Posted by Steven f/AZ on January 02, 2008 at 06:12:30 from (216.67.213.217):
In Reply to: 656 posted by Farmallgray on January 01, 2008 at 20:23:19:
Hugh MacKay said: (quoted from post at 04:04:08 01/02/08)I'm not sure 560 rear ends were completely IH fault. Farmars back then believed there was no limit to the weight that could be put on a single wheel for traction. The tractor rear end was a small part of the cost. The soil compaction they created was far greater, and today the boneheads want to blame soil compaction on the moldboard plow.
I've yet to find ANYONE that owned a 560 or 660 that had a rearend failure! And there were TONS of those tractors in my home area in the SW corner of ND. These farmers put the wide tires out back and weighted them down to pull, too. I even sold 660 serial #502 and it did not have the triangle stamped on the tag for updates, never been apart and was on its second engine. I'd really, really like to hear from someone who actually had a rearend failure on a 560 or 660 when they came out...
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