Re: 100 plus HP loader tractor

Posted by Hugh MacKay on March 22, 2007 at 04:02:33 from (216.208.58.191):

In Reply to: 100 plus HP loader tractor posted by fixer0070 on March 22, 2007 at 03:21:04:

Personally I'd go for the Deere with power shift. I had a 1066, it's strictly a brute force field transmission. On loader work, it's going to burn a whole lot more fuel than the Deere. Not going to be a smooth shifter for loader work either.

I also had a Deere Forestry Skidder, same basic power train as 4020, same 8 speed power shift. You can hammer those those power shifts for years on shuttle work. I plowed a lot of snow, leveled and packed bunker silos with mine. You could push that thing all day, going from 3rd forward to 3 reverse, with nothing more than depressing throttle for the shift. Mine went 13,000 hours before that power shift required any repair or maintinence.

This from a farmer that owned 16 Farmalls lifetime, and after all those Farmalls, I bought this Deere and I bought it for that power shift. I think had I stayed in farming, there would have been a whole lot more Deere around. Interesting, I also did disking 20'disk, with the Deere, it wouldn't haul the disk quite as fast as 1066, however I had the ocasional 10" rock. Those cowboys I employed didn't break disk blades at 4 mph with the Deere. The Deere also used a lot less fuel per hour and per acre.

Bear in mind also, mine was bought new, and maintained by me all those years. So where my Farmalls. If it's loader or shuttle work of any kind I'd got Deere power shift. If I were buying a tractor for long days pulling heavy implements, no I wouldn't buy the power shift. Even today, I still make a note of what owners are using particular transmissions for.

Replies:

• Re: 100 plus HP loader tractor Jim J 19:02:07 03/22/07 (1)
  • Re: 100 plus HP loader tractor Hugh MacKay 19:48:45 03/22/07 (0)

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