How many bushel can I haul with this rig?

rockyridgefarm · Aug 1, 2020

D- · Aug 1, 2020

coonie minnie · Aug 1, 2020

More than you think. I move 500 bu around (2 wagons) with my A, G, and 70 in the fall. Stopping is the biggest
issue.

Paul from MI · Aug 1, 2020

Not so much a question of what you can haul as what you can stop. Assume 500 bushel(30,000lbs.) + two wagons (6,000lbs.) = 36,000lbs. JD 60(5,000lbs),
guess who wins?

wore out · Aug 1, 2020

(quoted from post at 17:39:27 08/01/20) Not so much a question of what you can haul as what you can stop. Assume 500 bushel(30,000lbs.) + two wagons (6,000lbs.) = 36,000lbs. JD 60(5,000lbs),
guess who wins?

Paul, I absolutely agree with you.

I can't even imagine that the designers of that tractor would have considered a load like that and the brakes needed to stop it.

And sometimes you NEED to bring all that weight to stop QUICKLY to avoid disaster.

rockyridgefarm · Aug 2, 2020

How bout, how many bushels can I haul up my field road?

SVcummins · Aug 2, 2020

Put the hammer down

swindave · Aug 2, 2020

thats a nice looking 60

rockyridgefarm · Aug 2, 2020

The answer I was looking for was - "Holy cow! I can't believe you pulled them around empty!"

The boxes each weigh 3000 lbs empty, so they weigh as much as the tractor. I was just taking them down to the last 6 acre field of oats, I'll use my 4640 to pull them back up one at a time.

Now, how to get across that stream with my 7721 without tearing off the straw chopper... I'm slipping up to east of Madison this morning to pick up some railroad bridge ties to see if I can make a removable bridge

rockyridgefarm · Aug 2, 2020

(quoted from post at 04:13:32 08/02/20) thats a nice looking 60

Dave,

The 1955 60 is the first tractor I bought in 2004. It had sat in a fencerow for about 10 years with a 4row cultivator on it. It needed a manifold set and a full set of tires. I used to cultivate with it, but went 6 row. It used to pull a pair of bar rakes on a tandem hitch, but I got rid of that setup. I now have a Krone 42t, and the ol' 60 doesn't have the hydraulic capacity to pick it up. It used to move feed every week, but now only does when my 2030 is on the rake. Less and less useful every year, but I won't sell it. I use it when I can just to put a smile on my face.

rrlund · Aug 2, 2020

Pull the pin while you're still alive.

Frank 41 · Aug 3, 2020

Get Tim S to put a front wheel assist on it to pull it up the hill empty.

rockyridgefarm · Aug 4, 2020

Frank,

Tims 4wd unit is pretty neat, but I think I'd like his 60C more.

How many bushel can I haul with this rig?

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