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W6 3-16 plow

That's what we pull a 3-16 with,unless its some land that hasn't been plowed for 17 years, but 4-14 is too much usually for 59 horse in out country! we have barnes seva loam!
 
Getting a W6 up to 59 horsepower takes a lot of modification.
They are very similar to a Farmall M. Nebraska tests put the W6 at 37 hp.
 
sure it will pull 3/16 plow. that is what i learned to plow with , w6 and 3/16 j. d. plow. no one ever mentions what gear they use but anyhow it was always 3rd gear here in stubble field. it had charlyn hyd. on the back . i still remember i was about 8 years old and john deere sales man showd up when dad was plowing. he was trying to sell dad a 3020 i believe it was. so salesman went with dad for a round plowing. dad shifted the w6 in 4 th gear and made the round. then said to the salesman i dont need your john deere. dad had fun telling that story. and i have that plow here also. i also plowed lots with it. i remember summer holidays from school it was my job to plow. plowed complete 1/4 section with it. what we spent days and weeks at they do in few hrs. now. and his w6 had 4 pistons in it. i put rings and rod brgs and the head was redone when i was 15 years old. i was 15 and was not asking some questions u see grown up guys ask. knew about torquing stuff rings right side up and end gap and i honed the cyl's and knew about crosshatch pattern. and not to squish the pan gasket out. and did the job very cleanly. i remember mother telling the principle in school at the parent interviews , she said this guy overhauled the tractor. grade nine that was. w6 was one of the best tractors made. if you used 2nd gear it would pull 4/16. but that is too boring going so slow.
 
of course it is , red was always ahead of green in those days. thats why dad did not get green to pull green. that would be just not right.
 
Sure will. Had 3 neighbors. 2 had M's and 1 had super M. All pulled 3-16. And here in S. central Mn. we have hard plowing black gumbo soil.
 
My experience with a neighbor and friend in about 1960. Had finished plowing a field near the neighbor and I knew he was still plowing so I took the JD 730 and 3-16 plow to his field and joined in. I caught up with his W6 with a 3-16 plow in about 5 minutes and had to slow down to about half throttle to keep from running over him. Field was a little rolling with some sticky gumbo hills. Whenever we hit the gumbo he would have to shift down, never shifted down with the 730, and I was plowing about 2-3 inches deeper than he was. Obviously, yes the W6 could pull a 3-16 plow. No comparison. Draw your own conclusion.
 
Here in East central Wi., all the W6 tractors I've seen had 2-14 with 2-16 once in a while. That was about all they could handle. Depends on the type of ground you have.
 
Engine is only one part of the equation. There are dozens of bearings, gears, and shafts that have not been touched since that tractor was new. All worn, fatigued, in unknown condition.

One attitude about plowing seems to be to load 'er down and let 'er thrash and snort. It's all fun and games until something goes POP, and you have an expensive repair bill.

Run one less bottom, have a much more relaxed time running the machine because it's not thrashing, still have fun, and go home with a running driving tractor at the end of the day.
 
that is all correct, but the 730 compeats with the ih 560. then we will see what limes and apples do.
 
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