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Have an 806 wheatland. Going to an auction on Sat. Trying to decide which of the pieces would be just right or too big. Mostly sand loam soils around here. Not currently grain farming but hope to get into it as soon as I have can find a field to rent.
1. a 12 foot "tool bar". pull type field cultivator.
http://www.rickyoungauctioneers.com/detail.cfm?item=14085

2. a Krause field cultivator not sure the size but looks like maybe a 16 foot.
http://www.rickyoungauctioneers.com/detail.cfm?item=14081
I'm thinking this one would be too big.

3. 14' roller/packer
http://www.rickyoungauctioneers.com/detail.cfm?item=14078
Currently I have a 10 foot drill and 10 foot disc. Thinking I should try to find a 10 foot packer so they will all go together better??
 
It should pull the 12 foot field cultivator and the cultipacker as well. I am not as sure about the 16 foot field cultivator; that might be a little large, but I am not an expert. I do think that field cultivators are much harder to pull and take more horsepower than discs, though, so don't base the width on your current disc.
SF
 
i agree with southern farmall, the 16 field cultivator may be a little too much. maybe with loaded tires weigts and duals, but its gonna be a strain on the tractor. the other implements would be fine.
 
My dad had a 806 Diesel with duals and turbo in northern North Dakota, nice loam soil. We pulled a 24 ft field cultivator with no problems. We had a 16 ft field cultivator that we pulled with our 660 Diesel with no problems.

The 10 ft drill will be like a toy behind an 806.
 
I realize the drill and disc are undersized. They are simply what I found in my price range and had thought it might be better to have a roller that was the same size so I could do one pass with a combination of tools depending upon the condition.
 
Make sure you got fluid in those tires, hang some weights on the front of that thing, pull the throttle back and watch the smoke roll. A 16' field cultivator even down here in KY is nothing for that tractor. Heck, put a set of duals on it and then let her really go!!!!
 
we pull a 14ft disk and field cultivator in sandy loam I beleive without a doubt you can pull a 16 ft. I run in H1 with the ta ahead and it doesn't even work it.
 
Well, I pull a 12' 3 point mounted field cultivator with mine, 4th low, 1st high, don't matter. Didn't even smoke. I pulled it at my place, which is pretty sandy. I'm quite certian of the same results on the heavier clay a few miles south, as the guy that had my field cultivator pulled it with a 756 gas.

As for a cultipacker, a 14' would be good for a 12' field cultivator, have a little overlap.

Just My $.02 -Andy
 
You're not kidding about the smoke rolling! My 806 can hang a cloud over a field on a calm day. And I really didn't think I was working the tractor excessively. Hard, but not excessive. People have asked me if there's something wrong with it, I tell them I don't think so. A couple of guys have said to add a turbo just to clean up the exhaust, I'm thinking that is a fairly good Idea as long as you wouldn't work the tractor harder yet. Do all the 806's Smoke like that?
 
In central Il. with a mixture of soils from sandy to gumbo 21" field cult., 21 ft. tamdom disc, would be just right. Hooked to a John Deere #6 pto driven cornsheller upgraded with a Cook cylinder with a shelled corn capicity of 12 to 1500 bu. per hour an 806 would hardley break a sweat! With dual rear wheels and proper weights go for it and enjoy! Armand
 
with our rowcrop 806's we pull in laom, and clay maily, we pull a 5 bottum 16'' plow 3rd low, 12' disk with packer only because thats what dad has had for years 4th low, 18' IH field cultivator ussualy 3rd or 4th low, 12 shank chiesle plow 3rd low. all np problem, but the plow and chiesle maker blow a little smoke.
 
First tractor I bought when I took over the farm in 1971 was a '67 806D. I pulled a 14" #560 plow, 13 shank #55 3pt chiesel, 18 1/2" #480 disc. w 3 bar spike harrow 18 1/2' #45 field cultivator w/3 bar spike harrow, and a 13' #370 disc with a 15' Brillion cultimulcher hooked behind the disc. The chiesel was a little too big but the tractor handled everything else OK in our black loam soils. Tractor did have duals & fluid in the inner tires (18.4x 34s)

Hard to believe the first 06s are approaching 50 yrs old. Doesn't seem that long ago that they came out. I'd be a little hesitant about overloading a 45+ yr old tractor.
 
Mine smokes to the point that you don't need a canopy on a calm day. I thought it was just that it was pretty worn out. says 3 thousand some hours on it (can't remember exactly), I've assumed the hour meter had flipped once based on what I was told about the amount of use from the previous owner.
I'll look at the equipment and see if it is in my price range at the auction Sat. and let all know if I get anything.
Thanks for the input.
 
The smoke is part of the mystique of the 806!! As I recall we pulled an 18.5 foot mounted vibra shank field cultivator, 5-18's 700 semi mounted plow, a 470 18.5 foot disk. The one we had on the farm had a turbo and had the fuel set rich. We never watched the tach...just the pyrometer!!
 
Just a general piece of advice, don't go nuts trying to find the biggest implements the tractor can pull. After all, it ain't as young as it used to be.

Many of the components are worn and fatigued from ~45 years of work. Running implements from the next size smaller tractor will reduce the chances that stressed and fatigued parts will turn into expensive, complicated repairs.
 
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