Why are you no tilling and using chemicals to terminate plant life you don't want? Can you no till a field and naturally let it reseed with native grasses? How many no till field will produce a natural stand of grass after 2 years of chemicals and no till? Let us discuss. 👍
In the midwest "no till" has been tried and proven to not work effectively. Any farmer will tell you that turning the trash (stalks and leftover material from combining) into the soil in the fall helps it to break down over the winter and then lead to better growth the next season. Also, there is a natural "hardpan" or layer of dirt that becomes incredibly hard right under the top soil and this cannot be penetarted by roots of plants, therefore stunting growth and hurting production so this must be broken up. Also, as Rick Bork said, most "no till" fields get sprayed heavily with chemicals, and with the prices increases of those recently, any advantage is gone.
@@southernoffroader78 applying chemicals? How many chemicals have you seen us applying? Sight me a specific time you have seem me applying any chemical to my field. On the other hand no till is mostly based on chemical termination of one crop to introduce another. Cover crops and ect being introduced has helped however most no till is patterned with a chemical program. I've read plenty of studies and talked with plenty of people who believe in the no till application. Frankly they feel like it works for them. This works for me I have lower inputs and better results in my soil. You assume that every is the same and will gain from your prospective. I farm in different conditions than many. Westher it be the fact I don't want to buy chemicals and commercial fertilizer or the fact I don't want them in my ground. I do what works for me. Weather I creat a video for you to enjoy or complain about on youtube all while benefiting my cattle and the sustainable future of my farm or if I just do it because its fun. Try having an intelligent conversation on the next reply bud. 👍🤔
It is such a treat to see all this old iron that was working farms, building highways and clearing land for houses and buildings way back when I was a wee lad - still capable of earning it's way today. This is the just some of the engineering that built America. Bravo!
I am a soil scientist (or at least that is what my degree said 40 years ago) and that does look like some nice rich Midwest mollisols. Very rich in organic content.
That's the type of soil I am used to in northern Indiana. Black, rich sandy and moist and will grow ANYTHING well. Wonderful smell too when you turn over a foot of it. You can almost HEAR things growing
I would say you are wrong lol. That is what we call sugar sand, but we had 2 inches of rain on it. When it gets rain like that it binds together better, and islike rich black dirt
@@wesboettcher6105 ...I dont know where you are from but in Florida that isn't sugar sand . We farmed in NW Ohio and that looks like the rich black loam soil.
I don’t think there is a modern engine you could work down to that slow an rpm while working - gawd them 3 cylinder engines are a thing of beauty - even my eye was twitching with that start up, I tend to go a little quick sometimes but that was some kind of record speed
IIRC, years ago, Ford Motor Company got out the old blue prints for the Model T and built a brand new, 1-off modern duplicate. Wouldn't it be great if someone with Squatch 253's love of Cats and a bunch of money and time could build a new RD-6 from the ground up like Ford did with the T? I can dream..........
I have a picture of my dad’s RD 6 hitched to two Oliver sixteen inch four bottom plows. That was a standard load on many Pacific Northwest dry land wheat farms.
I was impressed by what I saw in Britain. PTO operated tillers, as in rotary times cutting and turning like you would do on a garden. Except this is full scale and they move faster than we do plowing. Wheat, green beans, sugar beets ( the size of watermelon) and corn. I didn't see a turning plow used once. Tractors over there have to be street legal with all lights, wipers, and the rest. They carry their own number plates (licence) and get inspected. One day I was on my way to the base when I got behind one of the huge trailers full of those sugar beets. Being in an American vehicle I was on the wrong side of the car to see to pass....... but I did have a commanding view of the ditch! The tractor driver saw me in his mirrors and politely pulled over to let me pass. Just then one of those huge beets rolled off the top of the pile, bounced once and hit my car! It truly sounded like the whole front of the car shattered. I pulled over and got out as the farmer came running! up. I anxiously went around front. That beet had hit my number plate dead center and broke it half in two. The farmer was mortified beyond belief. I found out later that he stood to lose a heck of a lot over an accident. I assured him that it was ok, the car wasn't harmed and I could make me another number plate. He thanked me profusely and we went on our ways. The number plate was identical to the offical one only it was made on my workbench. I carried the broke one in my car until I got back in the states though. Being overseas was a whole different experience. Cheers Terry
It sure was nice to finally see a demonstration of the "hired hand" starting procedure on a pony start Cat diesel. Squatch, you seemed shaken by all of the things going wrong in that start!!!
