Stephen Newell said: (quoted from post at 08:35:19 04/22/15) I have a 1975 CJ-5. I don't see how it would make much of a tractor. While it has a lot of power it's so light it doesn't have as much pulling power as my G20 Chevy van.
Back when my biggest tractor was a 10hp Jacobson, I used my 59 CJ5 a lot. I dragged wood, harrows, rocks, plowed snow and dirt with it, pulled a slip scoop, etc. Put it in low range, chains all the way around, take an extra dose of patience and get it done. Seems nuts when you're used to a real tractor, but very few people had real tractors where I grew up and a Farmall A or H was a "big" tractor. The Jeeps and Doodlebugs we had were lots faster than human sweat and muscle.
For comparison, I plowed gardens for years with a Simplicity walk behind tractor with a 3hp engine pulling an 8" plow. The jeep ws a big step up...
This post was edited by Bret4207 at 04:25:42 04/23/15.
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