Posted by Hugh MacKay on March 04, 2009 at 03:47:07 from (216.208.58.128):
In Reply to: Re: 666 opinions posted by georgeky on March 03, 2009 at 19:02:27:
George: Well put, no one can describe the 666 much better. 656 with 282 was a great tractor, the 312 engine in 666 made it even better. Then IH decided to nickel and dime the tractor by using the 310 engine in the 686.
I don't think the 66 series front end with external steering cylinder was an improvement over 56 series steering. My 1066 steering was far more troublesome than 656. I may be a bit prejudiced as I suspect the duals on my 1066 had a lot to do with front end problems. I have a close friend bought a new 666D, he found much the same front end problems, however not to the extent I did on 1066. None of these tractors ever had a loader, other than my 656 may have seen 100 hours of loader work when new.
I had an articulated Deere, and in my opinion if your going over 100 hp, you want big wheels and tires up front. An articulation point is far less expensive to maintain than steerable front drive. My 1066 was a great PTO tractor and a great drawbar tractor with 20.8x38 duals but OH my gosh the cost of that front end was an excessive expence to keep running. Even though I thought the 1066 a great drawbar tractor it didn't hold a candle to the articulated Deere, which actually had less hp.
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