Greg H.
06-19-2000 07:48:06
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Re: Re: Should I buy a CA? in reply to RMD, 06-17-2000 19:28:33
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I don't mean to start an argument, but these are the couple examples of personal experiences that have led me to believe the way I do. I own a 66 4020 that I bale hay with. The fuel gage doesn't work, and I ran the stupid thing dry one day while baling. stupid and embarassing to say the least. I couldn't locate a five gallon can, and I wasn't taking a 55 gallon drum to the field, so I thought I'd have my brother; who was raking hay with a CA to just tow me into the barn lot, and refill at the pump. He waved my father down who was raking with a ford 8N, because dad happens to keep a log chain around the brush guard for extra weight and emergencies. Brother unhooked his rake, and I put old John in nuetral. The CA started off okay, but once we hit a slight grade, dug a hole,and rared up. After repeated efforts, dad laughed unhooked his rake, and wanted to try for fun. The ford also spun like you would believe,but did so faster, and kept digging until it got the 4020 out of the feild out onto the road, then it lugged it on up to the barn lot a couple hundred yards away. I had that 4020 weighted down to about 9500 pounds. I also have an old 6ft Bush Hog brand pull type brush hog. This is a heavy sucker, and is actually too big for either the CA, or the 8N, However I like to use it in the pasture feild on only slightly rolly ground. Both tracters have overrides so no one gets pushed over any banks. The CA will pull the flat spots in 2nd gear, but any sort of a grade requires a down shift to first, very slow. The same hog can be pulled everywhere I take it in 2nd gear behind the 8N, with a significant improvement in ground speed. I know every tractor is different,and I don't say I like the CA any less, it's just I use it for differnt things like raking hay, tedding hay, or if I'm mowing pasture with it, I'd use the belly sickle bar mower, I just don't pull in hay wagons with it, or brush hog, when I can keep from it,that's all. Also I honestly believe the gentleman should purchase the CA to keep, but get a WD 45 or a D15 to work with. If you've read all this you're more patient than I am. take care, Greg H.
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