size or harrows to tractor hp ratio. I have a Massey 4355 which is around 95hp and wondering what size power harrows I could handle? We had a contractor come to do some reseeding last month with a 4 meter and it looked mighty heavy
 

john432

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Location
Carmarthenshire
Reseeding... not potato ground, no need to go too deep. Most power harrows have a choice of 2 or even 4 speeds in the gearbox, if the harrow has a 1000 rpm input speed, tractor could be used in 540E, or 750 pto speed. Less power only means less acres an hour.
 

Happy

Member
Location
Scotland
3m will be fine. 4m too big for your tractor.

My first Combi drill was 3m Amazone KG Harrow on a 95hp NH 7740 and it handled it so yours will be fine with power harrow on its own.
 

snarling bee

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Arable Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
Reseeding... not potato ground, no need to go too deep. Most power harrows have a choice of 2 or even 4 speeds in the gearbox, if the harrow has a 1000 rpm input speed, tractor could be used in 540E, or 750 pto speed. Less power only means less acres an hour.
Is that a 300HP tractor on a 3m power harrow??
Power Harrows are 1000 rpm for a reason. We're not talking hay bob here.
 

J 1177

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Durham, UK
Used a maschio 3m dm with a bridge link and ransomes drill behind for years on our maxxum 5130 100hp no problem (on heavy clay) yes you weren't doing the speed of sound but it was fine.
It now usually has a maschio ds 3m on and plays with it. A 95hp fergie will plod along nicely. My choice would be a dc maschio or a lely roterra. With a packer
 

rob h

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Location
east yorkshire
I once drilled spring beans with a Ford7610 and 4m Lely with Krm pack top drill .it was slow but managed maybe 3mph.the biggest problem was i could only half fill the hopper
 

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