[AT] tractor pull results

Tyler Juranek tylerpolkaman at gmail.com
Wed Jun 20 08:37:43 PDT 2012


Hi Dan,
This Oliver 70 you have, is it one of those Hart Par Models?
If so, could you please email me off list at tylerpolkaman at gmail.com
Thank you,
Tyler

On 6/19/12, Dan Folske <dfolske at nccray.net> wrote:
> took 4 of my Olivers to an antique tractor pull at our county fair this
> weekend.
>
> The Super 55 pulled well but I discovered that not enough gas is getting
> into or through the carb when it is working hard. Every time we worked it
> with the governor wide open for more than 45 to 50 seconds it would start
> sputtering like it was running out of gas and then die. Wait a few seconds
> and it would fire right back up. Even cultivating trees around home I'm
> usually only running half throttle and don't have any problems.
>
> The 70 was a total embarrassment. It didn't even wiggle the sled set for the
>
> 5000 # farm stock class. I bought the tractor recently knowing that low gear
>
> was out and that it wasn't running as perfectly smooth as it should. It has
>
> on old loader with vertical hydraulic cylinders mounted to the implement
> cross pipes for the main lift and a trip bucket.
>
> The 1850 weighed in at 10,850 and the 1950 weighed in at 13,800 with a 707
> Leon loader on it. Both pulled very well.
>
> Hopefully by next year I'll have the 70 ready to pull like it should and
> maybe take my CC Case and Farmall Regular as well.
>
> For me the star of the show was a Super 88 Oliver diesel which pulled in the
>
> super stock class.
>
> Dan Folske
>
> Tractors: 8 Olivers, 3 Cases, a Farmall Regular, a 10-20, a WD-9, a Hydro
> 186, a 1086, and an IH 2500B Hydro, a JD B, and a 2 JD D's. Most
> run, some are used almost every day, some are future projects and a few are
>
> parts tractors.
>
> IH Trucks: 5 KB-5s, a K-3, a KB-2, a KB-1, a 1986 S1955 single axle semi
> tractor with a DTA-466 and a 10 speed.  I'm dealing on a KB-6 and trying to
>
> talk a friend into selling me her KB-3. She used to haul grain with it when
>
> she and her husband were first married. I think I've got her talked into
> letting me have it at a price we've already agreed on if I can get it
> running so she can drive it around town a few times.
>
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