[AT] Three point hitches and Dean's commentary

[Dean VP]

Guy:

Must have been an 8" plow. :-)  I noticed those plows are the quick attach
type. :-) Come to think of it the draft on the plow probably does aid in
providing more traction. 

Plowing old alfalfa is not the easiest plowing task. Makes the tractors bark
pretty good. 

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Guy Fay
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 3:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Three point hitches and Dean's commentary

I  don't know Dean, I was just plowing a few weeks ago on Mike 
Schmudlach's Cub with a one point plow in some nice old alfalfa 
ground...did just fine, and I weigh about 230 these days. And, oh yeah, 
it was pretty wet that day. Must have been that one point Fast Hitch 
that made the difference.

Dean VP wrote:

>Farmer:
>
>JD's were designed to do real field work not stinking little gardens that
>the Fords, Fergusons, Cubs, etc were designed for. :-) That is like using a
>D10 Caterpillar to mow the lawn! :-) 
>
>If I brought my 48 Cub along on the trip it would be a one way trip.
>However, my wife's health issues are putting a crimp on our trip plans at
>the moment.  
>
>Dean A. Van Peursem
>Snohomish, WA 98290
>
>What people can dream, people can do! George W. Bush
>
>www.deerelegacy.com
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>http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
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>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Robinson
>Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 9:36 AM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] Three point hitches and Dean's commentary
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>Dean VP wrote:
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>>George:
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>>I just knew I was going to step on some toes, especially yours. Oh, well
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>at
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>>least we got to hear from you again and that is good!  :-) I have been
>>trying to skip a few meals of potatoes and gravy this spring to reduce the
>>traction but still am pushing the 260 lb line. I would think that adding
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>260
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>>lbs plus would help out a Cub tremendously. :-) And the CUB had the two
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>rear
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>>wheel weights installed too. Dang things are just the wrong color!  :-) I
>>must have been sitting on the grill. Never could understand a tractor
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>where
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>>the seat is offset!  :-) At least the grill is on the centerline of the
>>tractor. 
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>>Ok, I haven't completely lost it relative to the Ford Jack arrangement. So
>>one lifts up on the three point which in turn lifts the tractor. Vely
>>intelesting! Not sure I have seen a real one of these jacks other than
>>pictures. But they are the wrong color too!  :-) 
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>>My neighbor was over here with his Ford 8N helping me collect rocks on
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>part
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>>of my pasture a few years ago. Part of my pasture has a pretty good grade.
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>I
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>>had to pull him up the slope since the 8N was so light in the rear he
>>couldn't get up the slope. What is it about these red and grey tractors
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>that
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>>make them so light in the rear? And at the time he had had his fair share
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>of
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>>potatoes and gravy too! Must be they just don't have enough power to apply
>>to the rear wheels if they were weighted properly! God intended that farm
>>tractors have at least 70% of the weight on the rear wheels so they could
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>do
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>>something useful. At least drag a chain for show, at the minimum. :-) 
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>>Dean A. Van Peursem
>>Snohomish, WA 98290
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>	And I once borrowed a Deere B and a 6' disk to do a garden 
>and didn't think the silly thing would ever get the job 
>done...   :-)   a good 8N Ford would have disked rings 
>around it... Maybe you have just never been around a good 
>one.   :-)   That B Deere sure wasn't a good one. Not sure 
>what its problem was but I would sure hate to judge all 
>Deeres by that one. One of the best small plowing tractors I 
>ever used was a TO-20 Ferguson with an TO-30 overbore kit in 
>it. Jumping up a size I was really fond of the IHC 300-U 
>with TA for plowing. It BTW did have optional down pressure 
>on the hydraulic Fast Hitch. My Farmall Super M has a Speeco 
>3 point and it has optional down pressure. Sadly the loader 
>on it does not.
>
>	Bring that #$%& CUB to CUB FEST in 4 weeks and we'll give 
>it a good looking at and tell you what it needs to pull a 
>16' disk.   ;-)
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