JD 4630 6-18 Massey

1 Dollar · Dec 14, 2011

Here's some pictures of me turning under an alfalfa field this fall in Tippecanoe County, IN. It's just a cell phone camera so they're not the greatest.

It looks a little wet in this picture but there was a heavy frost that morning so it's just a little sticky on top.

The Massey 880 6-18 on-land works really well with the 4630. It was actually my first time running it. There isn't much plowing anymore so I enjoyed even just these 5 acres.

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BigMarv1085 · Dec 14, 2011

Just curios, what is that box or extra cowling in the front of the tractor.

504 · Dec 14, 2011

Extra fuel tank.

Tim(nj) · Dec 14, 2011

What did you plow up in the first pic? Looks like a box laying there in the freshly plowed ground.

ShadetreeRet · Dec 14, 2011

Don't apologize for the cell phone, those are some good photos! Looks like some good, productive soil.

1 Dollar · Dec 14, 2011

Oh and here's two more of it sittin' in front of the tool shed.

I think that "box" was a piece of roof metal. Wasn't anything interesting cause I don't remember it!

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Big 86 · Dec 14, 2011

How much HP is that 4630 making?

1 Dollar · Dec 14, 2011

Well back when grandpa had it tuned they ran it on a 230HP dyno and it went past that number so they just left it! Not sure what it's still at because that was 30 years and 5,000 hours ago, but she's still healthy to say the least! It got a new head at some point and had some tranny/rear end work somewhere along the line but I don't know the specifics, it was all before I was old enough. It's a 1977 with 5400 hours. I'm a 1991 model year ;-)

Tim(nj) · Dec 14, 2011

If it had been me plowing, I would would have ended up noticing it, because stuff like that always seems to end up stuck in one my tires!

Big 86 · Dec 14, 2011

1 Dollar,

Wondered about the HP on that tractor. Dad still tells stories about running a JD 4630 Quad Range that was turned up over 200 HP pulling 6-16's in C2 all day long. I kinda figured if you were pulling a 6-18 plow it had been turned up a bit, sounds like it is near the max if it maxed a 230 HP dyno.

Can't tell for sure by the pics, but it looks like this tractor is a Quad Range? I can only see one shift lever in the pics, but it looks like the Range selector. Good looking tractor, I spent plenty of time growing up in 4630's.

Ron A Anderson · Dec 14, 2011

I owned one similar to the one you picture. Extra fuel tank. Mine would over heat in the summer so I added a extra small radiator with electric fan mounted in front of the extra fuel tank. That solved the over heating problem. 20.8 X38 dual radial tires sure helped the traction problem.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 15, 2011

Do live just east of State Rd 25 on 350 south?

1 Dollar · Dec 15, 2011

Go South 4.5 more miles and you"re correct

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