I learned to drive a tractor on a G6 Moline in about 1965 when I was 14 yrs old. It was a big (for it’s day) tractor and very basic. No frills, not even a tach. Didn’t really need a tach. I think wide open was about 1800 rpms. We had 2 of them and they ran for years with little problem. I also started working for a Moline dealer not long after that. The biggest issue we had after White took them over was getting parts. Up until then they were good solid tractors.
We used G-1000 in the 60's in PA and pulled 7 oliver plows. We plowed a thousand acres per year with that old girl. We had some trouble with rear, clutch slipped always. The torque was amazing, when the throttle was open something was going to give but not the motor.
Man that sounds good! We still use old Molines on our farm out here in Oregon. We run a 1965 M670 and a 1967 M670 super, both diesels. Our primary loader tractor is a Jetstar 3 and we still run a 1950 U around. Our big Moline's are down for the count currently with our G1355 having broke the shift forks, our G1000 with a blown rear tire and low oil pressure and our G706 with a tired engine and a worn out clutch. So in their place we run a couple White 2-155s and a 2-135.
Hope you get your Molines going. I love seeing the old classic tractors still doing real work. My son keeps telling me that I should sell my old tractors and buy newer ones. I don't think so as long as I can get parts for them and keep them running. I'll keep working them.
@@artfranz2273 When they replaced the Cockshutt brand with White in the early 70's they were just repainted G1355s, but after White dropped Minneapolis Moline and Oliver, you had the option of a Cat or a Hercules engine I believe.
Used a 670super once- probably the best all around tractor I used. Neighbor had a 670super diesel turbo. Impressive! Many neighbors had G-1000's. These were always called to pull out all stuck tractors in the neighborhood! Beasts!
Dad first used a Vista G-1000 to pull a 6 bottom plow. Grampa drove the John Deere 4020 plowing with a 4 bottom plow. My brother bought an Oliver 2155 and by then we were no longer plowing. Just disking. I usually drove the 1900 Oliver with FWA pulling either a disk or field cultivator. The farm was sold years ago. Now I think my brother only has the Vista G-1000.
Yes we still use Minnie's on our livestock farm for a variety of small jobs .Our choice right now is 2 , Minnie 445 and 2 four stars,in combination with 2 RTU. The gas tractors start easier in the winter and are very efficient on gas. Love the Minnie vids
That guy's having what I call a staycation where instead of paying huge amounts of money to go away on a trip you just have fun playing with what you like at home. Also for me I just had my videocation thanks to this guy and big tractor power videos
My first tractor that I drove alone in the field was a 1960 MM G 6. I was 6 yrs old. Our neighbour told us years later he couldn’t figure out how we got the tractor to drive itself, he had to get close to see this little kid sitting on the seat. Pulled a 16ft discer, all I had to do was turn left, round n round. It had a hand clutch, I could pull it out ok, but couldn’t push it back in by hand, I had to put both feet on the clutch sitting on the seat and push till it clicked in. Those were the days…..
Makes me sad my plowing days are over...I could still do it but not much plowing done in my area anymore...the chisel plow has replaced the traditional plow...I always preferred the open tractor field work...most of the field work I did was with Oliver equipment.
@@nellsonstout7001 This is true along with a Moline engine, but I did not say which parts were Oliver. It has the Oliver fender fuel tanks and other Oliver design features.
We still use quite a few Minneapolis Molines on our farm. It'd be awesome to get a G1355 or a A4T-1600 in the future to add to our collection though! Great video!
@@bigtractorpower Our 2 biggest MM's are a G1000 vista and a G705. We mainly have molines under 100 hp like a, U302, a couple 5 Stars, 445s, 335s, a Z that is original to our farm, and few more. We have a little over 30 MM's but not all are running right now only about half are.
@@bigtractorpower I beg to differ. Borrowed our neighbor's White 4-18's as we were plowing rented ground as it was freezing and the season was over. Sandy river bottom soil. JD 4-20's behind a 2940 w/front wheel assist just whistled along. Meanwhile, I was pulling the White with a 4240 rolling coal 'cause the SOB wouldn't scour. (Neither would the IH plow we had before the JD.) Plowed all night until 6am. I'd heard all of the Oliver/White love before. Was looking forward to using one. Never again!
