Re: Oh, Man! You Gotta See This!

Posted by Hugh MacKay on March 01, 2005 at 04:28:54 from (209.226.247.21):

In Reply to: Re: Oh, Man! You Gotta See This! posted by K.B.-826 on February 28, 2005 at 18:25:26:

KB: Quite clearly the 1086 in the photo would have little use other than tractor pulling. Having done most of my farming with Farmalls 560, 656 and 1066, plus a Deere 540A articulated forestry skidder. These were little more than 100 hp Deere technology using articulation with 4 wheels same size. With that experience and seeing the route agriculture is taking today, two tractors that have no more commercial value are pre factory 3 point hitch tractors plus two wheel drive tractors over 75 hp, and once you hit 125 hp articulation is the only way to go.

My new 1066 was delivered to me in 1975 on single wheels and with chloride. That tractor just has too much torque for 2 tires and at 1,000 hours the rear tires had so many bulges, one could not go down a paved road in high gear. Turning with large tillage equipment would roll the inside tire flat even with 18 lbs. air. The tractor would also leave wheel tracks in soil, tillage equipment would not smooth out. It caused the use of a lot of 4 letter words drilling grain or planting corn.

I then dumped the chloride, bought 4 new tires and a set of dual rims thinking my problems would be over. Yes the duals and new tires went 9,000 hours, also ended the wheel track problem. However a new problem came along, duals want to go straight ahead. From there it was a constant battle on brakes and front end parts. I once saw my operator drop a front wheel in a dead furrow and rather than roll the wheel went under soil surface. Didn't even slow 1066 down, we did recover the front wheel under the disk. I hate to see what would happen this narrow front, Farmall Hs and Ms didn't have a lot of weight out front compared to 1066 or 1086.

Since that time I have operated a lot of 4x4 tractors. Those 24 inch tires up front make them ride much better, and with power they turn much better. I can see the conventional 4x4 for harvesting equipment, but a lot of that is becoming self propelled. The reason I say articulated, much more economical steering system to maintain.

These old older, large, two wheel drive tractors just don't cut it anymore. Too expensive to play with and will not comptete in the field. Oh, you can say they are cheap to buy, yes I agree, but you start walking 1,000 to 1,500 hours per year on them, your trips to the parts counter wont be cheap.

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