Re: How much Farmall to pull 5 Ton Spreader

Posted by Hugh MacKay on April 12, 2006 at 02:48:31 from (216.208.58.146):

In Reply to: How much Farmall to pull 5 Ton Spreader posted by CharleyFarmall on April 11, 2006 at 19:16:41:

Charley: There is a guy not far from me, I see him going with an 8 ton spreader behind his Super M. I've only seen him on level ground, but any time I've watched he's hiking along in 3rd gear. He's got that SM in great working order.

I don't know these folks, but they do have modern much larger tractors on the farm. The guy running the SM is my age or older, he takes the SM to shows. I suspect the spreading is annual exercise for the SM and pop as well. He certainly enjoys putting that SM through it's paces.

I pulled a 2 ton with my Farmall 130 back 40 years ago. The item I had to watch for was loosing traction when fertilizer all got to the back at less than half load. The spreader I had was a British built Atkinson, single axle, with a 6' belt taking material to fans at back. I just had to be careful to spread hills, loose or soft soil when I still close to full load.

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