Hp required

[Farmer a]

What would be the hp required for a 12 ton broughan silage trailer on hilly ground.
Thanks

 

[Sharpy]

Generally 10hp per ton of payload is about right., so 120hp ish.

 

[RAF]

200hp standard

 

[Derrick Hughes]

How hilly

 

[Farmer a]

More steep

 

[Hilly]

200

 

[shumungus]

Answer is very much dependant on driver ability.

 

[Spud]

120-150hp, and probably a set of weights on if its a damp time.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Answer is very much dependant on driver ability.

Dont let anyone near Steep without it [emoji46]

 

[colhonk]

350. is there a prize for the highest quote

 

[A Sales representative]

How about how much weight go you need to stop it

 

[Quaddog]

Had my 100hp, five ton jd on a big trailer silage carting and it wouldn’t pull an empty trailer up a steep bit of field. It’s not just about hp it’s about weigh.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Generally 10hp per ton of payload is about right., so 120hp ish.

Fordson Dexta 30 hp pull 5 ton

Bring on the big boys

 

[FonterraFarmer]

What would be the hp required for a 12 ton broughan silage trailer on hilly ground.
Thanks

Much like the bale feeder on the Fundt seen today, minimum required hp x 4...?

 

[Jdunn55]

Anything over 120hp would surely be enough?? 200hp for a 12 tonne trailer sounds like a waste of money to me, fuel isnt cheap (although it is heading that way at the minute!). We pull 14 tonne trailers with our massey 6480 and she pulls like a train. Before her we would be using our new Holland 7840 from 1997 although we would more often that not have only had a 12 tonne trailer on her, but I know for a fact we used to do maize with her and a 12 tonne trailer.

 

[ProDrive]

Depends how big the forager your going to try and keep up with is!![emoji100][emoji100][emoji100]

 

[Tarw Coch]

Depends how big the forager your going to try and keep up with is!![emoji100][emoji100][emoji100]

A good chopper driver looks after his trailer drivers.?

 

[Tarw Coch]

What would be the hp required for a 12 ton broughan silage trailer on hilly ground.
Thanks

What size tractors have you got available?
In the past I’ve pulled a 12 ton trailer with my MF6270 on sidelamd ive felt less than comfortable on. It’s do able in decent conditions but isn’t really boss of the job in less than ideal conditions and hasn’t got enough power to keep up with the chopper at times so the attitude of chopper driver comes into it too.

 

[Farmer a]

We got a mf7614 and a 5455

 

[deleted user 837354]

Sorry but I am firmly in the 200hp and above camp these days. Speeds the whole job up.