[AT] History Exam

David Bruce davidbruce at yadtel.net
Wed Jun 13 19:45:41 PDT 2007


Charlie,
I never got a chance to drive the D-10 but it was obvious it had a lot 
of power and nowhere near enough mass.
David
NW NC

charlie hill wrote:
> We plowed in the fall too sometimes.  It just depended on what was in the 
> field and if we planned to plant a winter cover crop.  If there weren't any 
> particular weed problems and we didn't plan a cover crop we would cut over 
> the crop land with a disc harrow and leave the crop residue to prevent 
> erosion from the winter and early spring winds.
>
> That D10 series II of your Grandpa's had the same engine and as much or more 
> HP than the D-14.  It just didn't have the weight.
> The early D10's and some of the early D14's had the 138 CI engine.   By the 
> end they both had the 149 CI version.  The rpm was higher on the early 14's 
> than it was on the early 10's but that changed too.  Our D10 never suffered 
> from too  little power it just didn't have enough speed, gear ranges and 
> weight.
>
> Charlie
>
>   
>



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