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Southern PA | Here's my experience with a 7230R. Buddy of mine that we help fill silo uses his 7230R on a big blower. When you're blowing forage up silos that are over 100 ft tall, and trying to stay ahead of a large SPFH, you need a big blower, and big hp as well.
They bought this 7230R new in 2013, it has over 2500 hrs on it. Probably 80% of those hours were blowing silage with a good size 540 blower. On occasion they will put their JD 7330 on the blower. IIRC, a 7330 has roughly 130 PTO hp. The blower will put the 7330 on it's knees if you unload too fast. We like the 7230R better for blowing silage because you can pile silage into the blower as fast as the blower will take it away without pulling the tractor down much. I'd estimate the blower is likely pulling 150+ PTO hp out of the 540 shaft on the 7230R when we're pushing it, and that's most of the time, LOL.
On occasion we'll plug the blower for whatever reason. When this happens, if you don't stop feeding the blower right away, the 7230R will pull way down to the point you think it's going to stall completely out, then the shear bolt usually snaps. Other times the PTO just kicks itself off because it's turning so slow. Built in safety feature.
They blow 100's of loads per year with the 7230R, been doing it for 10+ years. No PTO problems to date.
ETA.
Bottom line, I wouldn't bat an eye at running your 540 rpm grain auger with a 7230R.
Edited by JD 9660 9/4/2024 01:03
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How beefy is the 540 PTO on a 7230R?
