Re: Farmalls with Loader Break at Split Location

Posted by Allan in NE on March 18, 2005 at 02:22:03 from (148.78.243.25):

In Reply to: Farmalls with Loader Break at Split Location posted by Wayne Kittler on March 17, 2005 at 21:01:05:

Hi Wayne,

It is not just the IH tractors that break. Talk to anyone who has raised alfalfa hay and they'll tell you that all tractors, loaded heavy enough, will break in two.

There was a fella talking here about a month ago, who said he had a 4020 John Deere split right up the middle of the engine block and the old heifer laid down on the ground. A 4020 is a fair sized tractor.

And it is not just the weight. When put into service, a loader tractor is always trying to "twist" across it's midline every time one of the wheels hits a high/low spot in the ground.

So anyway, the idea is to move the stress of this added weight and twist to a linear 'for and aft' form "under" the tractor instead of making the chassis take the heat. Kind of a "sub-frame" like Hugh says.

Something is needed that will tie the front of the tractor to the rear and eliminate the weakest link in the chain, the tractor's midsection.

Here's a picture of a tractor out of the hay fields of South Dakota.

Allan

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