[AT] Tractor talk, Baling hay

[John Hall]

 Back when my grandmother bought a JD4430 they tried to bale on occasion 
with it. Finally it was decided the transmission wasn't set up for it so we 
went back to using the 4020's. Funny thing the guy who bought that tractor 
when it was sold has been baling with it for 15 years! I guess the size of 
the baler matters a bit as well. We had the biggest baler New Holland made 
in a "standard" size bale. My uncle believed in pushing it to capacity. One 
year it was damp while baling straw--he twisted out 7 U-joints that season! 
Remarkably the rest of the baler held up very well. As the old saying goes, 
if I had a dollar for every bale it baled.....

John Hall