[AT] Pulling a sheepsfoot with a Ford 8n

[Chuck Saunders]

That is my concern Carl. I think that the commercial ones I found 
started at 10,000 lbs and up. I think in your case when you had a piece 
of equipment that is sized and rated for a TD-18B and you switch to a 
tractor that is not an equivalent match you are going to have trouble. I 
think that Cecils' wisdom of  lower lifts will go towards reducing the 
rutting problem. I think it is similar to pulling too much plow with a 
tractor. If you overload the tractor your field will look pretty bad.
Thanks
Chuck Saunders
Kansas City, MO

carl gogol wrote:

> I would suggest that the biggest problem you might find with pulling a 
> sheep's foot with a rubber tired tractor is traction and rutting if 
> the soil is at all moist.  I can remember the first four feet of dam 
> constructed on our farm back in 1967 was quite moist and a large 
> sheep's foot was easily pulled by a TD-18B.  The problem started when 
> a front idler went and there was no time to fix it.  We had two TD-15s 
> working to bring the material to the top of the dam.  The dam was 
> already up at least 3 feet and a 4 WD loader was quickly rented to 
> replace the dozer.  The top of the dam soon got very rutted as the 
> loader didn't have the guts to grade as it pulled the roller.  I can't 
> picture the roller a 9n could handle, but it would have to be tiny 
> compared to what is normally used to get specified compaction.
> Carl Gogol
> Manlius, NY
> (2) AC D-14, AC 914H
> Simplicity 3112 & 7116
> Kubota F-2400
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