fixerupper
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My son's friend had a few acres of sod to be plowed. It was an old landing strip so it was long and flat and not too wide. He asked my son if he wanted to plow it with the old iron so today we took the 630 with a 4X14's mounted and the R with a 4X16's pull plow. It was perfect weather wise. Temp was a sunny 70 and the wind was calm. Both plows are from the same era, late fifties.
This was the chance to run the two tractors side by side in identical conditions with close to but not quite identical plows. Both tractors tested about the same horsepower at Nebraska but of course the engine difference was quite different. The R runs slower RPM's but has a bunch more cubes than the 630 and is a diesel. This was in a little easier plowing soil than the black slabby stuff we have at home but it still gave both of the old girls a test for sure. Both of us were in second gear and fully loaded running nearly 100% horsepower most of the time.
Now for the differences, the R has a faster second gear than the 630 and the R was pulling a pull type plow but the R did handle it a little better than the 630 handled the mounted plow power wise. Both tractors were working their hearts out but the R was going maybe a half to one mile per hour faster. The pull plow held it's depth better but it has near new shares where the mounted plow has worn shares. The pull plow did plow straighter too. In the end we were not happy with the job we did, we couldn't go fast enough to turn the sod completely over in some spots and occasionally the plow plugged. That's where the mounted plow was better because it could be raised higher to get rid of the balled up sod.
Here are a few pics, like I said we were not happy with the job we did but a good disking with a heavy disk should smooth it out.
The view down the hood of the 630. This is the tractor I spent many hours on plowing and doing field work all through the sixties and into the seventies.
And the R.
The view from the seat of the 630. We did not do a good job of plowing today but the tractors were exercised nonetheless.
The fleet. The pull plow will be put away for the year, we have had enough! The mounted plow will plow the garden tomorrow, then it will be put to rest for the year too.
This was the chance to run the two tractors side by side in identical conditions with close to but not quite identical plows. Both tractors tested about the same horsepower at Nebraska but of course the engine difference was quite different. The R runs slower RPM's but has a bunch more cubes than the 630 and is a diesel. This was in a little easier plowing soil than the black slabby stuff we have at home but it still gave both of the old girls a test for sure. Both of us were in second gear and fully loaded running nearly 100% horsepower most of the time.
Now for the differences, the R has a faster second gear than the 630 and the R was pulling a pull type plow but the R did handle it a little better than the 630 handled the mounted plow power wise. Both tractors were working their hearts out but the R was going maybe a half to one mile per hour faster. The pull plow held it's depth better but it has near new shares where the mounted plow has worn shares. The pull plow did plow straighter too. In the end we were not happy with the job we did, we couldn't go fast enough to turn the sod completely over in some spots and occasionally the plow plugged. That's where the mounted plow was better because it could be raised higher to get rid of the balled up sod.
Here are a few pics, like I said we were not happy with the job we did but a good disking with a heavy disk should smooth it out.
The view down the hood of the 630. This is the tractor I spent many hours on plowing and doing field work all through the sixties and into the seventies.
And the R.
The view from the seat of the 630. We did not do a good job of plowing today but the tractors were exercised nonetheless.
The fleet. The pull plow will be put away for the year, we have had enough! The mounted plow will plow the garden tomorrow, then it will be put to rest for the year too.