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Fancy Farm

05-15-2008 20:27:23




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What is the top road speed of a A farmall?




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charles todd

05-16-2008 23:03:52




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to Fancy Farm, 05-15-2008 20:27:23  
My Farmall 504 D has the codes S-X-Y and I know that one of them is high speed low and reverse. The tractormeter shows 22 as WOT with 12.?x38's. I have 13.8x38's on it and when you let'er rip in 5th TA then slam it to 5th direct is lugs down a bit. But once is winds up 5th, hold on. It scares the SH** :shock: out of me with the worn tie rod ends! The only tractor faster than this F504D that I have ever driven was a JD 401 (Industrial). Dont panic, it was a yellow JD
Charles

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Fancy Farm

05-16-2008 15:30:36




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to Fancy Farm, 05-15-2008 20:27:23  
I am going to have a small tractor drive and the A I have goes about the minimum speed I would like to maintain. Thanks for your help.



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Steven f/AZ

05-16-2008 11:57:14




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to Fancy Farm, 05-15-2008 20:27:23  
I've had mine up to an eye-watering 12 miles per hour!



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LenNH

05-16-2008 11:48:38




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to Fancy Farm, 05-15-2008 20:27:23  
IHC sales lit. gives 10 mph at 1400 rpm. It is true you won't get any speeding tickets, but it is also true that this is a very useful speed around a farm and especially on farm trails and unpaved country roads. Throttled back a bit, you still have enough torque to pull a loaded wagon on a rough road. The H and M were originally listed at 15-5/8 and 16-1/4 at full-load, full-throttle setting. Too fast for trails and rough gravel roads, and throttled-back, there isn"t a lot of torque to let you tootle along with a loaded wagon on such roads at say 7 mph. The IHC brochure for the H and M shows minimum speeds in fifth gear as 9-1/2 for the H and 10-5/8 for the M, which is another way of saying that much below those speeds, the engine is going to be running at pretty close to idle. The sales brochure I have doesn"t specify tire sizes. Speeds would vary just a little depending on tires. Presume some of the "fatter" tires people use today might raise the speeds a bit. I have very vivid memories of trying to pull loaded wagons over gravel roads in fourth gear, roaring wide-open at just under 6 mph because the H would not pull a load at that speed in fifth gear. John Deere and Oliver had two road speeds. Their fifth speed was somewhere around 8 mph, as I recall, and that would have allowed a comfortable speed with plenty of torque to handle the load.

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Bob Kerr

05-16-2008 07:16:45




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to Fancy Farm, 05-15-2008 20:27:23  
I checked speed on my M with a GPS unit. most of them show MPH and are very accurate down to the tenth of a mile per hour. If you don"t have one see if you can borrow one from somebody. The M did 15. I was suprised it was that slow! My 23 Olds grain truck got up to 27MPH and I was suprised it was that fast! The next "speed" trials will be on the H and F-12.



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Bob Kerr

05-17-2008 05:51:03




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to Bob Kerr, 05-16-2008 07:16:45  
Ok, Road tested the H yesterday and with the "ears pinned back" the H ran 18 mph in 5th. 14 was a nice cruising speed. it also ran 2 mph in 1st at full throttle.



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ShaggyM

05-16-2008 07:00:27




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to Fancy Farm, 05-15-2008 20:27:23  
My Dads stock BN will run 14mph with 11.2x24's on the back. My Super A will run 22mph at 2000RPM but I Did a little work to the Governor.
Shaggy



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Hoss in Me

05-16-2008 06:36:06




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to Fancy Farm, 05-15-2008 20:27:23  
Seen a JCB backhoe do 94mph in 1/4 mile! Hoss



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jonnny2006

05-15-2008 23:10:50




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to Fancy Farm, 05-15-2008 20:27:23  
I like the A's. i run mine on e85



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MKL

05-15-2008 21:10:33




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to Fancy Farm, 05-15-2008 20:27:23  
Got 11 on pavement.



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ScottyHOMEy

05-15-2008 20:44:27




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to Fancy Farm, 05-15-2008 20:27:23  
About 9-1/2 mph.



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the tractor vet

05-15-2008 21:10:10




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 Re: A farmall road speed in reply to ScottyHOMEy, 05-15-2008 20:44:27  
Ya could go drag racing in a school zone and not get a ticket.



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