Akin to the Nebraska test question

I've been wondering for a while . . .

The last couple of years, the cat got out of the bag on the air-cooled horsepower wars. A single motor could be rated for any where from 12-16 hp. A small motor might turn up on a small rider or a push mower and be advertised as 12 hp on both. They got caught with their jewels hangin' out and have pretty much put a stop to it, advertising torque and other measures now for the consumer to compare.

So a while back a neighbor, young guy intent on having the newest best and biggest of everything in the neighborhood, comes home with a shiny green tractor (yellow accents and seat) with a 54" mower deck under it and tells us all about the wonders of its 26hp water-cooled powerplant.

So I get to thinkin' my BN came off the line back in '47 rated for putting somethin' on the order of 17 to the ground and 19 onto the PTO. Also get to thinkin' that his wonderful littlle machine ain't gonna do the work the BN will. I tried to break the news to him gently.

It might be interesting to know, if anybody has any idea, but I couldn't care less what the neighbor's green weenie puts to the ground.

What I'm more interseted in is if anybody has any idea what an IH 113, like what went into the A/B series, put out for horsepower before it got into the friction losses to gears and moving the weight of the tractor around. I know there were variations on it (gas or dual-fuel, different pistons . . .) I'd think the U2 power unit would be a good reference, but I'm not having any luck finding numbers for it.

I have an 18 HP Bolens, I was told with 3600 rpm is where the max Hp was . turn on the deck and I loose 3-5 hp and with that. when I put tractor in motion I lose 6 more Hp so I end up with a 7 hp tractor that varies with the contour of the ground..

I hate to tell your neighbor that his engine is just rated at a certain rpm for that HP not actual HP.

"I hate to tell your neighbor that his engine is just rated at a certain rpm for that HP not actual HP."

Yeah, he actually opened the discussion with askin' how many hp my BN had. I explained the bigger displacement after the rebuild and guessed she'd be about 19 or 20 to the ground. He missed the "to the ground" part and went right on to tell me about his 26hp. Water cooled, dontchya know. He drives the thing with its cute little turf tires into holes I wouldn't take an articulated 4WD fifty times the size. And then I go drag him out, at which time he always points out that I had the advantage of being on the higher, drier ground with ag tires, and he was helopin' by bein in the right gear for whichever direction I was draggin' him.

All I can do is grin and say ayuh. Bein' the neighborly sort, I try not to let him see me shake my head.

Hey Scotty show him this !!

http://ihregistry.com/ref/hp.pdf
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I goofed I was trying to reply to you.
below explains HP got me stumped too ~~LOL

QUOTE: "All I can do is grin and say ayuh. Bein' the neighborly sort, I try not to let him see me shake my head."
That's the main point: being neighborly. And for the rest: to each his own.

An illustration of this is coffee: everyone likes his coffee-made-at-home best. BUT there are many homes and many coffees.
In short, many beliefs and convictions are just based on taste or preference.