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Posted by markloff on August 12, 2006 at 15:11:37 from (204.221.56.156):
The 560 rear end doesn"t seem to be as weak as folklore has it. Went to a pull Fri. night at Almelund MN. They have a class called "king of the hill". Rules are 1960 or older no weight limit. Several big two cylinder Deeres, largest weighed in at 15,700 I believe. An Oliver 990 that weighed 17,900 I believe. A turboed 560 that weighed over 20,000. The 990 and the 560 had full pulls and went to the pull off. The 990 was a screamer but powered out in first gear. The 560 ran in first gear and throttled down a bit to keep traction then hit the TA and powered out when he fell off the turbo. The 560 wound up winning by 30 feet or so. The big 830 Deeres that were heavy enough powered out too. First gear, TA in low, 20,000 lbs. with 16.9 x 38 radials on clay. Nothing broke!!! Sure is funny how you always read that they were a "disaster" as it is put in one of my books. Seems like IHC responding and doing the right thing had more of a negative effect on their reputation than anything. Fact is the 560 was the most abused tractor in history. Many were instantly turboed and forced to compete with the larger Deeres of the three year period IH was retooling for the 706 and 806. You never hear of the problems Deere had in any books do ya. 720 and 730 crank problems. Early 4010"s dropping sleeves. It amazes me how reputations are easily tarnished. The 560 was a 60 HP tractor that was forced to operate as an 80-90 HP tractor through every trick in the book for its entire career. I wonder if the 720-730 deeres would have problems with them if it was possible to increase the power of them? Mark
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