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Post by 9520deere on Oct 1, 2022 19:34:12 GMT -6
How wide of land roller can I pull with a JD 4440 with 3/4 fluid filled rears? Was thinking 40-45ft? Fairly flat land with some rolling hills.
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Post by meskie on Oct 1, 2022 20:28:35 GMT -6
Pulled a 42’ with a 4650. Have to be carful while turning on hills. It pushed you around a bit. Power wasn’t the issue just the weight of the tractor.
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Post by hillbillyreefer on Oct 1, 2022 22:46:14 GMT -6
I pull 45’ with a 7800mfwd on singles, on my flat ground I let my daughters run it, in hilly stuff I run it. The unit has never had a wreck but occasionally the pucker factor rises tremendously. I prefer to use a 4wd on it.
In gentle hills with a dual’d weighted up 4440 IMHO you’d be OK with 45. Like Meskie said, it’s not a power issue it’s a tractor weight issue.
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Post by kenmb on Oct 2, 2022 7:30:52 GMT -6
JD 7610 and Case mxm175 both handle the degelman 52ft roller fine. Around 20,000lb tractors with loaders. Before those tractors we only had the jd4020 for roller work and I did many acres with a 40ft roller over many years. I wouldn't be doing 9 mph like now, but 6 mph was easy enough. Throttle down before turning, wide turn, don't turn going down hill. If the tractor can get it up to speed then the tractor can bring it down in speed and turn with it. It is all up to the driver to decide if it can be screwed up or not. It won't be the tractors fault.
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Post by kenmb on Oct 2, 2022 7:54:58 GMT -6
I should add that with the current mxm175 and 52ft roller I do slow down for turns and throttle up for the run down the field. I have no idea how other guys operate or expect to operate. Seems there are lot more drivers these days and very few operators. If I wanted to drive at 9mph and simply hit the auto steer button as the extent of my involvement in the whole process over 10 hours then 52ft is too big a roller.
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