Mechanical Wet Disc Brakes

Bill VA · Sep 6, 2017

As I've posted previously, we have some hills (flat land too) and I'm somewhat paranoid about powered brakes when going down a hill in the event of an engine stalling out for whatever reason and no brakes as a result. My MF50 has weak, but mechanical dry brakes. My trusty JD5055d has mechanical wet disc brakes. My Farmall 756 has power assisted brakes and on this tractor; they disappear if the engine dies.

So - looking at some tractors on tractordata's website, I'm surprised how high in hp the Ford 7710 and 6610 go and yet have mechanical wet brakes. Our old Ford 3000 had mechanical dry brakes and they were an easy lock-up and slide! I get the impression all Ford 1965 year models and up had great brakes.

Any other tractor males/models out there with mechanical wet brakes?

These Ford 10 series tractors look better and better every time I window shop them.....

Thanks!
Bill

Welding man · Sep 7, 2017

Bill, I work on more fords than all the others put together. I worked on a 7000 last week that had close to 12,000 hours on it and the brakes have never been replaced. I have had several of the wet brake differentals apart for other reasons but in my 25 years plus of working on these tractors,I have never had to replace a set of brake discs. They just don't wear out. The 3600's still had dry shoes-4600 and up wet. The 3910's have wet. Above the 8000 series have hydraulic assist.The ten series tractors had some engine problems and steering issues but overall were very good tractors. We finished rebuilding a 6610 yesterday.

Part Time Pete · Sep 7, 2017

I think all of the Fords from the 1000 series on up had great brakes. I worked for a guy that had two 5000's pushing 10,000 hours with original brakes
Other than the ones with the shuttle shift on the dash (like the 8000), they were all real nice shifting tractors too
Pete

ss55 · Sep 7, 2017

I takes a lot of operator error to stall a good running tractor engine. That hardly ever happens to people who know their equipment well, keep them maintained and operate within the limits of their tractor. I you can down shift to keep engine RPMs up, loss of traction should start to be a problem long before the engine stalls. Now, taking a poorly running tractor into a risky situation, IMHO that would be compounding errors.

Bill VA · Sep 7, 2017

I should think a tractor that's 40 or pushing 50 years old would be the exception to that thought - anything can and does break on them, including an engine suddenly quitting rendering the powered brakes useless going down a hill - or up.

Bill VA · Sep 7, 2017

How or what is the remedy for engine problems - I'm thinking you are speaking of porosity and coolant issues? I've read the 10 series, especially the 6610 tractors were especially bad?

What are the steering issues?

How do you look at a 6610 (as an example) with 5 thousand hours on it and make a call on these issues?

Thanks!
Bill

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