Josh, out in 6 land that may be true but up here in 3 land the temps get extremely cold during the winter months, couple that up with many older tractors having pop up piston kits with oversize bores as replacements at freshen up time and the 6 volt systems meet their limitations. M&W corp made gear reduction units for the starters of that era but they were just a stop gap
I have recently retired after fifty + years doing exactly that kind of work for the same dealership.
During that time I have 12Vted dozens so active farmers could have reliable tractors for starting and many used 12V operated implements behind them. A proper conversion and the tractor is running immediately.
Purists will of course not be happy with me but in my business a satisfied customer who comes back saying how pleased he is is all i need to hear.
PS , 20 has been fairly hot recently , maybe I'll bump into you.
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