'Bout These Old Tractors

Allan in NE

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I normally stack hay with the Hydro 70, but it's got a valve out so I'm using this 186 this year.

Gotta get that valve fixed. Hydro 70 works so much better, even tho it doesn't have the air conditioning. Just way more 'nimble' and 'quick'.

Allan

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Well Allan I drove a neighbor's IH 186. It seemed like you needed an extra arm/hand to run the hydro while you did the rest of your work. He ran a JD baler with his. He baled tens of thousands of bales with that IH 186. I sold him a JD 466 and 467 that where new when he bought them and both had over 20k on them when he traded. That IH 186 never gave him much trouble. It just seemed clumsy to me.
 
I hear ya about the newer tractor....I use my Super M to plant with.Last year I planted with the 706.I want my SM back!!!Nothing wrong with the '7'...This year the SM was back on the planter.I was happy :)
 
It's the perfect bale tractor as far as I'm concerned.

Just not for gathering the bales while running the hydro, loader and the bale tote all at the same time. The hitch lever is just too far back to suit me.

Allan
 
DeltaRed,,,heres one I Saw today at a fair,,,thought maybe you would like it
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When I rake I use the 4020 without a cab. It is just so much better and less of a hassle as well. Thursday it was over 100 so I put the rake on the 4440. I decided the comfort wasn't worth it. It's back on the "little" tractor. Funny how you get used to one tractor doing one job for you. Change it up and you might as well tie one arm behind you.
 
There is nothing better than my farmall A to rake with. That little tractor will turn back to rake 2 rows together and make the corner tight enough that the rows are close enough that they both fit in the baler pickup. It isn"t often that I rake but 5 gallons of gas will rake a lot of hay.
Bud
 
Extending the hydraulic levers 10" and bending the lever extensions back a bit helps an 86 series loader tractor a bunch. You can run the hydraulics while sitting straight up in the seat without reaching down. Drawback to it is you have to be careful entering and exiting the right door with those levers sticking up farther. I used 1/2" conduit. Smashed the ends, slit, slid and clamped one end over the lever and slid the rubber knob on the top end. Slid red shrink tube over the extension and the bottom of the rubber knob and shrunk it on. Did it on the three point lever too. Added a third hyd block section and lever with a kit from Wall Lake salvage so I can run the grapple without a splitter. Jim
 

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