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Les Kerf 
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 Topic: Off-Color HP Question
Posted: 18 Jan 2025 at 7:50pm |
How much Horsepower is required to run a New Holland 391 Bale Grinder?
Recommended Power?
Bare minimum to grind a bale a week?
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DrAllis
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Posted: 18 Jan 2025 at 8:02pm |
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At least 100 HP on 1,000 RPM PTO.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 18 Jan 2025 at 10:03pm |
Bypass the machinery.....maybe 4HP, depends on how hungry the horses are  no, no one's told me today
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Michael V (NM)
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Posted: 18 Jan 2025 at 10:23pm |
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Looks like one of those things,, where more is better. I'd use the biggest hp tractor I had with the 1000 pto...
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DrAllis
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Posted: 19 Jan 2025 at 7:19am |
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Agreed. 150 HP would be better than 100 HP. I've not been around that particular model, but those I have been around have a governor on the hopper, so if the engine pulls down too much the hopper stops rotating to give the engine time to catch up.
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tbran
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Posted: 19 Jan 2025 at 8:52am |
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We have a huge hog farmer in the area. My salesman has a 7060 and a tub grinder he was demoing - grinding Skittles and candybars for the energy in the ration - he feeds out of date dog chow in the ration as well . After about 15 minutes the tractor overheated. He shut it down and looked at the radiator. It was covered with chocolate! A huge hershey bar had melted into the radiator from all the sugar 'dust'. Took a hot water pressure washer to clean - what a mess. Doesn't have anything to do with this post- just a funny story - except don't grind candy inside a building.. :-) ...
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Les Kerf
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Posted: 19 Jan 2025 at 2:18pm |
 DrAllis wrote:
At least 100 HP on 1,000 RPM PTO. |
I was afraid you would say that! 
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