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Hugh driving new Deere
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on November 27, 2003 at 18:07:00 from (64.228.13.107):
Well folks I got to drive a new Deere today, 74xx somthing, supposed to be 105 hp. My employer whom I normally drive a truck for asked me to haul cabbage from field to warehouse. Now I normally wear a Farmall hat but I thought for the ocasion I should have a green hat. Now I don't have a Deere hat, so I wore my Oliver hat. Anyhow I can report it was a very nice tractor to operate, very manuverable for a 4x4 I thought. A very smooth shifting tractor with its 4 ranges, 4 speed power shift plus forward reverse and park on third lever. I was pulling two wagons each weighing about 5 tons. I watched the tach especially on slight grades. These new diesels just don't have the torque to remain steady like the old Farmalls. I also drove a new CaseIH awhile ago found the same with it, no staying power. These new tractors both roughly 100 hp, just don't have the ability to lug. It is a blessing they have 3 and 4 speed power shifts. As I told the owner of the CaseIH, your 360 cu in 886 only needed the two speed TA. In fact I would go so far as to say, put all three on a disk or cultivator requiring 100hp. You will most definately be using the power shift on the new CaseIH and Deere. With the 886 you would be using the TA only when wanting to slow down.
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