Heh, I recall doing something rather similar (Just random pulling, we didn't have a garden plough attachment) as a kid in the 1970s with our 7hp lawn tractor, let's see what this Briggs can do. Astounding that I never broke that 1960s Gambles-Skogmo tractor.
So it's a hand crank pony motor just like your d6 was that very common so many people didn't opt for the electrical start on the pony motor. have an excellent weekend
@@squatch253 please explain the quick start process that you are talking about? if the cylinders are warm and white smoke is in the stack, why freewheel the engine so long?
There is a video of an old Case Steam tractor replica that pulls a 40 to 45 bottom plow. Just imagine what it takes to pull that plow! And to have 20 to 40 guys on the plow to adjust the plows.
Great video demonstration of the horse power of that day! Speaking of I have to ask: how many horses would a farmer have needed to plow the same field with that same plow?
My dad bought a RD6 in 1948 and was the most useless cat made Weighted 12 ton had about 65 H P engine and I seen dad dig a hole to bury a rock pile and had to pop the clutch 3 times to back out of the hole, Sold it in 1955 and got a TD 24 international cat That is a real cat ,I was 17 and wore out 3 sets of rails in my 50 years of farming
I wish I had one of those RD6 cats just to play with.... the torque on those engines is beyond amazing.... its to bad they quit making these engines..... so many GOOD designs get left behind for "better" a classic example is the old GMC V-6 engines of the 60's.... they weren't fast, they weren't good at burn outs from the stop sign.... BUT if you had work to do.... You wanted that engine in your corner....
Yep not western pa soil. Black soil mixed with clay, shale and limestone rocks. Can't forget those. That are big as VW's hiding under. I bet 5 bottoms here at best.
Why are you still plowing and destroying the soil microbial life???
Why are you no tilling and using chemicals to terminate plant life you don't want? Can you no till a field and naturally let it reseed with native grasses? How many no till field will produce a natural stand of grass after 2 years of chemicals and no till? Let us discuss. 👍
In the midwest "no till" has been tried and proven to not work effectively. Any farmer will tell you that turning the trash (stalks and leftover material from combining) into the soil in the fall helps it to break down over the winter and then lead to better growth the next season. Also, there is a natural "hardpan" or layer of dirt that becomes incredibly hard right under the top soil and this cannot be penetarted by roots of plants, therefore stunting growth and hurting production so this must be broken up. Also, as Rick Bork said, most "no till" fields get sprayed heavily with chemicals, and with the prices increases of those recently, any advantage is gone.
It's sad that you fools won't do a small amount of research. Keep tilling and applying chemicals, and continue to barely stay profitable.
@@southernoffroader78 applying chemicals? How many chemicals have you seen us applying? Sight me a specific time you have seem me applying any chemical to my field.
On the other hand no till is mostly based on chemical termination of one crop to introduce another. Cover crops and ect being introduced has helped however most no till is patterned with a chemical program.
I've read plenty of studies and talked with plenty of people who believe in the no till application. Frankly they feel like it works for them. This works for me I have lower inputs and better results in my soil. You assume that every is the same and will gain from your prospective. I farm in different conditions than many. Westher it be the fact I don't want to buy chemicals and commercial fertilizer or the fact I don't want them in my ground. I do what works for me. Weather I creat a video for you to enjoy or complain about on youtube all while benefiting my cattle and the sustainable future of my farm or if I just do it because its fun. Try having an intelligent conversation on the next reply bud. 👍🤔
@@southernoffroader78 how many acres do you farm Phil?
