Tractor speed

RBnSC · May 27, 2011

Spent yesterday at the farm discing getting ready to plant beans as soon as we get some rain. Made me think of when I was a kid. The tractor would never go fast enough, in the field I wanted the engine to turn faster, on the road I wanted another gear. Now moving from field to field i might not even change from the gear I was plowing in.Plowing 1850 to 1900 rpms is plenty. Dad always said to make the black smoke roll (3010 diesel)now black smoke costs alot of money. Do you remember who had the fastest tractor where you lived? There was a kid that drove his dads Dexta that would out run everybody where we lived. Yall remember days like that?
Ron

NEKS · May 27, 2011

The M Farmall we had probably was the fastest in the area. Two farmers west of us had 77 Olivers and the three on the east had B&A JD's, WD AC and B JD. The 1936 F-20 we had before the M sure didn't raise any dust, no road gear.

fixerupper · May 27, 2011

Yep, quite often I come home from the field at part throttle now. Used to run full throttle when running on the road for the 1/8 mile between the two farms with the loader tractor. Now the throttle never hits the top stop.

When I was a kid almost everyone in the neighborhood had two cyl Deeres that ran maybe 12-13 MPH, but one neighbor did have a 1650 Oliver that would leave everyone else in the dust. Jim

showcrop · May 27, 2011

When I was a kid the 8N was by far the fastest on the farm where I worked. One time when we were moving between farms and I was 16 by that time, I was driving the 960 pulling an implement or two. One of the farmer's two sons who was about three years younger finally convinced me to coast down a hill. He said yeah we do it all the time. So we took off like a shot down the hill and left his dad with the 8N in the dust. He caught up with us at the bottom because I had to stop to put it in gear. He wasn't too happy, just letting me know that he wasn't happy was plenty to me.

KSTractor · May 27, 2011

Mom clocked me on Dads Ferguson 30 with Hupp overdrive at 22 mph to end my road driving in 1956.

Goose · May 27, 2011

Had a Massey 44 that would roll about 25 on the road.

I came out of town once with a baler behind. I think the baler was just enough of a load to pull the governor open a bit more. I came up behind a fellow putting along with a B John Deere with a wagon behind. I'll never forget the look on his face when I went flying by.

Case Nutty 1660 · May 27, 2011

I have a 200B Case that will run 26mph on the flat it has triple range, my 580CK will do 28 mph it has high speed gears cnt

greygoat · May 27, 2011

We had a neighbor with a Co-op/Cockshutt that
"He claimed" had a "Road Gear" that would do
30 MPH !

Dave2N · May 27, 2011

1946 Ford 2N with Sherman "Step-Up" goes 21 mph down the road.

DeltaRed · May 27, 2011

I used to have an F-20 overdriveroadgear and 36" rears.That thing would outrun anything I've ever owned.Never did clock the speed,it would fly!

Anonymous-0 · May 27, 2011

I guess I'm still a wide open guy, but I still make my living with these things. I figure time on the road, plows out of the ground, mower not cutting, etc. is time and fuel i'll never get back. I waste my fuel in the boat!

Walt Davies · May 27, 2011

My friends IH 1066 will roll pretty good around 20 or so but scare you to death. My little Kubota will do all of 10 and the Cockshutt is the same. My Case LA will make maybe 4 or 5 flat out in 3rd. the 4th was removed because it came out with iron wheels during the Big War.
Walt

sotxbill · May 27, 2011

we'd race em all the time... the sos ford would do 19.5 while the rest would do 17 to 18...

Dextas4 · May 27, 2011

Our Super Dexta and MM U ran about even and were the fastest in the area until I discovered that the govenor linkage to the carb on the MM could held open with the tines on the pitchfork and then it was no contest.
Ran down a buddy on a Dexta that was motoring by, much to his surprise.
Kinda ended though when Pop saw me flying home up a rutted dirt road in my hurry to catch the end of a football game!!

KenInMemphis · May 27, 2011

My old '52 8N wobbles and sways so much on the unfamiliar hard, flat, asphalt that I rarely make it to 4th gear and 4th gear at full throttle would probably be suicide!

Pat-CT · May 27, 2011

It was pretty sad that my JD 60 couldnt keep up to my 49 farmall H, on a hill i could gain distance but other then that forget it.

Bspauld · May 27, 2011

We had a 36 CO-OP and it would do 45 mph, we also had a 51 CO-OP,(Cockshutt) that would do 13 mph

paul · May 27, 2011

Ford 960's have a fairly mild road gear. I recall pulling a 4 section drag in road gear for a couple hours, after the corn was planted. That was the fastest field work I've ever done....

