Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: SMTA tire size

Posted by Hugh MacKay on March 30, 2003 at 08:14:55 from (209.226.247.159):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: SMTA tire size posted by Dr.EVIL on March 30, 2003 at 06:04:48:

Dr. Evil Your friend at Elwood Mfg., wasn't far off the mark, 75-80 hp is probably the small side, but between there and 150 hp there is a lot of 4x4 tractors around. A friend of mine has several of them, I asked him, "why do you buy 75 to 100 hp 4x4 tractors, your farm is flat as the kitchen floor." His responce," They are smoother and turn so much easier pulling heavy loads".

When I bought my 1066 for dairy farm my heavy work load was NH 890 forage harvester and a 12 ton manure spreader. I only plowed 200-250 acres per year, plowed with 656D as plowing and manure spreading went on at same time. My disc was 20' and cultivator 24', neither were a real heavy load for 1066. They were economical as tillage machines just a few feet wider were a lot more expensive with heavier frames, hydraulics, etc. As I mentioned before, 1066 had duals and those extra wide 15" front tires. Both on disc and cultivator, if you weren't right on brakes turning, I have seen the front wheel on side turning to go completely under soil surface. I had a lot of younger operators and needless to say a few spindles and other front end parts got broken up. Young fellows tend to get daydreaming a bit on long day of discing. I guess we all did that. If you take a good look at that front end and the wallop behind one of those big tractors at or near full throttle, 4 to 6 mph, they could snap that front end right off, if it hit something solid.

I remember one day, I was planting corn with 656. My dad was moving seed, chemicals, etc with 300, and just generally scouting around with pickup keeping things moving. I had a young lad on 1066 and cultivator. He was a great young lad, would go all day and night with you if demand was there. His only problem was he didn't know enough to shut down his social life during those times. My dad came to me said," Mike is in that 10 acre field behind that mobile home, his head is dropping from time to time, he is not being very systematic in aprach, I think he is asleep, he is turning near end of field." My dad was 65 at the time couldn't get Mike's attention, due to his age he didn't feel comfortable trying get on machine moving at 4-5 mph. I went over, didn't try to go in front of duals, I made for hitch area, got on and started thumping on back of cab. What a relief when he stopped. My dad took the tractor and cultivator and we sent Mike off for a sleep. Not without my dad's razing on trying to burn candle at both ends.

I notice farmers around here are moving away from those hopper grain wagons, going to B-train type aluminium grain trailers. Pulling them on fields with hitch dollies and 350 hp articulated tractors, they even have air brake controlls on them. If you look at the rubber on the ground with some of these rigs, probably lower ppsi on ground than grain wagon. I notice they are quite particular on keeping highway tractors off field.

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