Plow day with the 300

Some may recall i recently bought a 300 rowcrop. Well i put her to the test today at a local plow day. Boy was i suprised! I had it hooked to my 3-14s JD pull type, and if i was a betting man, my wallet would be bigger tonight. Something must be done to the engine is this tractor because it handled that plow well in hard corn ground 6-7 inches deep. Yes i was in 2nd gear all day but its a factory TA delete. That being said a couple times i did wish i had a TA, on the end rows where the grain cart drove mainly. But i lapped a 60 and a 620 JD, one had a two bottom and the other had a three bottom. Both those old boys said they would get out the way for the 300 beings i was having to stop and wait for them. I will say that my plow is an easy pulling one, but i have it set right and have new wear parts on it. Also set the tractor up by the book, but i could have used a little more weight. I only had one set of wheel weights on it. I think i will put a total of three on the land wheel and add one to the furrow wheel. Some guys today said that there is no way a factory 300 would handle a 3-14s in hard ground, let alone a distillate model like mine. After today i know it has to have had work done to it, just nothing that meets the eye. One thing is for certain, as i am typing this, i can still hear the sweet sound of that governor opening up on a tough spot! I think i may add another hundred series to my herd, maybe a 400? Have to see! I guess i just wanted to say that the 300 made me proud today. Thanks for reading.

Great story thanks for sharing. Only thing that would make this story better is pics (hint, hint, hint -LOL).

As to the motor work: Based on the engine compression numbers that you posted a while back, I am thinking it is stock.
That all said, even the lowly Farmall h has outworked its hp rating many times over. A 300 or 350 is even better in the HP department compared to an h so does not surprise me a bit.

Out of curiosity: How was the fuel consumption? I am betting it was quite reasonable for the work done and the technology used. There was a reason those ole Farmalls sold so well.

I have to get in touch with the lady who took pics. I think she may have shot some video as well. I filled it up with gas and plowed for close to five hours non stop, besides stopping to cool the tire off once in awhile lol. When we got done i estimated it had a quarter tank left maybe a bit less. Better than expected. I thought about the compression readings today while i was plowing. I guess my old A JD with 85 lbs per side does quite well also in its own right. But what amazes me is just feeling that little 4 cyl engine in the 300 pulling that well. Sure i had a Super M that would bury a 3-16s in 3rd all day long without breaking a sweat. I guess i never imagined my little 300 would perform as well as it did though.

cool tire off for what never heard of cooling a tire off.

LOL maybe someone should tell Gene the meaning of cooling a tire off. I dont know how to word it .

I would assume it to mean the same as watering a tree. Trees are usually few and far between in a crop field so cooling off a rear tractor tire would offer the same privacy for the plumbing so to speak -LOL.

Well put. Could not have said it better

(quoted from post at 07:42:43 10/20/13) LOL maybe someone should tell Gene the meaning of cooling a tire off. I dont know how to word it .

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Don't worry about it gene, it took me a couple minutes to get that one too...

Never heard it put that way before. Love it!

As a truck driver I knew exactly what he was talking about! ROLF!

Stumpy

Stumpy, as a truck driver myself i use that line from time to time. All jokes aside, maybe the tire was in fact warm?. . . from all the spinning my land wheel was doing due to the guy disked the ground BEFORE we plowed it lol.

Ive found out the older iget, the warmer my tires run.lol