Ford 4600

[7610 super q]

Be cheaper to buy a scrap hedger and rob the hydraulic system off it and graft that onto the wrapper!!!

or the other option, mentioned in the last bit of the OP

Which begs the question, why doesn't he use the DB.......
Changing the tractor isn't the cheapest solution, but a 7610 is far more useful/capable on a farm, much as I liked the old 4000/ 4600's.

 

[ford4000]

Which begs the question, why doesn't he use the DB.......
Changing the tractor isn't the cheapest solution, but a 7610 is far more useful/capable on a farm, much as I liked the old 4000/ 4600's.

DB isn't mine. ..just used it a few times on a relatives farm [emoji6]
Looks like the 5610 will still have to do the job then. 2 pumps on that. ..can make the bale fall off!

 

[ford4000]

There will be yes. Adding an auxiliary pump would be fairly complicated IMO.
I'd sell the 4600 for £3k, and buy a 7610 for £7k myself.......

£3k.....I like your optimism! ! [emoji16]

 

[Drillman]

As an aside, having only ever used a wrapper a few times (you dont see that many of them in the fen obviously)...what would be considered the optimum speed to run them at...the KV mounted wrapper we was using was running at just over a full turn every second

30rpm max on our mchale. Anything much faster than 34-35 and bales start flying everywhere.

That's with decent shaped bales as well. Puff balls need to be done at about half that speed.

I would be very surprised if you were doing 60 plus revolutions a minute. I certainly wouldn't want to be stood near one running that fast

 

[cfr1964]

30rpm max on our mchale. Anything much faster than 34-35 and bales start flying everywhere.

That's with decent shaped bales as well. Puff balls need to be done at about half that speed.

I would be very surprised if you were doing 60 plus revolutions a minute. I certainly wouldn't want to be stood near one running that fast

I fully concur
Having had the misfortune to wrap thousands of bales 30 rpm is plenty
Especially in young grass for milk cows

 

[Boohoo]

What would the output of an auxiliary pump on its own be? No fancy plumbing needed on the 4600 if the extra pump would have enough output on its own for the wrapper.

 

[agrimax]

Where are you's getting these big costs from for adding a second pump? Nearly has posted a pump and pipes on ebay for a couple of hundred and there is a priority valve from the same seller for under a hundred. Don't think anything else is required...........

 

[multi power]

30rpm max on our mchale. Anything much faster than 34-35 and bales start flying everywhere.

That's with decent shaped bales as well. Puff balls need to be done at about half that speed.

I would be very surprised if you were doing 60 plus revolutions a minute. I certainly wouldn't want to be stood near one running that fast

Apart from bales falling off running wrapper too fast damages the wrap

 

[Drillman]

Apart from bales falling off running wrapper too fast damages the wrap

Bales falling off rarely does the wrapper much good either. Then they get jammed usually when there is no loader (or phone signal to summon one) for miles around.