Fast tractor

DeltaRed · May 15, 2015

I was driveing my 826 Hydro down the road yesterday when a new JD pulled up behind me. seeing he was about to run over me,I let
him pass. WOW! Talk about FAST,it was like a car/truck,not a tractor....He must have been doing 30-35 mph.Do all the new
tractors really run that fast?

rrlund · May 15, 2015

I got behind a big New Holland pulling a fertilizer spreader. I was doing 35 in the pickup following him.

oliverkid · May 15, 2015

If I remember correctly JD's new 7R series has an optional 40 MPH road gear.

Kow Farmer · May 15, 2015

Hi Steve,
I help a good friend of mine in the Fall each year doing tillage. He owns a JD 8420. I think it is around a 2005. This tractor has a road gear of 27mph. That freaks me out driving that fast with a V ripper or chisel plow behind it. Too fast for me.
Kow Farmer Kurt

Tom OConnor · May 15, 2015

Steve,

I was over in Ireland last September and I pased a John Deere pulling a long heavy tandem wheeled trailer going down the motorway (what we call a expressway) and I was doing 55 and did not pass him all that fast. I would estimate he was doing a good 45 or a little better. I looked at some of the tractors at the farm show and all seemed to have an air system for brakes, four wheel drive and none had dual wheels. Local roads and gates are all too narrow for the duals. What we have here on the farm will all be in the low 20's with the only exception would be the sprayer which will do a little over 30. Maybe it's my age but even at twenty miles an hour things can go sour on you real fast on a farm tractor.

Wheatfarmer · May 15, 2015

Can you just see those big tires on a balance machine. LOL

MT RON · May 15, 2015

You would not go that fast with fluid in the tires or you will be a long time dead.Ron

Mike M · May 15, 2015

Shucks that thing was slow !

I was behind a JCB fastrac on the hiway once and he was going 50 MPH.

ss55 · May 15, 2015

Now-a-days large farms can be spread over several townships or even several counties.

gene bender · May 15, 2015

I watched a new Case-IH with two loads of corn pass a John Deere pulling two loads on the way to the elevator yes the new ones do travel fast Jphn Deere says its because farms are ometimes far apart thus needs speed for travel at least thats what a rep said on the radio.

Kent Petersen · May 15, 2015

Was in germeny. Followed a 4020 with two wheeled trailer. he was going about 45 miles per the pto was hooked the truck rear end under the trailer and thats how they get the speed on the older modles

shunkfarm · May 15, 2015

(quoted from post at 14:12:23 05/15/15) Was in germeny. Followed a 4020 with two wheeled trailer. he was going about 45 miles per the pto was hooked the truck rear end under the trailer and thats how they get the speed on the older modles

That is just insane!
Jay

davediehl@hotmail.com · May 15, 2015

Massey Ferguson has a 42mph transmission. I'd be afraid of a tire flying apart!

fixerupper · May 15, 2015

Seems to me most of the pictures we see of overturned tractors come from Europe.

Alan K · May 15, 2015

I remember seeing advertisements from years ago about tractors that had a high road gear for farms that were a little more distance. Usually about 18-20 mph. That was back in the late 30s and into the 1940s. Maybe we are going full circle lol.

60 acre hillside · May 15, 2015

Salesman tried to sell a Fendt (spelling?) to my nephew explaining it would go over 40 on the road. Nephew replied that he had already torn down too many mail boxes as it was at 25 mph

Bill in IL · May 15, 2015

The newer Agco's (RT series) we have go 27 mph. That is with the RPM's cut back from 22 to 1800 if I remember right in high gear. If one could reprogram the computer for the engine to work at rated RPM in high gear it would do 35 I would guess. Big problem around here its the roads are so rough its hard to do 27MPH.

Bryce Frazier · May 15, 2015

Not sure if it is "realistic" or not, but on my Farming Simulator (European Based) some of the BIG Fendt's, like the 939 Varios and stuff, will easily pull 50 mph with 15-20 ton of corn silage behind them! wow....

RN · May 15, 2015

'Fast' tractors -over 20 mph- have been around in some areas for awhile. Moline UDL was one late 1930s design and they are still around in collections. European tractors- some area they are the haul things to market on main road vehicles, some posters from UK note registration and insurance requirements for tractors expected to be used on the roads, occasional tourist hits the tractor incidents. English/European Massey 2135, 2165 variations in a few posts seem to have a transverse leaf spring on front end with front brakes and radius rods like old Ford axles, they are being used on city streets and some minor road as well as occasion picture in use on main highway- trannies are noted to be over and underdrives, headlights and turn signals, mirrors. Some of the tax laws, vehicle laws make having a field only use tractor and a medium truck to haul things to town expensive- tractor still has to get a registration and truck gets high insurance as commercial use plus license fees. Use the tractor for hauling to town with a trailer that doesn't get taxed or very little and low insurance on tractor means small farmer can make some money on seasonal crops. US had Fridays and Loves in Michigan that could do about 45 or better depending on the load pulled- these were low to ground orchard tractors that hauled fruit and veggie harvest to canneries over main roads and did some field prep with mostly pulled equipment. Chrysler 6 cylinder flatheads and drive trains, couple rebuild featured with OHV slant 6 with 4 barrel carbs and dual split exhausts- the one was noted to have gotten speeding ticket on expressway when 55 was the limit- and ticket was for 20 over the limit. RN.

BANDITFARMER · May 15, 2015

Steve I know what you mean, WOW! Growing up on old tractor's ware 15 mph was fast, I bought my 1550 Utility and the first time I took it down the road in 6th High dad was behind me and said I was going 22 mph! On that tractor that's fast! 22 mph with 14.9x28 tires (smallest tire for a utility) I would hate to have one with 18.4x28 tires that are taller, Man it would fly! To fast for me is all I can say.

Years ago the local Oliver dealership special ordered a 1550 RC with the high speed transmission in it for a guy. One month after he got it he brought it back to the dealership and asked if they could change the transmission to a regular trans, No we cant. So they made a bracket to bolt to the dash so you could not put it in 6th gear because it went to fast. He was happy with it after that. I saw the local BTO that runs Case IH (big) 4 wheel drive pulling a 1/2 loaded grain cart down the road and had to make a quick stop for a car that pulled out in the road, Lets just say I think the driver had black strips in his shorts as long as the ones he left on the road, 50 feet long! Ground 8 tires off on the tractor real bad! Bandit

dcarp · May 15, 2015

The NH T5070 that I bought 2 years ago for my custom baling business will run 27 mph on the road. It sure helps getting to & from the jobs. I'm glad I got the air ride seat cause some of the roads aren't real smooth.

Geo-TH,In · May 15, 2015

I passed a tractor orange, not sure of brand. It has rubber tracks instead of tires. It was going fast too.

IowaJohn · May 15, 2015

My 7820 will do 25 but I can't hang on, even at 21-22 it bounces too much. 18-19 is fast enough for me.

notjustair · May 15, 2015

My 7800 will run 29 mph all out. You either need to go that fast or keep it about 20, cause anything in between is really bouncy. It is a FWA with a loader and unloaded duals on the back. With the rear that light she can hop. It makes transport easier for sure since I don't spend so much time pulling over for cars. I am on the blacktop less time.

centash · May 15, 2015

What scares me the most are these tractors going 30plus mph pulling a converted tractor-trailer unit with a joe dog, with 50 tons of soys on, barrelling down main street in our small town driven by a 16 year old kid. Most of these units rely only on the tractors brakes---makes you think before crossing the street!

Ben

Mathias NY · May 15, 2015

Not sure if they are all the same, but I have heard from an owner of one of the faster new Deere's that the brakes leave something to be desired. He said that it would go fast, but had trouble stopping at speed if it had much of a load.

shunkfarm · May 15, 2015

When I was a kid there was a family that drove a Silver King with a farm trailer behind it. The whole family piled in and went to town. That SK sure flew!

Grandad grew popcorn during WW2. He said it paid very well but he had to haul it some distance. He had an Oliver 70 with 40" tires on it at the time. They rigged it to override the governor when hauling on the road. He said it had to be overhauled a couple times but it was well worth it.
J

chuck from neb · May 15, 2015

We have a john Deere 8130 with an ivt and the air brake package it'll go 31 mph with ILS front end smooth as silk

jeffcat · May 15, 2015

I know this is a little silly but one of my dads neighbors had a two bottom plow on the three point hitch. Down the road he had not worked on the brakes lately and needed a fast stop. YOU bet...he dropped the plow! Guess he came to a quick stop don't ya know. The road back then was just oiled stone so he shoved everything back in the HOLE and drove home.Jeffcat

RBoots · May 16, 2015

Dealer I used to work for sold JCB, sold a few of the 8250 Fastracs, they had Trelleborg radial tires front and rear. I was able to get it up to 37 mph in the back drive of our facility. Rode pretty smooth, salesman and another mechanic took it out on the road to see if it would actually make its claimed top speed of 54 mph, they said it would and was scary fast.

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