Which Detroit sounds the best?. Noisy engines

We drove the tractor 100 miles down there,spent the night,and when the pull was over late the next afternoon we drove it 100 miles back home.It ran 25 mph so it took 4 hours.The entire town of Walnut Grove,MO was standing in their yards listening to the 1950 as we drove it home.

You are what we call a "Die Hard puller" Up here in Union, we wouldn't dream of going that far on a tractor just to pull. Hope you still got the tractor and many more full pulls to you.

Our old 1966 Oliver 1950 with the little 4-53 Detroit was hard to beat for noise.That little 4 valve head 4-53 turning over 3000 rpms with big injectors and a straight pipe could be heard for up to 12 miles under the right conditions.We always drove it to the tractor pulls because it was so much fun to road it.

We used to pull an Oliver 6x16 plow and friends that lived in Walker,MO 7 miles to the north said that after dark they could hear it like it was at the edge of town.

We also had an HD-10 AC Dozer with a 2 valve head 4-71 Detroit and even with a straight pipe it was quite compared to the 1950 Olivers 4-53.A 4 valve head Detroit will be lots louder than a 2 valve head one.

I live 3 miles east of Hiway 71 in SW Missouri and back in the 70's some truckers ran straight pipes on their 318 Detroit powered semis and they sounded sure great pulling the railroad overpass on 71.There isnt hardly a 318 running in this area anymore.

In the 1970's a neighbor 4 miles east of us had a cab over Chevy 10 wheeler powered by a V6-53 Detroit.I could hear him leave the house with 600 bushels on and could hear it all the way to the grain elevator at Milo,MO which is 5 miles SW of us.It was really screamin when it came by our farm.

Oliver 1950-T's with the 310 Waukesha were built from 1967-69 and are pretty scarce in my area.In fact I dont know of a single one around here.

Both the 1950 Olivers we have owned had the Hydra-Power 2 speed in them.Thats a must to pull one.

Lynn, At age 54 I still pass my plants hearing test every year.People that know me say that I should be stone deaf as much as we ran that Oliver and other tractors with straight pipes.

I still havent learned my lesson as heres what I drilled wheat with last fall.Its my 1967 Oliver 1950 thats bone stock.Theres nothing sweeter sounding than a Detroit.