Posted by rankrank1 on May 25, 2014 at 10:31:07 from (198.228.228.173):
In Reply to: hay raking speed posted by redforlife on May 24, 2014 at 11:11:12:
redforlife said: (quoted from post at 19:11:12 05/24/14) I rake with a 5 bar rake on either an H or M in fourth gear about 3/4 throttle. Would like to go a touch faster but don't like running a tractor at WOT....
First time, I used my Farmall h to rake the conditions were good and I was running the Farmall h in 4th gear at WOT throttle which was necessary to get some speed. I did not really like doing it either simply because I thought my gas consumption would suffer badly. Surprisingly fuel economy was not bad at all and I was impressed for the technology used here. Like you though, if I had another gear besides road gear, then I would gear up and throttle down accordingly.
Do not be afraid to run the tractor at WOT, they were designed to do it for 24 hours a day/7 days a week at WOT.
Plus if you think about it, Not really much difference running that ole h at 1650 engine rpm's at WOT compared to running a newer tractor that has a 2200 to 2500 WOT engine at 2/3 to 3/4 throttle. (To keep the math easy: 2/3 throttle on a 2400 rpm engine is 1600 rpm). If you look at Nebraska tests even at full throttle the h did not use much fuel under light loads.
This post was edited by rankrank1 at 10:33:04 05/25/14 2 times.
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