Posted by JSharp on May 08, 2008 at 07:44:59 from (63.252.243.199):
I have a question for some of the older guys or anyone who's used these smaller tractors for actual field work. It may be a dumb question but keep in mind I've not been around tractors my whole life or really done much work with them. This 404 is my first and I got it because I thought restoring it would be a fun project and I can certainly use the tractor around my property.
Yesterday I used a 5' no-till seeder behind it to re-seed a couple of acres of my property. I was pulling the seeder in 2nd gear about 4 MPH. No problem on the flat ground. But, where the ground was a bit soft or in a couple of places where it's a little hilly the load was enough to pull things down to maybe 2-2.5 MPH and the tractor felt like it was a pretty healthy load.
The engine seems solid in the tractor. Recently rebuilt, starts easily and runs flawlessly, no smoke or blowby, minimal oil consumption, etc.
So the simple question from a guy who's not done any field work before is this - is this thing down on power or is that about what I should expect?
Here's some pics of the seeder to give you an idea of the load -
Just wondering if that's typical for this size of tractor or if something is not quite right...
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