The IHC H has a really fast production road gear, hard to beat that tho with the wandering narrow front I have no idea how fast it would be cranked up.

--->Paul

Fry · May 27, 2011

Dad and I were heading to my house the other day, him on my SC, me on my DC. I opened the DC up and tried to "sneak up" on him. He caught on when I was about 10 feet behind him and then he opened up the SC. Well there we were flying down the road at a roaring 10 mph. Those models are geared about the same so it wasn"t much of a race after we were both at full throttle.

I"ve challenged him to a rematch once I get my VAI with the high-speed tranny up and running.

RodinNS · May 27, 2011

The Dexta's were always the fast ones around here. They'd do 18 or 19... but consider that the competition was Browns and old Ford's that did 12... and even some of the newer Ford's that did 17-18... a Dexta could just edge by them. Move into modern times... a 30 series Ford will blow the fenders off a Dexta... and any of the newer MFWD models mostly have 25 MPH transmissions...
On a good downhill roll my TS90 will probably hit close to 30 mph.

Rod

ohenry · May 27, 2011

My 51 Farmall M will do a good 20 on flat land, down to18 up hill and that is pilling a trailer with a Famall A aboard. Done this many times going for shows.

Anonymous-0 · May 27, 2011

tried 5th gear high range in the old mini today did not take long and i was back in 4th i think 40 more grey hairs poped out

the tractor vet · May 27, 2011

I have had two tractors that were well above the SMV sign limit , one was a Farmall 460 gasser that down to the stop she would turn around 2650-2700 and below the stop we have had it to 6500 RPM and chasen a pick up down the road at 65MPh . Then there was the oliver 88 with a 66 Ford 390 Gt engine in it with a 735 cfm holley setting on it and 18.4x34 tires that did not amuse a state bear one Saturday in Oct. 1970 with two full gravity boxes of ear corn racen a VW on a two lane state highway . Had they not given me the flyen fickled finger i would not have opened her up and keep them out in the left lane . I did not see the statey behind me and when they came up along side of me and gave me the finger i just had to open her up and they could not get around me and were loosen ground till i backed out of it because of a oncoming car.I got pulled over and i was explained the speed limits for a SMV signed vehicle and 67 did not fall under the rules. Then after the arres chewen he had to look the Oliver over as he had never seen a tractor with a car engine in it before and complemented me on a nice job. IT was a great haulen tractor from the fields down to the set of scales and back to the farms cruised nice at around 35-40 good tight ft. end did not wobble or shake .

Pat-CT · May 27, 2011

You remind me of a fellow that has a 1468 around here, MFWD, i think (dont quote me) he said it had a 1066 rearend ? But anyways he's passed my a couple times doing 55 down a 4 lane highway with a couple of loaded hay wagons behind it. Its twin turbo and has a big rig pump on it. That baby is insane!!!. They cant dyno it with the old m&w water cooled dyno because it starts to tip it over with 4 guys sitting on it

PJH · May 27, 2011

1952 Ford 8N with the Sherman overdrive was the fastest tractor I was ever on. It would easily outrun it's brakes. And steering.

Slowest was an old Farmall F-??. Me and the kid whose family owned it were driving it to high school for FFA Tractor Day. We reached the top of Campbell Hill Grade, and thought we'd kick it out of gear on that steep hill to make some speed. It slowed down and would have stopped, but we managed to get it back in gear before it did.

JDseller · May 28, 2011

The fastest older tractor I have ever owned was a IH 1066 with 20.8 x 38 tires. It would top out at 28 mph. We where on narrow row then too. Talk about top heavy. Tall tires and tread set on 60 inch centers. How we never upset that tractor is a wonder. It was flat top fenders as well.

The newer fast tractor is a JD 7810 with IVT and European transmission. It would do 30 mph on the flat. I know many love the IVT I hated that tractor from day one. I only kept it one season. I got it in April and had it traded before harvest. I replaced it with a JD 7810 20 sp. power quad. Not quite as fast but it is still here and will be until I croak.

Pat-CT · May 28, 2011

Those ivt's are a pretty quick. Especially if you know how to trick them into doing 45 ;-)

crystalallis · May 28, 2011

i had a neighbor who years ago got a speeding ticket for 42 in a 25mph with a co-op pulling a trailer house thru superior wi

olliekid · May 28, 2011

compared to the rest of the tractors i drive our massey ferguson 1080 flys! it has 15.9-38 rears which helps. i think it goes about 22 mph.

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