Super A Plow

Tom

I wouldn't be concerned about power, a Super A will run out of traction long before it runs out of power. Not hard to get a Super C to run out of power. One just has to compare the rear wheels on a SA with SC. SC doesn't have that much greater hp engine.

I have a 2x12 fast hitch plow and a Super A with no weight added and 9.5x24 tires. A 130 with wheel weights and 12.4x24 tires. A 140 with 11.2x24 tires filled with chloride. These tractors are all original equipment engines. C-113 in SA and C-123 in the other two. As long as the SA is getting traction, it will lug equipment along just as fast as the other two. SA may be smaller engine, but the smaller diameter wheel will make up for that. The SA will plow with 2x12 on light sandy loam soil. The 130 and 140 will plow in much heavier soil as the weights and larger tires give them an advantage over SA. I have used wheel chains and plowed with the 130, in real heavy clay. I wouldn't want to set out to plow 100 acres of heavy clay with the 130. One acre was enough. Mind you though the very first year my dad and I plowed a 100 acres, (sandy loam) we did it with the 130 and 2x12 fast hitch plow. The year was 1961. We had a Farmall 300 and a Cockshutt 540 at the time, and a 2x14 Little Genius, but these tractors were on manure spreading duty. We had about 90 head of holsteins at the time and manure spreading duty was a big job.