Re: Your Opinion?

Posted by G-MAN on August 26, 2004 at 07:46:59 from (67.52.48.10):

In Reply to: Re: Your Opinion? posted by TimFL on August 26, 2004 at 07:37:07:

Those that think MFWD is only so you can work in muddy conditions are clueless, at least when it comes to field work. I won't even get into the obvious advantages of an MFWD tractor when feeding cows in two feet of snow and mud - that's not a case of wanting to go out and work, it's a case of HAVING to go out and work. When it comes to normal field work with an MFWD tractor, you might have a tractor that is capable of working in the mud, but you'll have trouble finding a disk, planter or field cultivator that is. Some idiots try, and you can find pictures of buried tractors all over on the internet. But those guys would get ANYTHING stuck, so that's a moot point. MFWD is now required because of the high horsepower levels. Around 220 PTO horsepower is the practical limit of what you can effectively put to the ground with only 2wd, depending on conditions, what you're pulling and the tires. All the manufacturers are now building row-crops in the 250 PTO hp range, with the biggest that I know of being the Deere 8520 at 255 PTO horsepower - they usually push 285 on the dyno though. MFWD is also a safety factor when pulling big loads down the road, as it enables four-wheel braking, at least on the later models that automatically turn it on when both brake pedals are depressed together. If you can design and build a 300 horsepower 2wd tractor that will compete wheel-to-wheel with an MFWD for less money, get on it, because you'll be a rich man.

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• Re: Your Opinion? Indydirtfarmer 08:40:09 08/26/04 (1)
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