It is such a treat to see all this old iron that was working farms, building highways and clearing land for houses and buildings way back when I was a wee lad - still capable of earning it's way today. This is the just some of the engineering that built America. Bravo!
I'm not a soil geologist, but that looks like mighty good ground to me. And that eight bottom turning it is a thing of beauty. No sweat for the RD-6.
I am a soil scientist (or at least that is what my degree said 40 years ago) and that does look like some nice rich Midwest mollisols. Very rich in organic content.
I was raised a city boy, but was always told that black earth like that was like gold to a farmer's eyes.
That's the type of soil I am used to in northern Indiana. Black, rich sandy and moist and will grow ANYTHING well. Wonderful smell too when you turn over a foot of it. You can almost HEAR things growing
I would say you are wrong lol. That is what we call sugar sand, but we had 2 inches of rain on it. When it gets rain like that it binds together better, and islike rich black dirt
@@wesboettcher6105 ...I dont know where you are from but in Florida that isn't sugar sand .
We farmed in NW Ohio and that looks like the rich black loam soil.
That startup sequence had Squatch’s eye twitching! 😂😂
I don’t think there is a modern engine you could work down to that slow an rpm while working - gawd them 3 cylinder engines are a thing of beauty - even my eye was twitching with that start up, I tend to go a little quick sometimes but that was some kind of record speed
IIRC, years ago, Ford Motor Company got out the old blue prints for the Model T and built a brand new, 1-off modern duplicate. Wouldn't it be great if someone with Squatch 253's love of Cats and a bunch of money and time could build a new RD-6 from the ground up like Ford did with the T?
I can dream..........
“That’s not how you’re supposed to do it!“….
Tractor starts fine… Instantly!
I have a picture of my dad’s RD 6 hitched to two Oliver sixteen inch four bottom plows. That was a standard load on many Pacific Northwest dry land wheat farms.
Squatch that was awesome! The sound of that old monster lugging is amazing. Man that ground looks nice!
@@squatch253 that's what it's all about at the end of the day!
I was impressed by what I saw in Britain. PTO operated tillers, as in rotary times cutting and turning like you would do on a garden. Except this is full scale and they move faster than we do plowing. Wheat, green beans, sugar beets ( the size of watermelon) and corn. I didn't see a turning plow used once.
Tractors over there have to be street legal with all lights, wipers, and the rest. They carry their own number plates (licence) and get inspected.
One day I was on my way to the base when I got behind one of the huge trailers full of those sugar beets. Being in an American vehicle I was on the wrong side of the car to see to pass....... but I did have a commanding view of the ditch! The tractor driver saw me in his mirrors and politely pulled over to let me pass. Just then one of those huge beets rolled off the top of the pile, bounced once and hit my car! It truly sounded like the whole front of the car shattered. I pulled over and got out as the farmer came running! up. I anxiously went around front. That beet had hit my number plate dead center and broke it half in two. The farmer was mortified beyond belief. I found out later that he stood to lose a heck of a lot over an accident. I assured him that it was ok, the car wasn't harmed and I could make me another number plate. He thanked me profusely and we went on our ways. The number plate was identical to the offical one only it was made on my workbench. I carried the broke one in my car until I got back in the states though.
Being overseas was a whole different experience.
Cheers
Terry
That’s quite the machine. Rather funny plowing backwards too! Great video.
I woulda luved to watch 20-30 more minutes of Plowin standing his furrows behind an RD 6 that RD6 MUSIK...
Awesome sound of low-end torque from a long stroke diesel.
Love that sound! Looked like some of the moldboards needed to be scraped clean to better turn the soil.
That was awesome.
That that old beast still has the strength to pull that plow is simply amazing.
It sure was nice to finally see a demonstration of the "hired hand" starting procedure on a pony start Cat diesel. Squatch, you seemed shaken by all of the things going wrong in that start!!!
