Re: Re: Re: 1256 and field cultivators

Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 18, 2004 at 14:03:24 from (209.226.106.106):

In Reply to: Re: Re: 1256 and field cultivators posted by Brian in MO on January 18, 2004 at 12:09:52:

Brian: I did have front end weights. I had racks on 656, 560 and 1066. If I remember correctly I had 18-100 lb. weights. I never used them very often except for heavy 3 point equipment, where they added a bit of steering control. As for tires , my 1066 had 18.4x38 axle duals, never took them off. I had 16.9x38 rear tires on 656 and 560 and a pair of snap on duals I could use on either. That 100 hp John Deere I speak of was actually a 540A forestry skidder, 6 cylinder turbo diesel with 8 speed power shift. I had 500 acres of forest land. We often used the weights on the back of it pushing silage, plowing snow or on disk. Did a lot of disking with that unit, it wouldn't pull the disk quite as fast as 1066. With the few stones I had and the cowboy operators, that wasn't all bad.

I'll give you something to think on regarding tires. A Farmall Super A will pull 3 times it's own weight on a 4'x 10' flat bottom stone boat, on hard ground. Not many tractors will do that. The pounds per square inch of rubber on the ground is actually quite high on a Super A. This weight habit we in North America find out selves in got started when reasonably light tractors were pulling some quite heavy loads, primarily on hard roads to the barn. It also greatly stabilized some of those lighter tractors working on slopes. By lighter tractors I am refering to tractors under 6,000 lbs. One of the biggest thrills of my life on tractor came with 1066 on ice with duals and 12 ton manure spreader behind me, there again hard surface. If we further look at those big tractors, 90% of what they do is done in a field conditions. When it is wet enough that duals cant get traction on the field we probably shouldn't be there. Soil compaction can have some severe, adverse effects on crop production, and the damage will happen more quickly on rain soaked ground. In my opinion we in North America have to take a long hard look at soil compaction. The industry in my opinion has not been building great tractors to achive less soil compaction. I think articulated tractors with duals on both ends is the way to go. Problem is industry doesn't build them small enough. There is a use for the big ones, but so is there for small lighter articulated tractors as well. And definately not a 2+2, they just had less power, not much lighter.

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