+1 what the other posters have written. Pick a gear that you can simply throttle down and make your turn without having to slip the clutch on the turns every round . Hit the straitaway then throttle up. While you might ideally prefer to go faster on the strait aways you just have to live with it (that is the nature of any fixed gear tranny that is not synchronized). Cases are known for their down low engine RPM torque so this should be easier to throttle down on the turns than some tractors that have to scream to make any power.
Fixed gears tranny's are cheap and nearly indestructible but are sometimes less than ideal. Sure Powershifts are nice but pricey to buy and even more pricey to rebuild when they need it and they all do eventually need rebuilt. My neighbor has been borrowing/renting a tractor cause his powershift went out on his 1270.
Pay with your wallet or pay with your patience- either way you are going to pay in some manner so figure out which one suits you. Do you have more patience or money?
As for taking off or inching something onto a trailer then you will have to probably slip the clutch some but that is the nature of nearly any tractor and certainly not like slipping it every time you turn in a field.
This post was edited by rankrank1 at 11:51:27 06/30/13 2 times.
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