[AT] JD 60/ PTO Spreader
Larry Goss
rlgoss at insightbb.com
Fri Jul 18 20:17:16 PDT 2008
If you think about it a bit, spreaders don't take a lot of power. The early ones were horse-drawn and ground driven. We pulled one of that vintage on the farm when I was growing up with a John Deere L.
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Day <ddss at telebeep.com>
Date: Friday, July 18, 2008 20:02
Subject: Re: [AT] JD 60/ PTO Spreader
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Thanks. That's encouraging to hear that a 40 could handle one.
>
> I really hate to see the 60 get put into service since it's
> restored. But,
> it is so seldom that I ever have occasion to even fire it up,
> putting it to
> work may help keep some of those seals and gaskets from leaking :)
>
> My New Holland dealer is just a few miles from me, so I'll
> probably start
> there in my search for a spreader. I'll start researching
> their spreaders.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Dick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Nadeau" <ajnadeau1 at verizon.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] JD 60/ PTO Spreader
>
>
> > Dick, if my memory is right about that model number the 33 was
> around 130
> > bushel PTO spreader from Deere. It was their first
> design that used a low
> > and wide box and a single rear paddle "beater" instead of the
> older pair
> > of
> > toothed assemblies to shred the manure and a single, auger
> looking, rear
> > thingy to throw the material sideways and back.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dick Day" <ddss at telebeep.com>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 7:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] JD 60/ PTO Spreader
> >
> >
> >> Alan, is that a JD 33? Forgive the ignorance, but
> growing up in downtown
> >> Baltimore, we didn't see many manure spreaders :)
> >>
> >> Dick
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Alan Nadeau" <ajnadeau1 at verizon.net>
> >> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> >> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 6:23 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] JD 60/ PTO Spreader
> >>
> >>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Dick Day" <ddss at telebeep.com>
> >>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >>> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:47 PM
> >>> Subject: [AT] JD 60/ PTO Spreader
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> My IH Ground-driven spreader finally bit the dust. I
> would like to use
> >>>> my
> >>>> '52 JD 60 to pull a PTO driven spreader.
> >>>>
> >>>> What is the rating of the PTO on the 60, and what used
> spreaders would
> >>>> you
> >>>> suggest considering for use with the 60?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Dick
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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