Re: Log Chain Tractor Pull????????????

Posted by JB2 on December 14, 2005 at 16:44:02 from (72.56.121.128):

In Reply to: Log Chain Tractor Pull???????????? posted by Farmallkid From Ont, on December 14, 2005 at 13:33:27:

Hi Farmallkid, back in the early 1960s we had 3 farm tractor dealerships in our area, IH, MF and JD. The JD dealer was very competitive. Everytime he met a farmer somewhere that had bought a tractor from one of the other dealerships, he would berate their model and say how much better JD was. One day he was telling a farmer that lived close to his dealership how much better the JD3010 was than the MF85 that he had just purchased. The farmer challenged him to a pull off in the main street of the town on the next Saturday morning. They did as you said, hooked both the JD3010 and MF85 back to back with a logging chain on the paved street of the town. Now both tractors did not have differential lock so the result was, one tractor would spin one wheel and the other the opposite wheel. When a driver would touch the brake to the wheel that was spinning it would pull the other tractor back a couple feet till the other driver did the brake touch and then it would pull the other back a couple feet. So out come was a tie. The only winner was the tire companies as it must have worn a couple years worth of tread off the rear tires.

If you insist on doing it, 3/4" grade #90 chain would probably hold a tractor up to 100HP. Make sure it is grade #90 chain there is a lot of cheap imported chain. Also only hook to the lower drawbar NOT a 3PT drawbar and keep chain as short as possible not more than 3 to 4ft.
You DO NOT want to see 10ft of chain with a hook on it coming in your direction, I have been there done that.

My 2 cents
JB2

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