[AT] Plows, was Re: Supervision

[Grant Brians]

I liked Dean's story about the JD60 renewal. It is a lot like one of my 
Oliver 77's bought for parts that the brakes did not work. They were new 
but never correctly adjusted!
      But I have a question for the list related to the JD 825 three 
bottom plow and the JD60 tractor. We run several 4 bottom plows (IH and 
AC) that are connected to our JD6430 four wheel drive tractors - 100HP 
roughly, the motors are rated close to 125HP I believe but the PTO is 
105 and the drawbar is probably 94? Those tractors are working about as 
hard as they can with those plows pulling usually about 14-16" deep. Is 
it just we have dry hard soil here in California or are those plows 
being run MUCH shallower for you folks in the other parts of the 
country? Just out of curiousity....
             Grant Brians - Hollister,California vegetable, herb, 
orchard farmer and seed businessman
On 6/26/2015 11:59 AM, Dean VP wrote:
> Tyler,
>
> I didn't go into all the details because it would have made the message too long.  Yes I did have to
> clean up the carburetor but I didn't have to remove the steel balls.  The tank did not have a bunch of
> crap in it except that it was rusted out above about the 3 gallon area. I drained it first, cleaned
> the sediment bowl and then put new gas in and found out it leaked after about 3 gallons. That has
> since been fixed.  The tractor ran remarkably good when it first started but one could tell that some
> of the rings might be stuck and that a valve was sticking occasional. After getting the tractor up to
> temperature(covered the grill) and pulling it hard for a while everything cleaned up. I've never had
> the engine apart.  I don't know how ugly it really is inside but it runs good and doesn't blow blue or
> black smoke out the chimney. It works good as a loader tractor for loading heavy stuff off/on to an
> equipment trailer. It even handled a model 825 3 bottom roll-over plow.  They are really heavy.  One
> of the reasons I wanted this particular 60 is it has a Behlen aftermarket power steering unit on it
> with a Behlen governor driven live hydraulic pump on it .  There are times when I thing the power
> steering works better than JD's version.
>   The only thing bad about the Behlen unit is, it is uglier than sin.
>
>
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent
> virtue is the equal sharing of misery."  . Sir Winston Churchill
>