I've always thought I'd kinda like to have a W-9 to "play with", but the parts being scarce and expensive has sort of "cautioned" my pursuit. I spent a lot of hours on the W-6 we had on the farm where I grew up and once got to plow a couple of rounds with a W-9 that a friend of my Dad's had. With that little bit of running it, I was surprised that it handled pretty nice. Pulling 4 bottoms with it, it was a little bigger rig than I was used to, but with the bigger front wheels it steered easier and with bigger rear wheels too, it sure rode a lot better. Fast forward to the relative present, a friend who collects any amount and kind of tractors he wants has a nice W-9. At one show in the area this friend had his belt driven M and W dyno there checking out tractors for anyone who wanted theirs checked. I had my recently overhauled and "warmed up a little" John Deere G there and took advantage of this opportunity to check it out. After doing the belt check the dyno owner told me my tractor had about 3 to 4 more horsepower than his W-9, but about 2 horsepower less than his stroked Farmall M had. The G had 62-62 horses at 10% over speed and 58-59 horses at standard wide open throttle speed. I'm not trying to brag, I just thought it was odd that his M had more power than his W-9 had. He pulls the M and the W-9, but both in heavier classes (7500 lbs.) than I pull My JD G (6500 lbs.). So I guess I gotta find a thousand more pounds of weight to pull against them.
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