I've read all the posts and "Traditional Farmer" keeps hitting the proverbial nail on the head in my opinion and I agree 100% with his reasoning. If you "need" 90-100 hp then you better have 400 cubes or more if you want it to last. The Ford 6000 was marketed to compete with 4010 etc at way less than 300 cid and farmers pulling 4 bottom plows with them. And Oliver with 310 or less trying to compete with 4010 and 4020 and Oliver's marketing was just plain insulting to anyone who has ever farmed. " Oliver 1800" "6 plow tractor"..."Oliver 1900" "Mighty Monarch of Pull" "8 Plow Tractor" and all this from a little 310 or worse yet a GM 4cyl with blower screaming it's guts out to just pull 5 bottoms let alone "8" ?? Not just bashing Oliver...I was in love with them back in the '60,s but they became a "modular tractor" what with their tub frame and chain coupler from engine to trans which allowed Oliver to put any engine that was profitable and any thing to try to win the HP war (hence Cat V -8 in 2255) without any reguard to drive train longevity. I,m not hearing bad about the big late '60,s & '70,s 6cyl Case,MM or JD and not a lot of IH either. Most of them realized that good reliable power took lots of cubes and if and when they needed to turbo charge , they at least had an engine capable of taking it and lasting. Over engineering a tractor made it more expensive so some farmers just went for low cost and false advertising and caused a lot of bad reviews. Bottom line is that little screaming engines asked to do "big tractor" work is/was recipe for a "lemon". Just one example...in 1962 our JD neighbor bought a new 4010 diesel...he hauled a 5 btm fully mounted plow with two clod busters (old rolling type " and anhydous tanks on front...did a lot of "plow/plant" 1960,s version of min till. How long ya think that tractor lasted? How long did ANY 1900 Ollie last ? First farmer around here that had one new...got rid of it in one year. Farmers just have to be smarter than the "marketers".
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