Suit yourself on converting to 12V. It's your tractor.
Just make sure you have the FACTS, and not just the random musings of someone with a bug up their butt.
6V systems can be made to work with good equipment and proper maintenance.
12V works too, it just masks poor equipment and lack of maintenance.
IH made the 140 and Cub 12V in the late 1960's because that's what every other piece of farm equipment they made at the time had. It was a matter of standardizing on components to make production more cost effective.
There are plenty of problems with 12V systems, too. I know every 3-4 months, one of our 12V tractors will refuse to turn over for one reason or another... Corroded battery cables, bad battery, bad starter... It's a never-ending struggle to stay ahead of the problems, let alone keep everything maintained.
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