Gambles
Well-known Member
My brother and I attended a local plowing bee for antique tractors last Sunday. The wheat ground was really hard, the weather was quite warm and the notice to the event was only issued the day before, so attendance wasn't quite what was expected, but I enjoyed it. To say that the tractors had their work cut out for them was an understatement. After viewing the event, my brother and I got to talking about a G that my dad had when we were growing up. We called it our "plowing tractor", but we also used it for cutting silage with a New Holland silage cutter, as we grew up on a dairy farm. We both agreed that our old G would have put all these tractors to shame. As said, we only used this tractor for plowing, a John Deere three bottom, and for cutting silage in the fall.
Speaking of this G, I would like to get some input from the crowd here what was done to the engine. First off, I know it was a high compressioned tractor. Just hearing it run would clue you into that. I also remember that it would easily pull a three bottom plow in the toughest ground. It also pulled a single-row silage cutter so easily that dad bought a two-row head for the cutter. I remember it drank a lot of gas and this was in the era when we plowed just about all the ground in the fall. It had the GoodYear Traction Torque rear tires. (The ones that did NOT have the straight bars, correct? Each bar changed angles) It also had concrete weights on each rear tire, probably 500-600 pounds each. I THINK the rears also had fluid, but I was a kid, so I'm not sure. I also remember that the clutch was set tight and I could easily do a 10-inch wheelie just by a hard snap of the clutch. (Hey, I was an young kid, just not a smart young kid) I do remember that I impressed a few of the neighbor buddies by showing them that.
So my question is this: What do you think was done to the engine back then? I know we easily went through a starter or two each year on the thing and pull-starting it happened occasionally just to get it started.
So fellow experts, what do you think was done to this engine to make it such of a brute?
Speaking of this G, I would like to get some input from the crowd here what was done to the engine. First off, I know it was a high compressioned tractor. Just hearing it run would clue you into that. I also remember that it would easily pull a three bottom plow in the toughest ground. It also pulled a single-row silage cutter so easily that dad bought a two-row head for the cutter. I remember it drank a lot of gas and this was in the era when we plowed just about all the ground in the fall. It had the GoodYear Traction Torque rear tires. (The ones that did NOT have the straight bars, correct? Each bar changed angles) It also had concrete weights on each rear tire, probably 500-600 pounds each. I THINK the rears also had fluid, but I was a kid, so I'm not sure. I also remember that the clutch was set tight and I could easily do a 10-inch wheelie just by a hard snap of the clutch. (Hey, I was an young kid, just not a smart young kid) I do remember that I impressed a few of the neighbor buddies by showing them that.
So my question is this: What do you think was done to the engine back then? I know we easily went through a starter or two each year on the thing and pull-starting it happened occasionally just to get it started.
So fellow experts, what do you think was done to this engine to make it such of a brute?