Hesston 1580 DT Tractor 

The Fiat tractor range were and still are awesome.

Jan Kotze glad you had no problems with the FIATs. Their cars had to endure the joke in the 90s Fix-It-Again-Tomorrow

I was excited to get to feature this 1580. There was a 580, 680, 780, 980, 1180, 1380, 1580 and 1880 here in the U.S.

That is nice, thank you

I remember a friend had a car, something went bad with the twin overhead cam, it was a nightmare

Those are the best tractors ever built and im not only saying that wish you could find them and that is one they never should of stoped making i have a 40 hp 4weel drive. And its my best out of all 15 tractors i own they was 10 years ahead of time still feels like im on moderd tractor

Glad you liked it. I enjoy finding all brands of tractors and this is a cool one from the 80’s.

Thank you. Everything you said is exactly why I made the video and what I hoped people would take away from it. Especially the bar on the door I thought that was a neat feature.

Me too. I was born in and raised in Rochester, NY.

bigtractorpower Syracuse

I was excited to be able to feature a Fiat/Hesston. Hopefully we can get it filmed chopping corn.

Well I own a 70-90 and a 70-90 dt and there very good

thijs de Wit Very good!!

Nothings reliable anymore, far to many electronics, easier times for sure

Glad you liked. This was a unique find to film.

It was a nice find. I have a hard time thinking of it as an old timer as I remember them new on the dealer lot. But they are over 30 now.

I also have a hard time thinking of them as old except when my bones crack and pop and remind me that I am older.

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Very cool. I think this Hesston is not all that far from Bath. My local Hesston dealer growing up was Tri-County Ford in Batavia, NY

That's awesome! Frank Helm sold a bunch of them in the Bath area.

Glad you enjoyed it. A Hesston is a harder to find tractor.

Thank you for watching and commenting.

They are a good looking tractor.

I was excited to share this Hesston. I hope to show it chopping corn this fall.

The Fiat Hesston tractors were and are good machines. Not a common sight today. I hope to feature this tractor chopping corn. I just picked up a 1/16 Scale Models 1880 DT on a wooden plaque from a Hesston dealer meeting. I have several 1/64 Hesston tractors Ertl made in my office.

The reliability on the tractors was bulletproof compared to the 'fix it again tomorrow' cars

Thank you for watching. This was a neat combo to share. Hopefully it can be filmed chopping corn this fall. I am not sure on the baler numbers. The farm just traded a round baker to switch to the big bales.

Yes the info is only for the Hesston version sold in the United States.

They offered them for about 10 Years. Once Fiat acquired New Holland some of the under 100 hp models were sold in the U.S. in NH blue but mainly in vegetable farm regions.

I would like to find more to film.

Do you mean the 1180 DT? The 1180 has the same 24F/8R creeper

I think the gears were column mounted, driveability wouldn't have been a strong point but they were good performers and reliable

I like them all. I have gotten to film a few just this year but until 2018 I have not been around them much. It’s hard to say if one is better than another.

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Very cool on the WD45. Was the AC baler a Roto Baler or Square baler? This Claas is powered through the tractors pto. A 90-100 hp tractor could run a Big Baler but the pto drive really surges back and forth so the bigger the better. I filmed a new 2018 Claas Big Baler on a John Deere 8295R. Despite the tractors size it knew the baler was back there running at almost 9 mph.

sneakysnake109 This baler needs a 200 hp tractor to work comfortable. Especially in haylage. The density in big square bales is much higher than in round bales or little square bales.

bigtractorpower First, thanks for the response. I had no idea these large bailers took that much hp to run. The ac bailer was a round bailer. My grandpa didn't have much of a barn to store hay in, so used the round bails for their water shedding abilities. Thanks again, love the videos!

jacky bruckers thank you very much. Learning a lot

sneakysnake109 I was told with big balers there are a lot variables like crop, how fit it is, how thick it is etc you then have the typography of the land if it is as smooth as a snooker table or resembles the Himalayas. But you also have the age and size of the baler as well as the make which can cause it to vary greatly as well as the age of the tractor as a number of contractors here have stated with the older tractors they have needed less hp than the modern tractors to run the same machine. A 3ft x 3ft sounds like what we call a Mini Heston and the same size bale as a New Holland D1010 makes which was rated at needing a minimum hp of 110hp or 82kW some of the older quadrant balers (3x4"8ft) I believe only needed 140hp and even some of the old Heston size balers (4x4x8ft) needed not much different but then the newer balers are capable of higher densities. But what make the biggest difference in requirements is speed at least by the opinion of the local hay and straw merchant and contractor. When he started out he used a 130-140hp MF on the baler and use to go at walking pace through a reasonable straw crop as his business has expanded now and he needs to cover much more ground though the baler hasn't changed much he runs a Fendt 933 Vario on them which is over 300hp and you'd have trouble running to keep up with him.

I remember them being new at my local dealer and I have lots of Hesston sales brochures but this is the first one I have seen in the field in a long time.

I like Hesston. Hoping to get this one filmed again chopping corn.

Very cool. I hope to get this 1580 filmed chopping corn.

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Nice Italian tractor.

That is odd. I have worried that subscribers are not getting notifications. That is why I have started saying at the end of the videos check the BTP home page. I am uploading videos on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday every week and some bonus footage on Saturday.

bigtractorpower I'm very glad I do. I have my bell to all notification though.

It was filmed on a camera from 2007. Very fuzzy but I will take what I can get in a rare tractor. Hopefully from friend can film it chopping corn with a new camera this fall.

Glad you liked it. It is a nice combo.

I have met and talked with Wes. If I get to NJ I would like to film his windrowers and the Krone Big Baler.

Claas lists it as 3x3 but the bale dimensions are a bit bigger but not quite a 3x4. Good eye.

Glad you liked it.

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I like finding unique classic tractors. Hesston is interesting because it was an American company acquired by an Italian company. Fiat invested money and expanded the product line to include tillage implements and the first Big Baler ever. The tractors were a bonus for dealers because it made them a full line dealership over night.

It’s very fuzzy. The camera that filmed this was from 2007. My friend filmed it and his camera is just to old. But it’s a rare classic that is 16 hours from me so I was thankful to be able to share its story despite the fuzziness. I was worried about comments on the focus but so far out of a 70 comments yours was the only one so I guess the story made up for the filming issue. I am going to get a new camera to New York so hopefully my friend can get clearer footage of the Hesston chopping corn. But I will take fuzzy over not getting something this rare. .

@@bigtractorpower I noticed the fuzziness too, had to double check my settings. I think it's more noticeable because normally your videos are pin sharp. Didn't detract from watching my favorite tractor in action though, all be it I am used to seeing it as a Fiat 110 90 here in the UK