Re: What is the name of that big tractor

Posted by Hugh MacKay on October 11, 2005 at 02:43:46 from (216.208.58.155):

In Reply to: Re: What is the name of that big tractor posted by Janicholson on October 10, 2005 at 19:18:50:

Jim: Most tractors will pull more on the drawbar than their own weight. When I was a teenager back in the 50s, we had rather simple tractor pulls. Just a flat bottom stone boat made out of a sheet of 4' x 10' x 1/2" steel plate. It was turned up on both ends and reinforced around the perimeter with angle iron. We used boxes of sand for additional weight, (100# and 200# sizes) and these were loaded manually at the pullers request. You could pull as long as you could start away and move the drag 6'. The winner was the tractor that could pull the highest percentage of its own weight using a 4' chain stone boat to drawbar. Most tractors will come in between 2.5 and 3 times their own weight. Back in those days the hard tractors to beat were Farmalls Super A and H or Super and Cockshutt 20 and 30. I've seen many a red faced guy leave the track with Farmall M, big 6 cylinder Olivers, Cockshutts and Masseys.

I have done this with my Super A on numerous ocasions. The interesting senario, is I can achive the highest percentage with no wheel weights or clacium chloride. Now I realize it would be quite expensive to build a stone boat and weights for these big articulated tractors, and no one is probably going to do the comparison with a Super A. I have reason to believe those articulated tractors are indeed pulling as much as 4 to 5 times their own weight.

As for loading on a rail car to move any distance, I question any need. There are low bed tractor trailers out there today capable of moving 120,000 lbs. payload. Someone brought one of those Big Buds to a plowing match here in Ontario. When it left the show it was hauled away by a 4 axle highway tractor and 4 axle trailer. The only diassembly they did was remove the duals and place them on trailer behind and in front of tractor. I have a couple of photos of me standing beside Big Bud, and this one was the 700 hp Cummins version. I would put it in at 50,000# to 60,000# tops. I've hauled enough heavy equipment in my day to call that one.

Follow Ups:

• Re: What is the name of that big tractor Paul Shuler 16:28:34 10/11/05 (1)
  • Re: What is the name of that big tractor Hugh MacKay 17:49:15 10/11/05 (0)
• Re: What is the name of that big tractor Brent in IA 03:39:45 10/11/05 (0)

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