I liked how he motioned to show him the main engine throttle position, he didn't want Squatch to miss anything.
Heh, I recall doing something rather similar (Just random pulling, we didn't have a garden plough attachment) as a kid in the 1970s with our 7hp lawn tractor, let's see what this Briggs can do. Astounding that I never broke that 1960s Gambles-Skogmo tractor.
So it's a hand crank pony motor just like your d6 was that very common so many people didn't opt for the electrical start on the pony motor. have an excellent weekend
I wouldn't have believed that. 8 bottoms pulls pretty hard
"YOURE DOUNG IT WRONG". That is how I mess with my little brother all the time.
Looks like and sounds like a lot of fun. I could hear the enjoyment you guys had in your voices. As you said, boys and toys.
What a torque monster that ol cat is.
I think at this point, everybody knows what things push Squatch’s buttons 😉
And fold over locks too…..
@@tmscheum right! Squatch likes to reuse them. That is what I have heard, anyway.
@@squatch253
please explain the quick start process that you are talking about?
if the cylinders are warm and white smoke is in the stack, why freewheel the engine so long?
@@acewrench Yeah, just ask Kyle Christ about that!
Yeah. Should have used either too
Killer Video,you been nailing it this year.
Looks like it needs the lugging fuel setup, it didn't even haze when it was almost choked. Leaving a solid 5-10hp on the table and maybe 20ft-lbs :-)
Wow that RD-6 sure does a days work in a short period of time.
Oh.. I would totally try that at home, if I had any Cat myself.
There is a video of an old Case Steam tractor replica that pulls a 40 to 45 bottom plow. Just imagine what it takes to pull that plow! And to have 20 to 40 guys on the plow to adjust the plows.
In 1971 I worked for a wheat farmer that had an rd 6. It was a sweet little tractor 🙂, he used it to seed side hills
Great video demonstration of the horse power of that day!
Speaking of I have to ask: how many horses would a farmer have needed to plow the same field with that same plow?
That is insane! Those guy’s on that platform plowing!! One wrong move or stumbling and you’re history!😱great looking cat though!
That's how it was done when men were men and women smiled a lot!!!
None of them were Brandon.
Great fun... Hello Rodger. No rocks in that soil. Couldn't do that here in NY state.
Brilliant Squatch.
Have you ever heard the low idle of a Fowler VF based on a field Marshall single cylinder. They also made a nice 6 cylinder.
You said he was doing it ALL wrong. Looks to me that he was at least doing some things right ;o)
Bring that thing to Indiana and put it in some of this good old hard Jack wax I'll bet it don't pull that easy
Fun fact,the RD 6 engine is half a D8 engine of that and a little later era.
"You're doing it all wrong"
Crank, crank, sputter, chug, putt, putt, putt.
That Monster is a BEAST!!! Wonderful Video
She pulled them like they weren't even there.
They were the standard tractor in the Central Valley of California. Hard to find parts, but pretty easy to keep going.
I always look forward to seeing what you post because it is always cool
Wish that dirt was on my place. Thanks
Beautiful music from the Torque Monster! 👍🏼😊
Could listen to that torque monster all day what a fantastic sound 💪an good fun had by all 👌
That cat was just purring, no struggle what so ever.
Nice video and awesome old tractor. The owner of that Cat must have an abundance of spare parts and time to think he has to be WFO all the time.
Mens being boys with their Tonkas..lol...smiles abound..great video..
We pulled 4-16s with a IH T6, which had the same engine as the super M
Phew!!- Sure can pick its feet up !!!!!!- Some Tool
If that's what boredom does to you...........I'll take it every day of the week🤣🤣🤣
My yellow blood is HAPPY!!! Oh YEA!
I can hear it say; "I know I can, I know I can, I know I can!" 😀😃🙂🙃😊
He must have the fast gears in his that thing is cooking for a dozer
The RD6 sounds so good
It’s an old caterpillar. It will break itself before it gives up.
