[AT] 620 day

[Phil Auten]

And then you'll need a Case, a 8N, a Allis-Chalmers....... The story 
never ends. :-)

Phil in TX


On 2/1/2019 6:40 PM, Dean Vinson wrote:
> Five inches of new snow overnight last night meant I needed the 620 and rear
> blade today, and as is always the case when I get the old girl out I think
> "This is one heck of a fine machine."   It's been below freezing pretty
> continuously here for weeks, sometimes way below, so the ground is frozen
> good and hard and I could plow snow with the blade cutting forward, rather
> than back-blading, without digging up the gravel much.   That made for
> faster work, but I still found plenty to do to keep the 620 busy for the
> better part of a couple hours.   Sounded good, felt good, power steering
> smooth as can be, brakes wonderfully effective when I needed them,
> three-point nicely responsive and consistent.   Just a darn good solid and
> capable old tractor.
>
> More often than not, though, the Super M remains my go-to tractor since it's
> more likely that I just need to haul a wagon somewhere than to use a
> three-point implement, and my beat-up old single-axle trailer stays hitched
> to the Super M most of the time.   That tractor is easier to get on and off,
> and easier for me to back up (foot clutch vs hand clutch, especially since I
> tend to look back over my right shoulder when I'm backing up), and by the
> way it's just a darn good solid and capable old tractor.
>
> When I get to thinking about comparing those two fine old row-crops, I
> usually end up at "Now if I just had an Oliver 77..."
>
> Dean Vinson
> Saint Paris, Ohio
>
>
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