Posted by Bryce Frazier on February 27, 2014 at 17:00:46 from (67.142.182.26):
Hi all it's Bryce. I am sure that all of you have seen my John Deere 40T with the single front wheel. I have been doing a little research, and I think I fumbled onto something interesting.
While talking to a buddy of mine who has 2 40T's and a 40S, I began complaining about how slow my 40T is. He asked me how slow it was, here is how I describe it, 3rd gear in this JD is slightly faster than 1st in my Farmall C's. 1st and 2nd are even slower! 4th gear on the other hand, is about 13-15 mph, which with a single front wheel is a little hairy!
He said that his 40T's pull a 2-14 plow in 1st gear, at "just the right speed" I told him that at our local Plow Day, I was having troubles keeping up with everyone, I was in 3rd gear pulling a 2-14 trip plow! If you look at tractor data . com, it will tell you the speeds of an M, but not a 40, the M's aren't the same as mine! ( )
So, now I am intrigued as to why my tractor is "different" another friend of my said that he thought JD offered a High Torque/Creeper transmission for a little while. It would make sense to me if this tractor had that, because I have confirmed that it was special ordered with the single front wheel on it so that it could be used on a Potato farm, so would that be why the trans is geared differently?
I am just poking around to see if anyone out there knew anything about it? Let me know what ya'll think!
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