TN55

xcsp · Mar 9, 2015

I am thinking about buying 10ft allis chalmers 2300 disc
I have NEW HOLLAND TN55 tractor
will this tractor handle these disc ?????
Greg

Den N Ms · Mar 9, 2015

xcsp,Although you maybe could get by pulling it ,I would go with somthing a little smaller.A good rule of thumb is 7 HP per foot of width.The TN55 has 50 HP.so a 7-8 footer would be great.I it can be bought right,you could always take some blades off of it and narrow it up.

hoosierhog · Mar 9, 2015

Your tractor is only 55hp on the engine you only have 43 hp at the
pto. I pulled a 10ft disc with a ford 4000 but it was 52 pto hp and
64 on the engine. Here we go with 6hp per foot of tandem disc as a
rough guideline. But your TN55 is a newer tractor and is very light
weight by comparison to old tractors. I think your tractor is roughly
5000 lbs if that, where my ford was 6750 lbs. and my rear tires
were 38in i think most new holland utility like yours have 28in tires.
I think you should look for 6-8 foot disc. In plowed ground with a
10 foot disc i think you will find it to be way to much. good luck.
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DoubleR · Mar 9, 2015

You might struggle a little in new plowed ground but in my type of soil in Michigan you would probably be ok with 10 foot. I had a little trouble pulling 8 ft. with a 40 hp. at times. I've bumped up to 52 hp with loaded tires this winter and hope to do allot better pulling my 8 foot disk. I think it was about 2 hp. per blade according to the late Hugh McKay who use to be on here allot. I have found that to be pretty accurate.

I would look for something other than an AC disk though. I had two of them. They had a two piece bearing that was expensive to replace and hard to get. I got rid of the AC disks and have an old I-H disk. Parts are easy to get and reasonably priced.
Just my opinion.

Donald Lehman · Mar 9, 2015

We used to pull a 9 ft. P series Oliver disc with an 88 and a S-88. They were not the heaviest disc in the world. It was a heavy load for the 88. The extra 10 hp. of the S-88 made a noticeable difference. The S-88 weighed in at just under 7,000 lb. as we used it. A ten foot disc, if there is any real weight to it, would be a load for todays lighter tractors.

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