Posted by Fixerupper on November 11, 2010 at 04:42:33 from (207.199.205.40):
In Reply to: Re: worst tractors? posted by John A. on November 10, 2010 at 21:02:04:
That 4630 would have had a power shift to be able to be able to get up to road gear with a loaded cart. We used to pull two 900 bushel grain carts with 4630's. They both had reinforced drawbars. One had the power shift and the other had a quad. Both tractors were gutless, but at least we could get the powershift up to sixth gear before running out of power. The one with the quad would poke along in fifth because the gutless engine couldn't get it rolling in a faster gear.
To their credit, both tractors were really tough, with 15000 hard hours on each one with the pumps turned way up. They just had to be revved up to get power. That 404 was a durable little engine. Jim
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