Road Gear?

S.. Wolfe · Nov 30, 2010

Please excuse the interruption....
I was asked if my John Deere 60 has a road gear.
Can anyone tell this idiot how to tell if it does or not?
Thanks for your help!

MSM · Nov 30, 2010

If it has 6th gear that is "road gear" probably a blazing fast 12-14 mph downhill with a tail wind. Possibly much faster down hill if he kicks it out of 6th at the top of the hill

Bspauld · Nov 30, 2010

The old farmers always called it "Road Gear" because the only place they would use the top gear was on the road. I got chewed out pretty hard because I used it in the field

hayray · Nov 30, 2010

6th gear on the Deere 60 is road gear, about 11 MPH on my 60. I go down the road with mine all the time while using it to rake hay in the summer.

just another old geezer · Nov 30, 2010

"Road Gear" is a phrase left over from the days when the tractors were being converted/ shifted from steel rear wheels to rubber. as an example my brothers '37 F-20 came out on steel and has a 4th gear top speed of about 4 1/2 miles per hour. My cousins F-20 from '36 came out on rubber and 4th gear (Road Gear) is 11 mph.

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