sreding1204
New User
My husband and I just bought a 1961 Ford Workmaster Tractor to plow/till our very poor (somewhat rocky/ clay) 2 acres to grow cut flowers. (48hp/ 30PTO hp) When researching tractors in our limited budget I was more concerned w/ getting a tractor with a PTO HP of 25-30 HP due to our heavy soil and to run a big enough rototiller. We ended up getting a 2 bottom plow and a Howard Model J Rototiller (1950's). Upon getting these hooked up and heading out into the pasture to pull them we found that when we turn up the throttle to manage the plow or run the tiller the speed in first gear seems WAY too fast to pull these implements....I looked up our tractor on tractordata and it says 1st gear is 2.5mph ground speed if I'm reading the table correctly. Is there a way to slow down our tractor by adding something to the transmission or are we stuck needing to sell it and get something else..FYI we only spent $3K on this tractor and that was the top end of our budget so stuck with finding tractors in a similar era. Ford seems to be the predominant maker on the west coast as well (we're in western WA). I am an absolute newbie w/ all this so breaking down any responses to dummy-level would be much appreciated :wink: