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Which is better???????

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Tractor Newbie

10-18-2002 18:50:47

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I am looking at a couple of Massey Fergusons 60 hp tractors. Both seem in good shape.

One has cast rear wheels and the other has steel stamped wheels. I assume the cast ones are heavier than the steel stamped wheels, I don't know by how much.

Is that the only difference? What is the advantage of the cast over the steel? Why would I want the cast? Why did Massey Offer them?

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JWC

10-21-2002 09:50:13

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Re: Which is better??????? in reply to Tractor Newbie, 10-18-2002 18:50:47

Massey used cast centers on most of their power adjust wheels. Most of their steel dish centers were of the type where you changed sides with the wheels or bolted them to alternate sides of the rims to adjust the tread width. In the old days a small farmer might have to change the treadwidth on his tractor several times a season. The power adust types were safer and easier especially with ballasted tires. The older Fords had a steel dish that acted like a screw through groved mounts on the rim. Massey and IH had a series of angled rails mounted on the rims. With either system you would loosen the clamps and rotate the center until it hit a stop clamp at the desired treadwidth. Good brakes helped in this operation. Some people would hold the brake on the opposite wheel to make the disk turn on the loosend wheel, some would hold the brake on the loosend wheel and let the other wheel push the tractor up or back thus rotating the wheel around the center.

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paul

10-19-2002 10:03:05

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Re: Which is better??????? in reply to Tractor Newbie, 10-18-2002 18:50:47

As JMS said, I'd worry more about the rest of the tractor.

The cast is sometimes better, offers weight, less likely to crack out the center if you add duals. But I think on that size tractor it is not an issue to worry much about.

--->Paul

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JMS/MN

10-19-2002 08:18:04

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Re: Which is better??????? in reply to Tractor Newbie, 10-18-2002 18:50:47

If you're not going to use it for heavy tillage, the steel wheels are fine. Some mfgr even had multiple choice on how thick the cast wheels were, for those that wanted more weight. More important for you might be mechanical condition of the tractors.

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Dave Grubb

10-18-2002 18:59:30

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Re: Which is better??????? in reply to Tractor Newbie, 10-18-2002 18:50:47

It would be better to repost that down at the Massey Ferguson section below.

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Tractor Newbie, additional info.

10-19-2002 20:44:27

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Re: Re: Which is better??????? in reply to Dave Grubb, 10-18-2002 18:59:30

Thanks for the posting advice. I did post it in the MF Board. ( I thought I was in the MF section when I posted here, I am a newbie for this site too.)

The tractors are almost Identical both in fine shape, or so it appears. I follwed Big Deans advice on his web site to check them out.

Yes, I plan on subsoiling, Chisel plowing and discing with it, on ground that has never been subsoiled and has been farmed for 50 years. Everything is slow growing and water laying around in spots. Always been mould board plowed in the past.

Thanks for the responses!

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