[AT] History Exam

[charlie hill]

The only time I ever chocked ours down was when the bush hog would run 
a-ground on a stump with no slip clutch on the pto shaft.
Any other big load would result in wheel spin or the front end coming off 
the ground.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] History Exam


> 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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