Hugh driving new Deere

Anyhow I can report it was a very nice tractor to operate, very manuverable for a 4x4 I thought. A very smooth shifting tractor with its 4 ranges, 4 speed power shift plus forward reverse and park on third lever. I was pulling two wagons each weighing about 5 tons. I watched the tach especially on slight grades. These new diesels just don't have the torque to remain steady like the old Farmalls. I also drove a new CaseIH awhile ago found the same with it, no staying power. These new tractors both roughly 100 hp, just don't have the ability to lug. It is a blessing they have 3 and 4 speed power shifts. As I told the owner of the CaseIH, your 360 cu in 886 only needed the two speed TA. In fact I would go so far as to say, put all three on a disk or cultivator requiring 100hp. You will most definately be using the power shift on the new CaseIH and Deere. With the 886 you would be using the TA only when wanting to slow down.

I did notice some sign of mice being around, in fact two of them came out of Super A torque tube as it started. All the corn and beans arround me have been harvested in the past month, so I suppose mice figured shop a good place to winter. I quickly closed all the doors, went away and left tractors runing for about an hour. Came back opened big door went in and shut tractors down, and closed it up again. I'm sure that dose of carbon monoxide and fumes will convince mice there may be a better place to winter than my shop.

Yea...I'm a deere man:)

And proud of it

Jon

Another thing that annoys me very much on these new tractors is they litter the inside of cab with all thes do's and dont's that look so damn hiddious. Most of this this is plain common sence stuff. In my day, guys that stupid could never afford a tractor and employers were smart enough to never allow them on one. And yet they will use a symbol so small that a 62 year old guy has to get out his reading glasses to see if pto is engaged. Lights are another good one.

It is so obvious the legal profession takes a large chunk out of the cost of a new tractor. My dad used to say in the 1960s," Its no wonder the poor old cow has tears running down her cheaks, as she looks around the farm and sees what she is expected to pay for." I guess that must be the reason why there is no money in livestock farming anymore. Ever since the legal profession saw it as a cash grab, the poor old cow cried her heart out.

my 2 cents

Happy thanksgiving to all our friends south of the 49th.

JB

This Deere and the CaseIH I drove a while back were not working to capacity. I have driven FordNH and Kubota as well, and same thing. In my opinion a 100 hp tractor should go along a hard road at 8 mph with 10 ton behind it on wagons, no more than 15% grade anywhere. The tach should not vary more than 100 rpm. I'm quite sure my 656 would do if and vary no more than that. My 1066 you would never see the tach move. These new 100 hp tractors are dropping 200-500 rpm on work that shouldn't create a mere sweat for them.

Just last year I watched a guy spreading fertilizer with one of those large tandem axle spreaders. These are the spreaders everyone rents from the fert company and they all pull them with a 100 hp tractors. This guy in question was pulling the spreader with a fully restored Farmall Super M. Man what a pretty picture, and that Super M was hiking along in 3rd or 4th gear to, and the spreader was full when I saw him.