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Ed: Only ever drove one 5.9 Cummins and it was in a CaseIH, farmer told me it was rated 95 hp. He also had an 886, one of the early ones with 360 IH American diesel. I used both these tractors on his new 16' disk and also one a large tandem manure spreader. The 886 would lug that disk all day using TA only if one wanted to slow down. With the Case it was all 3 power shifts in the length of the field, and rarely ever over 3.5 to 4 mph. The owner who had just took delivery the CaseIH, said he'd show me how to drive it. Well, he did with me in cab with him. I shifted the power shift in no.3 and it died before he could get his foot on the clutch. He said, "What did you do that for", quite annoyed with me. I said, "Because that is 5 mph and that is were the 886 was pulling it and never had to use TA only to slow down. It was the same on the big manure spreader. I suspect the Case, and I've forgotten the model number was only a demo, as the dealer picked it up the next day and dropped off a larger one. I never did drive the larger one. He had a help shortage, and I was only there to help with spring planting. I will say this however, I find all new tractors lacking in torque compared to those old 06, 56, 66 and 86 series engines. I've driven new Kubotas, CaseIH, New Hollands and Deeres in the past couple of years, and a variety of hp from 80 to 350. The two that impress me are Kubota under 100 hp and NH with M11 Cummins in the big articulated. I quite frankly can't get excited about anything in 100 to 200 hp range. I don't know who they are selling all those big Deeres to, must be city fellas gone farming.
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