Posted by Hugh MacKay on September 02, 2007 at 03:18:35 from (216.208.58.114):
In Reply to: Re: Weight of an MD posted by RossIL on September 01, 2007 at 21:05:54:
Ross: You right, Oliver never had the exact size tractor as Farmalls. The Farmall M always fell in place somewhere between 77 and 88. My experience has been with Farmall 00 series and Super Olivers. Oliver Super 88 always had an edge on a 400, Super 77 had an a definite edge on 300 and Super 66 definitely had an edge on a 200.
Doug seemed to be indicating traction was the difference. If you go to his post on Tractor Talk, shows photos of both tractors. The Oliver looks like 11.2 or 12.4 x 38 whereas the MD has definitely larger tire, maybe even 15.5x38. I don't think a 3 bottom plow is going to overburden either the MD or 77 engine, thus if he puts the same weight on rear tires and same size tires, they should be close. Like you say the MD will have a bit more torque and pull the plow a wee bit faster.
Lets face it Doug's test is about as unsceintific as if you and I compared tractors 500 miles apart, one of us in clay soil and the other in sandy loam. I guess any one of us could make any tractor look bad, if we tried hard enough.
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