[AT] JD 60/ PTO Spreader

[Indiana Robinson]

Alan Nadeau wrote:
> Spreaders don't need a lot of power.  We used to run our 33 (think that was 
> the right number, early 60s wide body with a single rear beater) behind the 
> JD 40.  If it was fully loaded the 40 got a little light on the front end 
> but it never showed any strain actually running the spreader.
> 


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	Hey Alan, good to hear from you. Are you catching up on cutting grass? 
I assume that you are done plowing snow...   :-)
	You are quite right, they just don't pull that hard. I don't believe 
that a JD 60 would have a problem with any of the conventional PTO 
spreaders out there.
	I have wanted a 60 ever since my father tested a new one on the farm in 
about 1953. It was the first tractor we ever connected to our Allis hay 
chopper that just loafed along with it. My father liked it OK but the 
salesman started getting really pushy and my father pushed back and told 
him to take it back to the dealership. They had been casual friends for 
many years but I don't think they ever talked again after that. My 
father bought a new Jubilee Ford instead from another dealer friend. 
Another reason he didn't buy the Deere was that he already had a full 
line of 3 point implements, mostly Ford and Ferguson. I don't recall if 
Deere had a factory three point in 1953 or not. It sticks in my mind 
that they came out with it a year or two later? I know the one he tested 
didn't have it.




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Francis Robinson
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