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Re: Still at the 460
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on August 08, 2004 at 13:05:46 from (209.226.106.151):
In Reply to: Re: Still at the 460 posted by lee on August 08, 2004 at 09:23:18:
Lee: No, I'm not joking. I farmed for many years, starting about the time IH went to 6 cylinder tractors. The diesels were great except a bit shy on starting in cold weather compared to the old 4 cylinder gassers. I never heard a kind word said about the 6 cylinder gassers by owners, servicemen and dealers. You could tune them up and they would be great for a short while. Not like the old letter series or the early number seres 4 cylinder. In the field, it didn't matter whether it was 460, 560, 656, 706, 806, etc. the gassers didn't hold candle to the diesels, on either performance or fuel economy. Kelly will find keeping that tractor well tuned and working well, will be an unending task. Now I did tell him to buy a 656 diesel gear drive 3 months ago. He has an H, 300 and 400, I thought were good moves. He was looking at a bit more hp for haying one night on discussions, asking whether it should be 656, 706, 756, etc. I suggested 656 is 6" shorter in wheel base and much more manuverable around the hay field. I had a 560D and a 656D and a IH round baler. I also had a 1066 and a 100 hp Deere that never got started for haying. Mainly because they were hauling down close to $1,500. per day on custom work. Had they or if they were sitting home in the yard, they wouldn't have gone to hayfield, maybe as a backup, but that's all.
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