Posted by Joel Sanderson on February 27, 2019 at 14:42:13 from (204.106.240.102):
I need a bigger tractor to plow, disc and seed. I love the John Deere letter series--the way they're configured, their sound, torque and so on. I really like my '44 A, but it's not quite enough for what I need. It can barely pull my 8 foot disc in plowed ground, and it can barely pull two 16" bottoms in the ground I'm working--set-aside that's a mixture of sod and tree roots. It's all that little A can do to plow it in first gear in some of the soil.
My question is this: how much horsepower can be gotten out of a late model D and still use it in the fields? I've heard of G's being turned up to over 70 horse power and work fine all day long. Can a D be turned up to 60, 65 okay? Is it a matter of changing the pistons for higher compression? Shouldn't a D be able to be made to have more power than a G? It has a bigger bore, after all. What's so special about the G that a D can't do better for straight pulling?
How many bottoms can a D be expected to pull, compared to a G?
I know this is all pretty vague. I'm going to look at a D this weekend, and I would like to go knowing a tad more and what I might need to do to it if I need it to have a bit more grumpf.
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