Re: 966 - what to watch for

Posted by Hugh MacKay on March 17, 2007 at 11:19:00 from (209.226.106.3):

In Reply to: Re: 966 - what to watch for posted by JayWalt on March 17, 2007 at 08:16:24:

Jay: I'm not so sure one has to be running old equipment to have himself in that position anymore. Back in the 60s and 70s, I was running relatively new tractors, and running them hard. In two generations, I can't remember us being without a tractor in seed time or harvest. That old 560 I had, I can remember it developing a sharp little knock that would fade away. We kept on running on a forage harvester, probably one of the heaviest loads one can put on a tractor. One night near the end of harvest we got enlightened a bit. It developed the sharp little knock and then a shower of sparks out the exhaust. We had never seen those in daylight. You guessed it, rings breaking up, being crushed on top of piston until they were small enough to blow out the stack. It did finish the season.

Today and since 1990, I've heard countless stories of farmers being without their $100,000. plus tractor during the entire seeding season. I'm damn sure I'd be doing a lot of crying if I were the one without my $100,000. tractor, during a busy time. In fact I expect it would be a bit more vicious than crying.

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