[AT] Harvesting in Sask.

[Gene Waugh]

I´m speaking of the self-powered pull type - not as expensive as self propelled, but more than PTO powered.  I suppose had the biggest tractor been an old Ford or such, the self powered would be the way to go.

Gene


On Oct 4, 2011, at 7:58 AM, Gene's Wowway e-mail wrote:

> Why would they set this up as a PTO machine?  Back in "my day" even many 
> small 6-7 foot combines were run by a Wisconsin or whatever.  Is it simply 
> because larger tractors that can handle the PTO & pulling chores available? 
> I remember my granddad 'graduating' from a 5 ft Oliver combine to a 6 ft 
> IH - How puny by today's standards!!!  They were both PTO, pulled by 
> (initially) an old JD unstyled G and later, in the more modern age, a 1954 
> M.
> 
> GeneW
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: charlie hill
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 6:29 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Harvesting in Sask.
> 
> It's a heck of a machine to be running on PTO.   I guess the reason we never
> see those around here is their size compared to our fields and roads and the
> fact that they'd be hard to pull on our soil types.
> We have some big self propelled machines here but they take up the whole
> highway and cause a lot of grief for folks when they move.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 9:18 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Harvesting in Sask.
> 
> On 10/3/2011 4:01 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Nice rig Ralph and good looking oats too.   How much PTO HP does it take
>> to
>> pull that combine?
>> 
>> 
> Thanks Charlie. The oats turned out way better than last year. I'm
> running 170 horsepower Case IH and it seems quite adequate. I think JD
> recommends 150 hp minimum horsepower for the 7721. It needs a heavy
> tractor especially in hilly land as there is a lot of weight back there.
> Especially when the grain tank is getting over half full.
> 
> Ralph in Sask.
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