[AT] new duties

[charlie hill]

A farmer down the road 4 or 5 miles from us had one of those DC's.  I never 
got up close
to it when it was working but the guy had a son about my age.  I was Henry 
on the road
with it a few times and it seemed to me like that thing would fly in road 
gear.  The
Allis D-10 that I spent most of my time on would run 12 mph.  That DC 
appeared to my
12 year old eyes to be running about twice that.  It didn't appear that he 
had any trouble
handling it but then again Henry could stand flat footed, turn a back flip 
and land in the same
spot without taking a step!

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: John Hall
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2017 7:53 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] new duties

Believe it or not, we had the perfect task for dad's 44 model DC Case.
We used it to bale hay, pulling my old Super 66 New Holland with a
Wisconsin engine. Well, since I replaced the baler with something way
more modern, the DC has a new job towing trailers and wagons to load
bales. It has tremendous lugging capabilities at low RPM and can vary
the speed greatly in low gear. Around here that tractor would sell for
$3-500 bucks, no more. So for that kind of money we'll let it earn its
keep a while longer! Here is a picture of it towing a load of wheat
straw this week.

John Hall


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