Re: Re: Re: making smaller tractors with more h.p

Posted by Hugh MacKay on July 22, 2004 at 04:21:23 from (216.208.58.114):

In Reply to: Re: Re: making smaller tractors with more h.p the posted by Ken on July 20, 2004 at 22:06:37:

Ken: While I agree with what you are saying, these guys don't state in their specs that this is Nabraska test horse power. When I was a young lad in the 50s and 60s all manufacturers were quick to give you the Nebraska test results. I'd be willing to bet if you walked into a new tractor dealership today and asked for all three; flywheel, pto and drawbar horsepower, 90% of the sales people would look at you as though you had two heads. In fact they can't give you the answer because they don't know the answer. Oh for the days when salesmen didn't have college educations.

I bought a number of new tractors in my day and much of the decission was made based on all three horse power ratings. If you get a wide spread between flywheel and the other two you know the tractor is not very efficient. There will always be a spread, but you look for the tractor with the least spread. Manufacturers don't want you to know these spreads today, precicely because it has gotten so far out of line. Tractors since 1980 don't hold a candle to the pre 1970 tractors.

Just wait and see if the CaseIH 25 hp tractor of 2004 is still around in 2054, in the numbers like the the SA are today. I will wager that in 2054 there will be more operating Super A's around than 2004 models. I use that just as an example, if you site the H or M same will be true.

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