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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: PegLeg45 on December 08, 2012, 04:30:55 PM
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Old tractor- check
Tools- check
A little time- check
(probably a beer or three)- check
And the ability to say, "Hey, what if we did this......?"
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So, ya think he got the haying done before the rain got it ? ;D
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He'll be in the next fast and furious movie.
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He'll be in the next fast and furious movie.
Fast & Furious: Iowa Drift
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That looks like fun, hope the Obama administration doesn’t see the video or there will be some new farm tractor regulations on the horizon.
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Just think how far that PTO will throw a bale ! :o
DO NOT HOOK THAT BAD BOY TO THE MANURE SPREADER !!!! ;D
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I'm more impressed with his driving than the tractor. I fully expected a scene from Cars...
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Fast & Furious: Iowa Drift
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Here in Iowa we know how to git-r-done!!!!
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Classic. But am I the only one thinking adding a roll cage might have been a good idea? ;D
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I have driven a lot of tractors in my life, and still have one in the shed. Can't say as I've been behind the wheel of one I would want exceeding 30mph. That said, the neighbor had an IH M that they put a Dodge 318 in with no other modifications. The increase in rpm alone increased the top speed to over 40mph. Only the brain dead would try that with a narrow front, but that pretty well describes the inbred idiots.
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Classic. But am I the only one thinking adding a roll cage might have been a good idea? ;D
Good catch!
One thing most people don't realize is that those big lugged tires are molded to bite the ground. Between the traction, the weight distribution favoring the rear end, and the low gearing tractors have a tendency to just rotate on the rear axle :o
At one point I owned two 135hp tractors: These are tiny by today's standards. In fact, my larger tractor was purchased on the sale by the neighbor, and it spends a lot of time on our yard as a loader tractor dwarfing my current 70hp loader. The difference between an IH 1086 and a White 2-135 is 10,500 pounds (this is IH's wet weight, and the White is double that in the field). From the flywheel back the only difference is that the White moves mass forward of the axle by about 6" as compared to the IH. The main difference is surrounding the engine. The IH uses the engine block to connect the transmission to the front axle, and they put stabilizing channel irons on each side. The White has a solid cast iron cradle that connects the two, and you can remove the engine without splitting the tractor. Even with all this mass, under full pull I could lift the front end of the White at anytime I wished.
I have as much respect for tractor wheelies as anything out there. I have driven full half mile fields under load with the front end a foot off the ground, and the way those machines buck is not comforting. This fine engineer is one dry or hard spot in that field from a Cars Tractor tipping incident, and it won't feel good!