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It would protect the grill but it must of had other uses.
 

We had a attachment similar to that on the B, & A used it to push loads of hay up the barn bridge.

Nice grills on the tractor!!
 
There was a bracket to mount spray booms on the front then a tank was mounted on back, but can't remember what the boom bracket looked like, others would have to tell A or Nah on that one!
 
Clemson U used to have one on a 620 JD to push silage trucks in wet ground to keep up with the chopper.
My friend has that 620 now and farms with it.
Richard in NW SC
 
On a tractor of that vintage around here that would have been used to push wagon loads of loose hay into the haymow where the hay would be removed with the grapple fork. Our cow barn had a dirt ramp up to the haymow floor.
 

I hear a lot of people talking about pushing wagons into hay lofts/sheds. Can't anyone back a wagon into a space anymore?
 
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I hear a lot of people talking about pushing wagons into hay lofts/sheds. Can't anyone back a wagon into a space anymore?
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I can. And I can do it with a John Deere too. I don't LIKE to, as the neck and shoulders don't turn the way they used to. But I still like to keep in practice once in a while. And also to show off occasionally! :D
 
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(quoted from post at 09:17:19 11/20/15)
I hear a lot of people talking about pushing wagons into hay lofts/sheds. Can't anyone back a wagon into a space anymore?
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I can. And I can do it with a John Deere too. I don't LIKE to, as the neck and shoulders don't turn the way they used to. But I still like to keep in practice once in a while. And also to show off occasionally! :D
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I used to see older fellows back wagons as easy as going forward. I've even saw them back a wagon into a shed while still hooked to a baler. Couldn't figure out why I couldn't do that. Then I was told that I needed more practice, so I set up a little course on some bare ground and practiced until I could do it. I was using a Case DC at the time. I know what you mean about looking around at the rear of the tractor. I backed a wagon around in the yard today while picking up wind fall limbs. Now my neck and upper back are hurting me. Having arthritis in those spots doesn't help though. Now if I can just keep my head from pounding I should be okay.
 
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I hear a lot of people talking about pushing wagons into hay lofts/sheds. Can't anyone back a wagon into a space anymore?
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I was just thinking about how I used to keep planning on mounting a hitch on the front of a tractor and my truck for backing wagons, because I never could do it like some show off friends.
 
Me too, I used to be able to back about anything with a two banger but now with a stiff body and a neck that won't turn worth a hoot it's not very easy. And I do get a headache too from cranking the neck. With the 630 I can twist around to the left, hang my left leg over the arm rest and put the foot on the three point rockshaft. The A is not that easy though I rarely use the two bangers for backing anymore at least from the rear drawbar.
 
I was working a refinery turnaround, they use running gear with 4 ft diameter half pipes on each end to set heat exchanger bundles on. They pulled them with a forklift, but had to back down a short alley off a tee. They would unhook the forklift and six guys would manually back the wagon down the side alley. I asked whether they had any farm boys that could back a trailer. A young man doing fire watch (stands next to a fire extinguisher and watches for falling sparks) standing nearby said he could. After much discussion they decided to let him try. Not hard if you knew how. City crew got a lesson that day in the value of a farm education. The boy would back right in and leave it exactly where they wanted it, got a promotion that day.
 
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