Thanks for the videos good to how they used to far back in the day instead all of the self driving tractors 🚜 of today if he turned that whole field with the Minnie
I grew up with a Farmall "M" pulling a 3-bottom plow. Then an Oliver 1850 gas pulling an Oliver 5-14 plow. Also helped my uncle who had a John Deere 4020 diesel with a John Deere 5-16 plow.
@@bigtractorpower this tractor was in NE Louisiana so that makes sense. The tractor was backed onto the ditch bank and hooked to a pump. That would also make sense given that Arkansas produces about 50 percent of the rice in this country which is flooded for much of its production.
Open station big Molines were known to be primary culprits of hearing loss of plenty old farmers, even with mufflers. This operator is really asking for early hearing aids if he spends enough time running that thing with a straight pipe.
You are a good long time viewer. This was filmed in 2016. BTP has gained 300,000 viewers since then so it seemed like a good time to highlight it again in the Friday Tractors at Work series. The original video was when I was narrating live in the field. I removed the original narration to let viewers here more of the tractor.
Not sure but as a young kid in the 60's neighbor had me help with field plowing think it was an MM - U with a hand clutch, ? Correct me if I'm wrong It had some interesting features, That our JD line up could have used
Yea I agree ya can’t hear,see or feel that implement working how do ya know when something breaks for me it’s like shooting with a scope it just gets in the way
We were too small to afford a cab. Only 1 family in the area in 1970s had cabs and they farmed 2 to 3 thousand acres. They also took part in the cotton subsidy program
Why did he put a turbo on a D585 engine, I thought the 585 engine had too lightweight camshaft bearings and piston rings, and therefore should not be turbocharged or run at full 2200rpms for long periods or else those components will not last long and fail fast. These small yet serious design flaws are a limiting performance and use factor that you must be aware of in order to not cause very excessive premature wear. Supposedly, these components still present these problems of being too lightweight and not heavy duty enough even after the engine is broke in or bored slightly over factory specs to avoid the locking up and blowing up caused by too low factory piston clearance that must be addressed by again, braking the engine in through short light use before doing any long or heavy usage, or boring over the factory specs before running at all. If this information is accurate, only a fool or very uninformed person would risk turbocharging a D585 unless you have the money to blow when those lighter weight components fail very prematurely and frequently from very premature excessive wear because of your abuse despite awareness of design problems. Anyone owning a 585 engine should be made fully aware of this and take appropriate steps when using to avoid causing premature excessive wear that will require overhauling. This includes running below 2200rpms whenever possible and not running at full 2200rpms for long periods. 2000rpms is probably in the safe zone. Turbocharging should not be done at all if this information is accurate unless you have the money to blow from your improper usage knowing these design problems limit the engine and therefore is engine abuse and not rated for turbocharging or running long periods at 2200rpms if you expect long engine life. Running the engine at full 2200rpms for long periods or turbocharging would be abuse and cause very premature excessive engine wear requiring very premature frequent overhauls. IF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION IS AT ALL INNACURATE, PLEASE STATE SO TO INFORM WHAT IS OR IS NOT ACCEPTABLE! No one has ever clarified if these bearing and piston ring problems are only present before the engine is broke in or even after let alone if running at full 2200rpms for long periods or turbocharging after brake in still presents the premature wear with piston rings and bearings. If I knew what info was accurate, I would turbocharge a 585 myself but the info is too gray and muddy, and i am not taking a risk that might cause very premature excessive engine wear and overhauling. Someone needs to clarify what info here is accurate so i know weather i can turbocharge the engine myself? But from what ive researched, it is a no go and a bad idea for long engine life, and it is also a bad idea to run at full 2200rpms for long periods even after the brake in period!!!! Its like trying to push components in an engine at 2500rpm when they where originally rated for only 2200rpms. With Moline it was 1800rpms that they pushed to 2200rpms without upgrading the components for the heavier job because they got away with it before when going from 1600 to 1800rpms. 2000rpms is probably the max limit before those components start wearing excessively as has been somewhat documented by owners of the engine, but by the time they found out it was too late, and so many were re-powered with different brand engines. Supposedly these design flaws at 2200rpm were not remedied by simply getting past the brake in period damage free. The components mentioned were simply too lightweight for full 2200rpms for long periods. If this is accurate, you should try to only run at a max of 2000rpms for long periods to be safe so the engine lasts a very long time like it was supposed to. Any clarification on the accuracy of this info would be much appreciated!
Interesting to see this: the concentration / mind on the job when working in difficult conditions. Could ( still can't fully ) understand WHY US farmers used drag plows on these large tractors instead of the Semi-integral ones for better Draft control. BTP: Have you any videos which actually demonstrate the common / everyday usage of Ford's LOAD-Monitor system and maybe comparisons with , say, Deere's Lower-Link and Massey's TOP-Link sensing for those larger semi-integral plows ? Cheers and thaks for posting.
I always liked pulling a drawbar plow , always seem to do a more uniform job . Also with the drawbar plow there was no adjusting the tractor tire to the furrow and a dual tire on only 1 side . We went from 5 bottom 3 pt hitch to 7 bottom drawbar plows mainly because we went to larger 4wd tractors .
There was another advantage of drawbar plows. We used to farm with 2 row equipment using a Ford 3000 tractor and a disk on heavy clay soil. When we broke ground, the disk connected to the liftarms would pull the tractor sideways and we would have to fight the steering wheel and ride brakes to keep it straight. With a larger tractor and a drawbar disk, we had a lot smoother ride. With a drawbar ploy, you have one center attachment point with even pull.
I would very much like to do a tractor comparison. Unfortunately in the age of no till and min till it’s hard to get a chance to find these classic tractors plowing. If each one turns up to film I sure will do a comparison video.
@@bigtractorpower thanks for the video. These remind me of my farming days as a teenager. I learned to drive on a 1972 Ford 3000, and we got a 1978 JD 2840 later followed by a used MF 1155 when we started farming more land. Our neighbors had Farmall Super C H and M, IH 806 856 1066 1466, Ford 8N 5000 6600, and Deere 4020 4630 and 8000 4WDs.
If you mean is he not doing so well because he’s using old equipment? He could probably buy and sell “modern” farmers who give a quarter million for the latest computer driven tractors. He can’t cover 5000 acres with his lineup nor does he need to to make a living. To each his own.
Sure did'nt care about a heated cab and tire slippage back then. Just getting out there and getting the job done!! Very cool. GO BTP 💪
When you go to sleep the tractor drives you
I learned to drive a tractor on a G6 Moline in about 1965 when I was 14 yrs old. It was a big (for it’s day) tractor and very basic. No frills, not even a tach. Didn’t really need a tach. I think wide open was about 1800 rpms. We had 2 of them and they ran for years with little problem. I also started working for a Moline dealer not long after that. The biggest issue we had after White took them over was getting parts. Up until then they were good solid tractors.
They were real farmers back then!
That's one hunk of a tractor. Engine sounded the same in the headlands as when it was plowing.
We used G-1000 in the 60's in PA and pulled 7 oliver plows. We plowed a thousand acres per year with that old girl. We had some trouble with rear, clutch slipped always. The torque was amazing, when the throttle was open something was going to give but not the motor.
Very cool. That is allot of plowing.
Man that sounds good! We still use old Molines on our farm out here in Oregon. We run a 1965 M670 and a 1967 M670 super, both diesels. Our primary loader tractor is a Jetstar 3 and we still run a 1950 U around. Our big Moline's are down for the count currently with our G1355 having broke the shift forks, our G1000 with a blown rear tire and low oil pressure and our G706 with a tired engine and a worn out clutch. So in their place we run a couple White 2-155s and a 2-135.
Hope you get your Molines going. I love seeing the old classic tractors still doing real work. My son keeps telling me that I should sell my old tractors and buy newer ones. I don't think so as long as I can get parts for them and keep them running. I'll keep working them.
We had a 2-155 as well. They have the Moline engine didn’t they?
@@artfranz2273 When they replaced the Cockshutt brand with White in the early 70's they were just repainted G1355s, but after White dropped Minneapolis Moline and Oliver, you had the option of a Cat or a Hercules engine I believe.
@@natethegreatone 2-150 had the 585 moline, the 2-135 and 2-155 used a Hercules and the 2-180 was the one with the v8 cat
Used a 670super once- probably the best all around tractor I used. Neighbor had a 670super diesel turbo. Impressive! Many neighbors had G-1000's. These were always called to pull out all stuck tractors in the neighborhood! Beasts!
Love the Big Minnie Mo!
Dad first used a Vista G-1000 to pull a 6 bottom plow. Grampa drove the John Deere 4020 plowing with a 4 bottom plow. My brother bought an Oliver 2155 and by then we were no longer plowing. Just disking. I usually drove the 1900 Oliver with FWA pulling either a disk or field cultivator. The farm was sold years ago. Now I think my brother only has the Vista G-1000.
Very nice to see this horse pulling thru the ground. No heated cab, GPS, auto steer and other failure prone doo-dads thank you for sharing.
Nice to see some moldboard plowing, and better yet, because it was an old classic doing it.
It’s a cool plowing team.
In the furrow, soft conditions, open station, and moldboard plowing....now THAT'S "Golden Age" farming....!!!!!
😁👍👍👍👍👍👍. In this case the Energy Yellow age of farming.
Lot of wheel slippage. Running over those corn stalks is like marbles.
Put some Michelins on that beast!
Yes we still use Minnie's on our livestock farm for a variety of small jobs .Our choice right now is 2 , Minnie 445 and 2 four stars,in combination with 2 RTU. The gas tractors start easier in the winter and are very efficient on gas. Love the Minnie vids
Wow awesome line up.
Over the years we've had U302, M602, and G955. Loved the G955! Very comfortable ride on that long nosed beast!
Nice Moline tractors to run. I have not filmed a G955 yet. I did get to film a G1355 last year.
That guy's having what I call a staycation where instead of paying huge amounts of money to go away on a trip you just have fun playing with what you like at home. Also for me I just had my videocation thanks to this guy and big tractor power videos
Favorite brand of tractor - wish they could have kept in business.
My first tractor that I drove alone in the field was a 1960 MM G 6. I was 6 yrs old. Our neighbour told us years later he couldn’t figure out how we got the tractor to drive itself, he had to get close to see this little kid sitting on the seat. Pulled a 16ft discer, all I had to do was turn left, round n round. It had a hand clutch, I could pull it out ok, but couldn’t push it back in by hand, I had to put both feet on the clutch sitting on the seat and push till it clicked in. Those were the days…..
i plowed with Minneaolis Moline in the 70's and also ran Massey Harris 44 and Grandpas Alis Chalmers and one Cockshut
And I thought we had it made with a heat houser on the d-19 so I know how he feels and the sound. Outstanding sir
Still out there getting the job done with good tune also 👍🏾
Makes me sad my plowing days are over...I could still do it but not much plowing done in my area anymore...the chisel plow has replaced the traditional plow...I always preferred the open tractor field work...most of the field work I did was with Oliver equipment.
Moline best tractor ever produced/ too bad their corporate leaders were so lame !!
Moline made some great tractors. It is unfortunate it did not continue after 1974.
That is a combination of Moline and Oliver.
@@johnirwin1837 not this one. You’re thinking of a G-1355. This one still has a Moline rear and tranny
@@nellsonstout7001 This is true along with a Moline engine, but I did not say which parts were Oliver. It has the Oliver fender fuel tanks and other Oliver design features.
My dad was a huge MM fan... at different times we had the Z, 335, 445 and G-950
Very nice. The farm in this video has a G-950, G-1050, G-1355 and A4T-1600 as well.
Pretty neat ole tractor !
Do enjoy watching the old Mini Mo tearing up the ground thanks. 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
It’s a solid and tough tractor to see the G1350 at work.
Love watching the old iron getting it done.
😁👍👍
I do believe it has a turbo! Stock units did not. Great tractor!
We still use quite a few Minneapolis Molines on our farm. It'd be awesome to get a G1355 or a A4T-1600 in the future to add to our collection though! Great video!
Very cool. What is your big MM? The farm in this video farms with G-1355 and an A4T-1400 which is linked at the end of the video.
@@bigtractorpower Our 2 biggest MM's are a G1000 vista and a G705. We mainly have molines under 100 hp like a, U302, a couple 5 Stars, 445s, 335s, a Z that is original to our farm, and few more. We have a little over 30 MM's but not all are running right now only about half are.
Minneapolis Moline tractors are nice machines😁👍older equipment still gets the job done👍😉
Have 4 minne' mo's on the farm yet - 2 still work for a living (ZA and UTS), restoring a '38 R with cab and a '50 R
Hello! Another useful oldie...
Nice tractor & plow. Great tractor operator and pretty farm Land. Great Video as always Thanks 😊
Thank you for watching. It’s always neat getting to feature 1970’s Minneapolis-Molines at work.
Excellent tractor and excellent plow. Oliver plows were the best!
Oliver and WFE built one of the best plows for sure 👍👍
@@bigtractorpower I beg to differ. Borrowed our neighbor's White 4-18's as we were plowing rented ground as it was freezing and the season was over. Sandy river bottom soil. JD 4-20's behind a 2940 w/front wheel assist just whistled along. Meanwhile, I was pulling the White with a 4240 rolling coal 'cause the SOB wouldn't scour. (Neither would the IH plow we had before the JD.) Plowed all night until 6am. I'd heard all of the Oliver/White love before. Was looking forward to using one. Never again!
Per avere solo due ruote motrici deve essere potente come trattore👍👍🚜
Thanks for the videos good to how they used to far back in the day instead all of the self driving tractors 🚜 of today if he turned that whole field with the Minnie
I like finishing these 1970’s tractors doing what they were built for.
When I was 12 years old I started out driving a 1946 U M&M and my grandpa had a 1941 U M&M
Very nice. The U is a solid tractor.
That beast of a tractor
The 1350 is a solid tractor.
Moline means deep torque day in day out !!!👍👍👍👍👨🌾
Solid tractor. 👍👍
I grew up with a Farmall "M" pulling a 3-bottom plow. Then an Oliver 1850 gas pulling an Oliver 5-14 plow. Also helped my uncle who had a John Deere 4020 diesel with a John Deere 5-16 plow.
Didn't run out of power. Good video.
It’s a solid tractor.
Nice Tractor. Sounds intimidating!! I like those big tires on the front. Makes it look intimidating too!
Actually, a friend called oversized front tires ambitious.
@@normanreed572 I like that! At least he didn't call it "gratuitous" or "exorbitant." At least not in so many words! lol!
the rears are definitely too small.
@@KingJahTheSecond I don't know...they reach the ground? Maybe that isn't what you are referring to about the size. 😄
Saludos de mexico big tractor power💪💪💪💪💪💪
Sound!😍🤩
It’s a tough tractor. 👍👍
What an Awesome Vidya!.. Love those 'Mini-Mo"s!!!!
Love to see Oliver fwa vids
I saw one of this brand in the 1980s where it was being used to pump irrigation water. I have to agree, the engine sounds great in this video.
Moline had a big irrigation pump business based in Arkansas that used the sand engine.
@@bigtractorpower this tractor was in NE Louisiana so that makes sense. The tractor was backed onto the ditch bank and hooked to a pump. That would also make sense given that Arkansas produces about 50 percent of the rice in this country which is flooded for much of its production.
GO BIG MO !!!!
😁👍👍
Great vídeo Jason.
Thank you for watching.
It looks so beautiful I love that job
Great evening in the field to film.
Sounds beautiful!
👍👍
I like that, thanks for sharing.
Open station big Molines were known to be primary culprits of hearing loss of plenty old farmers, even with mufflers. This operator is really asking for early hearing aids if he spends enough time running that thing with a straight pipe.
Moline powerful tractors
Great brand of tractors.
MINNE MO POWER 💪
😁👍👍
Sounds good! Great video thanks.
Thank you for watching.
Boa noite muito bom o seu video
Μπράβο εργαλείο τα παλιά ηταν πιο δυνατά τρακτέρ
This was an old video?
You are a good long time viewer. This was filmed in 2016. BTP has gained 300,000 viewers since then so it seemed like a good time to highlight it again in the Friday Tractors at Work series. The original video was when I was narrating live in the field. I removed the original narration to let viewers here more of the tractor.
@@bigtractorpower I thought the same thing myself
He's probably owned that tractor for 50 years
This farm has their G1350, G1355 and A4T 1600 they purchased new. 50 plus years strong.
Woww, amazing👍👍👍.
me I'm a nut job at 59yo I would love to be out on that big Mighty Mo plowing 😁
Not sure but as a young kid in the 60's neighbor had me help with field plowing think it was an MM - U with a hand clutch, ? Correct me if I'm wrong It had some interesting features, That our JD line up could have used
I drove an AC with a hand clutch once in the 1970s.
Does that Minni-Mo have an aftermarket turbo on it like from M&W I think
Sweet 👍👍
Thank you for watching.
Este trator é muito lido e tem muita força, ele é parecido com o nosso trator CBT brasileiro Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷
EU tenho un aqui no brasil
So que e di um modelo mais antigo
@@julianocarlos7182 Que legal 👍🏻
Plenty of poke and hardly any smoke (Sorry Ford guys!) 😉
The G1350 is tough in the field.
I bet he was cold cool video
It was in the 50’s when this was filmed which is not bad for November evening in Iowa.
We have a G 950 that my dad bought new in 1970 don't use much anymore
I grew up on a 1946 you M&M and my grandpa had a 1941 you M&M
👍👍👍
I never could get use to a cab! We leased a Ford TW 25 years back and it was so quiet in the cab you couldn’t hear the tool being pulled!
Yea I agree ya can’t hear,see or feel that implement working how do ya know when something breaks for me it’s like shooting with a scope it just gets in the way
@@bradhaenitsch1145 I hear ya! Tear up some equipment pretty quick
The only thing a cab is good for is keeping the dust out!
Cabs are good for stringing a broken implement out behind you because you didn’t hear it break.
We were too small to afford a cab. Only 1 family in the area in 1970s had cabs and they farmed 2 to 3 thousand acres. They also took part in the cotton subsidy program
Was this one of MM more popular models? Ty
Surprising spin out for a 140 HP tractor with just a 5 bottom in corn stubble.
Not enough weight probably
It would have a job pulling 3 on a drawbar here in the UK!
These new tractors can't even compare to the the old one's they screwed up even trying
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If you live in Minneapolis Minnesota area for all you tractor historians do you know the location of the old Minneapolis Moline plant??
It was in Hastings Mn - SE of Minneapolis
Hopkins
Why did he put a turbo on a D585 engine, I thought the 585 engine had too lightweight camshaft bearings and piston rings, and therefore should not be turbocharged or run at full 2200rpms for long periods or else those components will not last long and fail fast. These small yet serious design flaws are a limiting performance and use factor that you must be aware of in order to not cause very excessive premature wear. Supposedly, these components still present these problems of being too lightweight and not heavy duty enough even after the engine is broke in or bored slightly over factory specs to avoid the locking up and blowing up caused by too low factory piston clearance that must be addressed by again, braking the engine in through short light use before doing any long or heavy usage, or boring over the factory specs before running at all. If this information is accurate, only a fool or very uninformed person would risk turbocharging a D585 unless you have the money to blow when those lighter weight components fail very prematurely and frequently from very premature excessive wear because of your abuse despite awareness of design problems. Anyone owning a 585 engine should be made fully aware of this and take appropriate steps when using to avoid causing premature excessive wear that will require overhauling. This includes running below 2200rpms whenever possible and not running at full 2200rpms for long periods. 2000rpms is probably in the safe zone. Turbocharging should not be done at all if this information is accurate unless you have the money to blow from your improper usage knowing these design problems limit the engine and therefore is engine abuse and not rated for turbocharging or running long periods at 2200rpms if you expect long engine life. Running the engine at full 2200rpms for long periods or turbocharging would be abuse and cause very premature excessive engine wear requiring very premature frequent overhauls. IF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION IS AT ALL INNACURATE, PLEASE STATE SO TO INFORM WHAT IS OR IS NOT ACCEPTABLE! No one has ever clarified if these bearing and piston ring problems are only present before the engine is broke in or even after let alone if running at full 2200rpms for long periods or turbocharging after brake in still presents the premature wear with piston rings and bearings. If I knew what info was accurate, I would turbocharge a 585 myself but the info is too gray and muddy, and i am not taking a risk that might cause very premature excessive engine wear and overhauling. Someone needs to clarify what info here is accurate so i know weather i can turbocharge the engine myself? But from what ive researched, it is a no go and a bad idea for long engine life, and it is also a bad idea to run at full 2200rpms for long periods even after the brake in period!!!! Its like trying to push components in an engine at 2500rpm when they where originally rated for only 2200rpms. With Moline it was 1800rpms that they pushed to 2200rpms without upgrading the components for the heavier job because they got away with it before when going from 1600 to 1800rpms. 2000rpms is probably the max limit before those components start wearing excessively as has been somewhat documented by owners of the engine, but by the time they found out it was too late, and so many were re-powered with different brand engines. Supposedly these design flaws at 2200rpm were not remedied by simply getting past the brake in period damage free. The components mentioned were simply too lightweight for full 2200rpms for long periods. If this is accurate, you should try to only run at a max of 2000rpms for long periods to be safe so the engine lasts a very long time like it was supposed to. Any clarification on the accuracy of this info would be much appreciated!
Why farm using old equipment nowadays? Is it a matter of cost for equipment or are some farmers more "traditional" when it comes to farming?
It’s a matter of family tractors bought new. This farm runs modern AGCO brand tractors but likes to work a few acres with the classics each year.
👍👍👍👏👏👏💪💪💪🚜🚜🇧🇷
Interesting to see this: the concentration / mind on the job when working in difficult conditions. Could ( still can't fully ) understand WHY US farmers used drag plows on these large tractors instead of the Semi-integral ones for better Draft control.
BTP: Have you any videos which actually demonstrate the common / everyday usage of Ford's LOAD-Monitor system and maybe comparisons with , say, Deere's Lower-Link and Massey's TOP-Link sensing for those larger semi-integral plows ? Cheers and thaks for posting.
I always liked pulling a drawbar plow , always seem to do a more uniform job . Also with the drawbar plow there was no adjusting the tractor tire to the furrow and a dual tire on only 1 side .
We went from 5 bottom 3 pt hitch to 7 bottom drawbar plows mainly because we went to larger 4wd tractors .
There was another advantage of drawbar plows. We used to farm with 2 row equipment using a Ford 3000 tractor and a disk on heavy clay soil. When we broke ground, the disk connected to the liftarms would pull the tractor sideways and we would have to fight the steering wheel and ride brakes to keep it straight. With a larger tractor and a drawbar disk, we had a lot smoother ride. With a drawbar ploy, you have one center attachment point with even pull.
I would very much like to do a tractor comparison. Unfortunately in the age of no till and min till it’s hard to get a chance to find these classic tractors plowing. If each one turns up to film I sure will do a comparison video.
@@bigtractorpower thanks for the video. These remind me of my farming days as a teenager. I learned to drive on a 1972 Ford 3000, and we got a 1978 JD 2840 later followed by a used MF 1155 when we started farming more land. Our neighbors had Farmall Super C H and M, IH 806 856 1066 1466, Ford 8N 5000 6600, and Deere 4020 4630 and 8000 4WDs.
Could use a duel
farmer not doing so well?
If you mean is he not doing so well because he’s using old equipment? He could probably buy and sell “modern” farmers who give a quarter million for the latest computer driven tractors. He can’t cover 5000 acres with his lineup nor does he need to to make a living. To each his own.
Just enjoying a tractor his grandfather bought new. This farm has modern AGCO tractors but enjoys running some acres with the classics.
MM
Aren’t those tractors rare
I don’t know if I’d say rare, but they’re uncommon
It seems like Oliver made some fairly popular plows. They tend to show up often.
Oliver/WFE and International built popular plows in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.