WD45 Help
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Topic: WD45 Help
Posted By: cattlefrmr11
Subject: WD45 Help
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2011 at 11:13pm
| I have recently rented some hay ground and have been researching using a WD45 on a square baler. Everyone says they make a good square baling tractor. I have never owned a WD45 before. Are there any out there that dont cost a fortune, and in decent mechanical shape. Located in central Illinois. Thanks for any help. |
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Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2011 at 11:40pm
| The ones I see in the tractorhouse adds are usually overpriced about $1000-$1500.One in really good shape with good rubber etc might be close to their $3000 price but most are rough and ratty. The good ones.....well,they ain't for sale. |
Posted By: John (C-IL)
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 6:32am
I've got a real nice one that I would sell. Pretty decent tires, excellent paint, two way hydraulics, lights and gauges work. The owner before me used it on a baler but found that it was too hard for him to steer. I'll see if I can post a picture. I've owned the tractor for 5 years and mostly take it to shows, but I have done some field work with it. $2700, ready to drive on your trailer and start working. Paxton, IL.
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Posted By: BobHnwO
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 7:26am
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That's a heckofa good deal!!
------------- Why do today what you can put off til tomorrow. |
Posted By: kj@junction
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 11:45am
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friend of mine has a WD for sale $1400 don't have the number as I am at work can post in the morning has decent paint and tires, I've not heard it run mailto:kj@work - kj@work |
Posted By: Bill Deppe/AC Salvag
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 11:55am
| Have a WD45 with wide front and factory PS, good running tractor. $3000.00. Ia 563 652-2949 |
Posted By: Matt (NEIA)
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 12:02pm
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Keep an eye out for local auctions, i sold mine at the local consignment sale a few years ago, it had been overhauled professionally, wide front, factory power steering, good rubber, paint was fair, needed only a power steering leak fixed but wasnt major, it sold for 1,750 dollars. and yes WD45's make excellent hay tractors with the hand clutch, the only better hay tractor is a Farmall 656 Hydro
------------- 1955 WD-45 with factory PS |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 7:36pm
------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Matt (NEIA) wrote:Posted By: m16ty
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 9:44pm
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The only problem I've found with the WD45 is if the windrow is very heavy. The 45 is a little fast in low gear if the hay is real heavy. You end up having to work the hand clutch too much. A D series would be a little better suited with the power director. WD45s have baled billions of bales around the country though. Where a WD/WD45 really shines is with the hay rake. |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 9:53pm
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Posted By: m16ty
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 9:59pm
Not really. Sure, you can pull it with a lawn mower but it wouldn't work very well. If you think any tractor will work good with a hay rake you haven't raked much hay. You can maneuver much better with a WD/WD45 than you can with most tractors. At least that's my experience with the way we rake hay around here. |
Posted By: Teddy (punchie)
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2011 at 2:41am
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Just about any Narrow Front in the 25-30 Hp range is okay for raking. But I like the WD NF , and WD WF to tedd with. Farmall H is a very good hay raker, the forth gear is just about the right speed. Around here we stepped up to a D19 for baling, WD is just too small too light. That being said we still side with WD if field is level enough. ------------- Ac D-19, a Number of WD's, One WD45, Two 444 balers, Ac plows and etc. |
Posted By: m16ty
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2011 at 8:21am
| My 45 also does great with my 1010 NH bale wagon. The controls are within easy reach because of the way the seat is set up on the 45. It's got plenty of power but could use a little more weight pulling the loaded wagon up a big hill. |
Posted By: hlynn
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 9:33am
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I am selling for my neighbor a 1957 ( I think) WD 45 with nice paint & runs good. Will get pics if interested. Locatd in Mattoon-Charleston area. Asking $2500. |
Posted By: Ky.Allis
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 10:02am
| I agree with the gentleman from TN. A D-17 would be a much better baling tractor. You have twice the number of forward gears with the HI-LO power director. Also a more comfortable tractor and a 12 volt system which is far superior to the old 6 volt systems. Price would be close on both models in my part of the country. I've owned both models-WD45 with PS,NF and D-17(3) with PS,NF and I sold the WD because I thought it was always hard to start and was the roughest riding tractor I'd ever drove. I love the D-17,I use it for tedding ,raking and cutting alfalfa with my old NH 495 12' haybine. I can't imagine what shape my back would be in after raking hay with a WD even for just a few hours. |
Posted By: bryan/silex
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 11:31am
| How do you have two way hydralics??? |
Posted By: bdallman
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 11:56am
| I agree with using a D17 instead of a 45. Them D 17's were built for haying. comfortable and the power director is perfect for adjusting on the fly to the varying thicknesses of hay. May i also add the safety factor in. The D series tractors had front entry for the seat. The rear entry for a 45 makes it a tad more unsafe when the live PTO is a rolling. |
Posted By: m16ty
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 10:24pm
You don't need two way hyd for most hay equipment. Most haybines only have a lift cylinder. Rakes don't need hyd and most square balers don't need hyd. All of our hay equipment can be used with only one outlet. When you get into round balers you start running into the need for two way hyd and multiple outlets though. |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 10:46pm
I like them with the rims painted white like this. Like others have said any 20-40 hp tractor can make a good hay raking tractor.I only raked with a WC and D-17's. Both worked fine.Dad always baled with the D-17.WD 45 was best suited with a roto-baler but I am sure it could handle most older square balers.We had traded the WD45 in on a D-17 before I was born. ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 7:21am
You buy a valve, and mount it on the tractor and run a pressure line to it from the pressure manifold on the original valve. Add a return line from the valve to the fill or drain plug(with a filter if you want) and add Pioneer couplings on the valve. If you want to keep the use of your original system, just use a closed center valve. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |