Oh, I was not worried about hurting anything by running the h at WOT. I merely thought the fuel econonomy would suffer by having to do it on such a light duty task such as raking, but the fuel economy did not seem to suffer at all. As I already mentioned in previous post no real difference in running the h at WOT or a newer tractor at 2/3 throttle.
I know all too well that lugging an engine can be harmful (especially on diesels). When in doubt always throttle up. While I am only a hobbyist now, a few decades ago I spent many hours in the seats of: International 1066 diesel, Oliver 1800 series a gasser (my all time favorite tractor to work ground with), JD 730 diesel, JD 720 diesel, MM G705 diesel (useless piece of junk), Case 430 diesel, JD 60 gas, early styled jd b, and even a Ford 8N all doing real farming - from working ground to culitivating. Of course back then, I did not monitor fuel useage much because I was not buying the fuel (Dad, grandpa, and uncle got that task because the tractors were theirs. I was just the free labor source that literally loved every minute of it). While I will never claim to be any type of expert, I am certainly far from a greenhorn.
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