John Deere 60

s.billy · May 20, 2012

What would it take to get a John Deere 60 competive in a farm stock 3 mph. I know almost nothing about John deeres so any help would be appreciated.

Ole Johnny · May 21, 2012

You are going to find that almost everybody will tell you to "stroke it" and they will say "no substitute for cubic inches". They are correct! But be advised that to stroke the 2 cylinder engines enough to become competive with the big cube IH and MM and Olivers (all of which have had thousands upon thousands thrown into the motors) you will have to have your tractor in a shop capable of total disassembly and one that can cut the inside of the crankcase OUT to give clearance for the huge stroke. My advise is to find every piece of weight that you can to remove from your tractor EVERYTHING and make it as light as you can and then even lighter and do modifications to your engine like larger jugs and pistons and high compression head. Then spend money on the best tires you can afford. Enter light weight classes and have fun and this way you wont be worried about busting transmission gears ether. Just my two cents worth..
I am going thru the same situations with my JD model A right now.

buickanddeere · May 21, 2012

Kind of a shame to cut up a duplex carbed tractor with live
hydraulics, optional live pto and optional PS. If just pulling find
a A , they have the same displacent and are lighter to begin
with. The 60 would still be farm usable with Just a set of high
compression pistons, fresh cam/followers, cleaned up ports/
valve bowls, port matching and a dry air filter. She would make
plenty of power to spin out in 2nd in the 5500, 6500 and
maybe 8000 on a loose track.

buickanddeere · May 21, 2012

Kind of a shame to cut up a duplex carbed tractor with live
hydraulics, optional live pto and optional PS. If just pulling find
a A , they have the same displacent and are lighter to begin
with. The 60 would still be farm usable with Just a set of high
compression pistons, fresh cam/followers, cleaned up ports/
valve bowls, port matching and a dry air filter. She would make
plenty of power to spin out in 2nd in the 5500, 6500 and
maybe 8000 on a loose track.

MMZAck · May 21, 2012

I pulled a 60 for about 10yrs in stock classes and mine had no fancy engine work. I built a good hitch and weight brackets and figured out that it liked heavier classes rather than lighter. It's best class was at 7000lbs. The 60 has a creeper 1st gear and has plenty of power for it. Put on some bigger tires and go have fun.

Zack

BushogPapa · May 21, 2012

Yep..there are a many, many Aluminum Replacement parts made for the IH Competitors...
"Stock ain't Stock" anymore...!!

Ron..

johndeereman · May 21, 2012

Not to mention the a availability of parts for ih and Oliver they
have a lot of interchangeable parts with newer bigger engines
that bolt right up if you build a 2 cylinder that competes in my
book you"ve accomplished something

Josh Blackburn · May 21, 2012

S.billy, depending on how much power your tracks require will
determine what needs to be done. The 60 will make a great 3
mph tractor, .125 over lengthen Rods cut head port good cam
and high lift rockers and your good to go. It's almost
entertaining to read some peoples replies. If the 60 is the
model you want to build then do it. All cleaned up they look
good! A stroke will obviously make it run better but not
necessary. And to get 70 hp you don't need to go through
case if done right.

gtx1967jewison · May 21, 2012

two cylinders in stock or nearly stock form do much better in the heaviest class you can run it in. we pull our stock B in 5500 & 6500. finish mid-pack. the 60 would be best in 6000 +. lighter is NOT the answer with a JD 2-cyl unless its built ALOT. put it at 6500# & hook on in 1st gear, good to go.

Ole Johnny · May 22, 2012

I suppose I have a problem tractor then as it chokes down and stops in 5500#. And it only weighs 4300# before any weights. It does have the all fuel pistons in it tho.
Your 60 should have atleast 10 more HP than my stock A so you might be able to pull 5500# but if you lowered the weight, you coudl pull in 4500 and have a strong tracgtor for that class. I'm jus sayn.

Anonymous-0 · May 25, 2012

There you are again! Showing off ur knowledge! Everybody is dumber for reading ur posts!

buickanddeere · May 25, 2012

Why are you annoyed with bushogpapa?

60jdpuller · Jun 4, 2012

I you pull 2 60"s one is stock as a rock the other has had some work done on it. If you want to be competitive bore the stock to match a power block add a inch of stroke and have the cam ground. Put some 15.5x38"s on it. You will pull in second. I have no idea what kind of crack these people are smoking that say a stock 60 will spin out in 2nd or 3rd. My stock one would not in 2nd on a dry hard slick track that I left black marks on in 1st. It died about 150 short of where I had spun out earlier too.

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