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Hmmm. I'd love to see any sub 40 horse tractor yank 2 plows in this KY clay. I'm not talking at mule speed, but making the dirt roll and getting something done. I have a new 55 pto horse 4 wd (green paint) and 3 14's is a load. But then again, I don't like to fool around. 2 16's would be a piece of cake but add that 3rd bottom and you know it's back there. I knew a neighbor that had an older Ford diesel..forget the model..but it was a late 50's-early 60's job and he had 3 12's behind it and I always expected the rods to fly out the sides at any minute. It smoked heavily under the strain and was just too much tail for that dog to wag. Me thinks, that under ideal conditions...like sandy loam, these small tractors can handle 2 bottoms, but for most locations, they are a single bottom tractor. And, nothing wrong with that. No need in smoking the clutch and gutting the engine just trying to brag about yanking a too big plow. Got to remember, for most folks, these old machines replaced a mule or horse and were a quantum leap forward on those small farms. I see all those old advertisements of 50's utility tractors yanking 3 bottoms but you couldn't see them moving in a magazine ad and when they did move, the maker didn't say how fast they went. I could probably take this new Deere, add 3000 pounds of weight, put it in low-low and tie onto a 4-16" and drag it at mule speed. But why?
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