[Farmall] Farmall Digest, Vol 40, Issue 5

[Robert Johnson]

David , in Australia the Perkins was/is used a lot .
It was standard equipment on the MF tractors , and others like the 
Chamberlain , and was also popular as a replacement for blown IHC tractor 
engines.
I nearly bought a 650 with a 100 hp Perkins in it.
I can see it being a natural for a TD 9 , particularly with the head issues 
of the original , parts are very difficult to get.
Rob J.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David A. Gregg" <dgregg at bright.net>
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Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Farmall Digest, Vol 40, Issue 5


>
>>>IH TD9 Crawler, good cond., has pto lights one remote Perkins engine 90+
>>>hp, $4,000. OBO. Lancaster Co. 717-656-9660.
>>
>>
>> is that common?
> The Perkins? Probably not as rare as one might think - people will stick
> any engine that fits into a machine, although I am not sure that a TD9
> benefits all that much from having 90 hp.
>>
>
>
> I wonder? Back in the mid Sixties Dad and Grandpa bought a TD9 that had
> blown the engine during the latter part of WWII. It had a belt pulley on 
> it
> and was used to run a saw mill. They had made up a line shaft with the
> original flywheel/ clutch on it and mounted a large V4 Wisconsin on it. 
> They
> ran the mill for 10+ years this way. We removed the belt pulley which just
> fit over the PTO.
> Since it was not used for anything else the tracks and undercarriage where
> new.
> They had a new Perkins installed. Made for a great farm tractor to plow 
> and
> work ground. As they used the original tank for gas it had rusted bad on 
> the
> inside so we mounted a 55 gal drum out in front of the radiator along with
> some additional weights for counter ballast. We did a lot of minimum 
> tillage
> type of farming before it was in fashion and used a lot of chisel plow
> tillage tools. Tore several tongues out of new ones with this as the 
> tracks
> didn't allow any give when we hit the hard spots. It didn't help that we 
> ran
> them deep as we could get them in. Used it till around 1980 when my 
> granddad
> died. It was sold at his sale to a tractor jockey and I don't know where 
> he
> sold it.
> Wonder if it could be the same one.
>
> David Gregg
> NW  Ohio
>
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