[AT] Actual tractor content - New Holland TC33D

Thu Mar 5 04:29:16 PST 2015

Jim
Talking about snow; on the news a couple days ago someone in Rehoboth, MA 
had
a large barn roof collapse from too much snow.   And Boston's accumulation
this season exceeded the 100"number, nearing a new record.  You folks have
had more than your share. We have had a few inches of snow, BUT one ice
storm;  I will take the snow any day.  We will have at least forty hours
cleaning up downed  branches and burning them in our pasture.  Fortunately,
we lost only one nice bush from falling branches.  Many neighbors lost 
entire
trees. Herb(GA)

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From: Jim Thomson
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 6:27 AM
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
Subject: Re: [AT] Actual tractor content - New Holland TC33D

I have had a couple snow plow rigs over the years. One of the best was a
Farmall Super H that someone had adapted a Fast Hitch to. The tractor had
live hydraulics too. I rigged up an old DPW plow to the rear and plowed in
reverse. It was the best solution I had at the time and it kept my drive
clear for a couple seasons. I sold this tractor after a couple years of use
and didn't have a plow tractor. I had my pickup truck and my wife had a
Subaru Outback so making it up the small hill was not a problem. We were
hosting Christmas day one year when we had a large snowfall. I tried to get
a snowplow over on Christmas morning with no takers. I told my wife I was
firing up the TD9 crawler. This tractor had the start on gas then switch to
diesel system. I was loud and blowing lots of white smoke at first. I backed
the tractor to the end of the driveway and dropped the blade. The tractor
didn't even work up a sweat. As a side benefit, it took all of the rocks out
of the gravel driveway and left it very smooth. As soon as I got inside my
neighbor called and drive the crawler down the street on plow their
driveway!

My current plow tractor is a Cub Cadet 122. It did surprisingly well with
the large amounts of snow we have had. My technique was to angle the blade
to either side and make a break through path. I would keep this up until I
had a decent size pathway and then flip the blade over to the other side.
This was a little bit of work but it beats shoveling the driveway. For only
12 HP it did OK and it is going to stay around for a while.

Jim Thomson
Rehoboth, MA 02769

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Caution:   Southerner talking about plowing snow.  Take with a grain of
salt:

I start in the middle, throw to the right, and don't change plowing
direction for the next lane.   In other words I dead-head back up to the top
and repeat till I hit the edge of the road.  Then I start at the bottom and
repeat.  Opening the first lane is the hardest.  After that I can keep the
left tires in the cleared lanes.

Having said that, after two passes in big storms the windrow of snow on the
right can be too hard to move and often the left tires just don't have
enough traction, even applying the right brake.  I have to go backwards
then.  Fortunately that is rare here in NC.  Going backwards is handy for
short runs too.

BTW I have to clear a quarter mile of paved rd that has to be plowed wide
enough to handle opposing traffic.

Spencer

> On Mar 4, 2015, at 18:35, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>
> Steve
> I have a back blade that I use to plow our drive way and I pull the snow
> drive forward not reverse, works for me.
>
> Mike M
>
>> On 3/3/2015 9:27 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
>>
>>   I have 1100' of driveway as of last summer when we bought an
>> investment property next door, and I went straight to the local dealer
for
>> a Worksaver bucket-clamp snowplow since I was very sick of snowplowing in
>> reverse with my old Woods 3-pt back blade.  I still use the Woods along
>> with the new Worksaver up front.  Very handy setup.  Now, what I need is
>> MORE POWER.  Trying to deal with snowfalls measured in feet, not inches,
>> does not stop this machine but it most certainly slows it down.
>>
>> Oh and for the record, reliability has been flawless.  Purchased used 16
>> years ago with 396 hours, it now is creeping up on 1200 hours and
nothing,
>> I mean nothing, has gone wrong.
>>
>> SO
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:27 PM, George Crawford
<g.crawford1313 at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Nice looking tractor.  Mines a bit older and smaller, 1982 Ford 1500.
>>> I've had great luck on ebay looking for manuals and parts.  Just plug in
>>> what you are looking for. Since yours is a newer tractor I would expect
>>> manuals, parts and support to be readily available.  Also, if you have a
>>> New Holland dealer in the area they more than likely can help you.  Mine
>>> came with a backhoe and I've collected a lot of implements I seldom use,
>>> but are nice to have.  A landscape rake  seems to be the next priority
for
>>> my five acre "ranch".  Just wish I'd had all this earlier when energy
was
>>> more abundant on my part.good luck.  george
>>>
>>>      On Monday, March 2, 2015 6:48 PM, Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hi David See:
>>>
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q
=new%20holland%20-%20tc33d%20manual
>>> Google is your friend!
>>>     Dave
>>>
>>>> On Mar 2, 2015, at 9:15 PM, David Bruce wrote:
>>>>
>>>> After a couple of years looking I found a subcompact frame tractor in
>>>> the right size and for a price I could swallow.
>>>> <
>>>
http://www.sinkfarmequipment.com/content/new-holland-tc33d-id-c4113-sale-pen
ding
>>>>
>>>> Sale pending would be me as I will be returning tomorrow to seal the
>>> deal.
>>>> My question is a simple one - where should I look for manuals for this
>>>> thing?
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>> NW NC
>>>>
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