Re: ? On Using Planter Lift Assist Wheels With Black Stri...

Posted by MirageFlatter on March 30, 2010 at 15:44:36 from (12.36.202.74):

In Reply to: ? On Using Planter Lift Assist Wheels With Black Stripe 1066 posted by Jim Henke on March 28, 2010 at 21:29:07:

mkirsch said: (quoted from post at 07:32:14 03/30/10) Sorry man, it's not like we're withholding information from you or something... What you're trying to do is just not very common. I'd have to guess that if anybody's running a rig like that these days, it's with a newer tractor that probably has some computerized way to link a hydraulic remote with the 3pt so they lift simultaneously.

Hey bud, I didn't mean to come across as pointing a finger or anything, and I apologize for the fact that I did. There are a lot of great, helpful people on all of these boards, and you're among them. And you are absolutely correct about the newer tractors vs. mine, which is 34 years old. Most rigs like that today don't even require lift assists on three point mounted implements because the tractors are so much heavier, and have so much more lifting capacity. This happens to be the newest tractor I currently own, and may be the newest I ever own. It's what I can very comfortably afford, it's been paid for for years, and I get a certain pride and satisfaction from owning, maintaining, and operating older tractors and equipment. I've spent a lot of hours in the newer stuff too, and they're real nice to run, but for me, at the end of the day, if it got the work done, a tractor's a tractor.

I actually was considering taking the lift assists off of my new-to-me planter. But a good friend who's in the farm equipment business convinced me to leave them on, because they are very good ones. The discussion began with me asking him what I could get for them, and him telling me that lift assists have no after market value any more, because the newer tractors are so much heavier, and have so much more lift capacity. He's also the one who clued me into this simultaneous lifting business. He said it's real easy if the three point lift cylinders are external on the tractor. If the cylinder(s) are internal, perhaps a little more challenging, but still doable. I'd never even heard of it before, so I was and am intrigued by the idea. They say if you have a sequencing valve on your planter markers, they can be tied into the system too. Everything up and down together at the same time, all operated by the one lever. Seems pretty cool to me, but then I'm not a real high tech kind of guy, so I'm pretty easy to impress!!

Again. I apologize for my picking and finger pointing. From now on I'll just address all of my 66 series questions to my old neighbor Allan, who shares my interest in the older tractors, and has a really good working knowledge of them.

See ya!!! :wink:

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