Howard 110

[EireMF148]

Morning all. Inexperienced hobbiest here, possibility of getting a Howard HR10 110 to go behind my 148. I'm thinking it would be too small. Leave it be or suitable combination?

 

[Exfarmer]

Morning all. Inexperienced hobbiest here, possibility of getting a Howard HR10 110 to go behind my 148. I'm thinking it would be too small. Leave it be or suitable combination?

if that is a Howard rotavator , doubt if it would lift it, then if you got it in the ground suspect you would take off at a rapid speed , except it would most likely stall

 

[agrimax]

That's only a 43'' machine,so it'll lift it and handle it no problem. Just not wide enough to cover both wheels but if the offset is adjustable,you can cover one side and always go one way. A HR 10 120 would be more suitable at 47''. You could go on up to a 60'' which the 148 will lift and work easily as long as you're not going in too deep on hard ground on a first pass.

 

[Exfarmer]

That's only a 43'' machine,so it'll lift it and handle it no problem. Just not wide enough to cover both wheels but if the offset is adjustable,you can cover one side and always go one way. A HR 10 120 would be more suitable at 47''. You could go on up to a 60'' which the 148 will lift and work easily as long as you're not going in too deep on hard ground on a first pass.

Ah, the new ones are metric. The Howard 110 I was thinking of was near 3 metres

 

[EireMF148]

Thanks for that. I'll enquire if if adjustable. Small machine I know but it's only for a small bit of ground. Thanks again.

 

[Boohoo]

It sounds a bit small, like something that was designed for a compact tractor. Sometimes smaller machinery can be more awkward in a small area, it depends on what you want to achieve.

 

[Jasper]

We always used to go on 1inch for 1 horsepower then they will handle everything you throw at them

 

[grainboy]

Have a 60 inch available

 

[New Puritan]

Is that missing the tractor end of the PTO shaft? I think @Dave W has a spare one of those

 

[grainboy]

Not missing, it’s in the shed, before my light fingered friends walk of with it

 

[New Puritan]

Oh fair enough. I was taking the pee. There's a thread on here somewhere where every 6 months or so someone pipes up they have the same thing missing and ask @Dave W if he still has the spare one he said he had about 10 years back. And each time he very patiently replies saying he hasn't

 

[Dave W]

Is that missing the tractor end of the PTO shaft? I think @Dave W has a spare one of those

Had 1 that I sold about 5 years ago

 

[EireMF148]

Just wondering would it be better to buy a new 1500 Deleks rather than go after a second hand Howard?

 

[colhonk]

my 148 on rotavator duty. 1957 48inch Howard, on farm from new.