Re: John Deere 720

Posted by James2 on November 22, 2006 at 09:57:52 from (207.179.239.196):

In Reply to: Re: John Deere 720 posted by 720diesel on November 21, 2006 at 20:52:34:

Yes, the clutch is easy to adjust and repair, but it is a good thing because if you do much reverse work (back-up heavy wagons; etc) you could be working on it a lot. And although it never has slipped , it has been burned to a crisp. I've replaced the disks twice in less than 500 hours because they were burnt, and every year I remove the clutch housing and lube the bearing/toggles. The new clutch plates are also burnt and I'm going to let them go, they seem to work OK and it is getting expensive. My partner has had it with the fast reverse/hand clutch, and doesn't operate it much any more. Declines to back-up anything other than the unhitched tractor. This will definitely help chutch life, he still treats it like a foot clutch and this doesn't work very good (high heat and wear). We both were raised with foot clutches, neither father would have a JD tractor with a hand clutch on the property, and perhaps our technique is not developed enough with either the clutch operation or shifting. I only know that I can easily train someone to shift-on-the-go and use a foot clutch on other old tractors, without the problems associated with the 2 cyl Deeres. The big JD standard tractor gets similar treatment but it does more tillage, and the clutch has always remained in good shape. Put the 820/830 style clutch on the 720/730 and I think it would be a lot better arrangement because it could take the "abuse". Still wouldn't like the reverse or on-the-go shifting.

Replies:

• Re: John Deere 720 buickanddeere 16:13:36 11/22/06 (1)
  • Re: John Deere 720 James2 10:34:15 11/23/06 (0)

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