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Allan on articulated tractors
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on June 15, 2005 at 03:26:17 from (216.208.58.138):
Allan: A few days ago you along with a few others chose to ridicule my thoughts on articulated tractors being more efficient when it comes to heavy drawbar work. Your argument was nothing more than new versus old and the fact that most of these operations were heavily subsidized by taxpayers dollars. While I can agree to some extent with your argument, the same can be said for some operations buying new conventional tractors. Since that thread, I've talked with a couple of farm operators who have been using articulateds now going on for 35 years. In both cases I was told efficiency was the name of the game when it came to drawbar work. There is just nothing will match those 8 big tires putting horsepower on the ground. Both also agreed balance is very important. You must weight rear of tractor so both drive axles and differentials are sharing the strain equally. I should point out, 1 of these guys is using still using Deere 40 series vintage, while the other guy has new Deere and FordNH. From my own experience, in 1975 I purchased a Deere 540A forestry skidder, same rearends as 20 series tractors, same 8 speed power shift as used in those tractors and a 329 cubic inch 6 cylinder turbo charged Deere diesel. I bought this machine as I had 500 acres of woodland. I also wanted a machine I could use around farm in summer growing season. This machine was equiped with 4 large tires as was my 1066 with duals. You can see from engine size this machine was less hp than 1066, and yes it was a wee bit slower on disk or cultivator than 1066. It would however do the job using substancially less fuel per acre. I did tend to use it on disk where speed was less important than cultivator. I also had the ocasional basketball size rocks and those were not kind to individual disk blades on a 20' disk, thus I was quite happy to see disk going 3.5 to 4 mph. On an hour meter basis this articulated machine was less for repairs as well. It is my contention, that there is a good reason why 20+ year old 2 wheel drive big tractors, sell for close to nothing prices. That is exactly what they are worth. Your comments PLEASE.
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