Back when, our RD6 steering clutches were hard to pull. All day.
pucka-ta-pucka-ta-pucka-ta-pucka-ta-pucka-ta-pucka
I wonder how many plows a D11T caterpillar can pull. That would be a sight to see.
It did it but it was all she wanted for sure. I would like to see comparable size/era brands go at it as well.
Only when he upshifted to third! It would have chuck-a-lucked along like that all day in second.
My dad bought a RD6 in 1948 and was the most useless cat made Weighted 12 ton had about 65 H P engine and I seen dad dig a hole to bury a rock pile and had to pop the clutch 3 times to back out of the hole, Sold it in 1955 and got a TD 24 international cat That is a real cat ,I was 17 and wore out 3 sets of rails in my 50 years of farming
Damn good entertainment,
Thank you Sirs
Man give that thing some throttle! Damn
@@squatch253 ok thanks man, I wasn’t aware they ran so low rpm’s.
I wish I had one of those RD6 cats just to play with.... the torque on those engines is beyond amazing.... its to bad they quit making these engines..... so many GOOD designs get left behind for "better" a classic example is the old GMC V-6 engines of the 60's.... they weren't fast, they weren't good at burn outs from the stop sign.... BUT if you had work to do.... You wanted that engine in your corner....
Yep, my dad tells stories about some of those old Chevy 6's - his exact words are "They weren't fast, but you couldn't kill 'em." :-)
My grandpa had a 305V6 in a pickup. He liked it!
" The Little Engine that Could " 😉
I'm impressed, again!
The only difference between grown men and young boys is their toys
I had a 3 calendar Suzuki once. For a tiny car, it was fun to drive and very smooth.
Every time you talk alandia hahaha what are you laughing at yourself hahaha
Ya gotta plow ground in order to eat vegetables!
Squatch it's only a guess but your chain got pulled with the engine start.
I don’t think he cares that you feel he’s doing it wrong!
Now after watching this I think I need a RD6 maybe even a D7? and not a RD4
Good to see you got some work out of Roger!...lol
Put a hitch of 6 Percherons on it for comparison. Looking good in spite of the "know it alls".
I have a photo of my grandfather on a tracked agricultural tractor in Nebraska, probably in the 1920's.
We just witnessed the deliberate rough treatment of an elderly person.
BEAUTIFUL!
Awesome love it thanks
Nice CAT RD6 !!!!😃🤠
yup no problem. pulling in stubble is easy pulling. Now if it was sod. And i say the Is Caterpillar could pull it in sod.
Squatch did you show him the correct starting procedure? 👍🏴
Add some corregated steel and Machine Guns and you got yourself a Genuine WW2 Semple Tank.
Good job sounds great 🇺🇸
About the best power sound ever.
Yep not western pa soil. Black soil mixed with clay, shale and limestone rocks. Can't forget those. That are big as VW's hiding under. I bet 5 bottoms here at best.
That’s awesome thanks for sharing
I thoroughly enjoy your screen name! 😸
i'm sure there was no cooler at the center of this conversion when it started.. and definitely no beer
That thing is fast!
awesome video
If you have a problem put the. Track paddles welded o it
is your eye not twitching looking at this guy hitting the switch with the crank???
@@squatch253 I have to say he did a good job there!
Not how you’re supposed to, but he did.
That D 6 I'd like I've got this yeah buddy 😎
Hows about a half hour video of just that 'low idle'?🥰
Cool!
Torque monster!
So what’s the idea behind the compression release on shut down? Can it bend a rod or something if not used?
You should restore the old dozer at Cerro for Brent to add to history of mine
So you spotted it too......
Toby, what is idle and working rpm on the 'torque monster.'
Id love to give my 57 JD420c a shot at that, looks like fun!
Wait... are those the same plows that were part of that insanity pull of ... many more behind the steam monster?
Similar, but not sure if they were used in the world record pull. Good observation.🙂
beautiful