Posted by MeanGene1 on July 23, 2009 at 14:10:59 from (74.85.19.246):
In Reply to: Re: 656 vs 706 posted by Phil Munson NY on July 22, 2009 at 20:27:27:
My grandfather was an IH dealer when I was growing up in NY, and we ended up with the first "Demonstrater" 706D in '63, and later got a second one, probably a '64. A gent who owned a farm next to one of ours bought the "Demonstrater" 806D. At the local show/demonstration days, both whooped hard on the 3020 and 4020 Deeres in the plowing exhibition, the 806D pulled 6 bottoms in 3rd, and the 706D pulled 5 in 3rd without breathing hard- would pull 4 in 4th at 1800 with ease. Governors were at 2300. The "Demonstrater" 706D had loaded 18.4-34"s with 4 sets of weights, and was very well balanced with a full rack of front end weights- we started running two of the big 100# 'ers with the rest the regular 73# "ers on the front, and it worked out great. We had both until around '75, and never a serious problem with either. As was stated, the 656 was a dressed-up earlier, lighter tractor brought out as an "economy" version- the 706 shared the larger, heavier frame of the 806, and later the 1206, etc., making the driveline pretty indestructable at the 706 power level. Also had the dual-range trans, better brakes, steer it with one finger, etc.- better, more modern tractor all around. We had a pair of M's before that, so we had quite a run of trouble-free tractors between the four of them. BTW, a dairy farmer we partnered with on oats and hay would borrow one of the 706's to power his feed grinder, as his 3020 didn't have enough huevos to run it at more than half capacity- the 706 never slowed down
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