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On wet pavement?? Why??? I'd like to see them out in heavy clay soil, each pulling a nice big eight bottom plow to find out which would outwork the other. That would mean something. And how much fuel each one used and the number of acres turned over at the end of day. Games are for kids, but they can be fun at times.
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Two neighboring farmers around here hooked their tractors together like that to solve their argument over which one was the most powerful. It's been 60 years ago, and I don't remember the model, only that one was a Farmall and the other a two cylinder JD. They said that old Johnny Popper was almost mashing it's tires down flat, but it'd gain a foot every time it popped.
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This reminds me of a family story. My Grandfather while at the local watering hole, was challenged to a tractor pull. His tractor was a Ford 8N and the other guys tractor was a John Deere A. A date and time was set and quite a crowd gathered at the watering hole parking lot. The tractors backed up and their drawbars were bolted together. Bets were laid. The bar owner signaled the start and the John Deere A began pulling the Ford towards the finish line. Just before the finish line, Granddad pulled the three point lever, John Deere lost traction and got pulled across the opposite finish line. A bunch of hollering and calls of foul from the crowd. Money exchanged hands under protest. The angry mob retired to the bar and Grandad bought the first round of drinks and the John Deere owner the second round.
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Tractordata.com Lots of good information there including production numbers.
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Nobody that knows anything would bet against a two lung JD in a fairly matched pull. Very low end torque, gearing, weight, and tire setup make them the strongest puller I have seen. At least on the letter series and smaller numbers that are common around here.
Boring, and slow, but the dam things just keep popping and pulling.
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My favorite when growing up was an Allis Chalmers 200. That sucker would flat out pull when the turbo kicked in.
An uncle had a mid 70's model International Harvester that was weird - it had its exhaust system routed beneath the rear axle, like a car. Would choke you to death when hitching anything up to it. And it had a road gear in it that would scare you silly - that thing would go 35 or 40 mph when you had it hammered down on the road in that top gear. You could nearly pass cars. Scariest tractor I ever operated.
We mostly had Massey Fergusons, and they were quirky but reliable. We had a few Farmalls too but they were so wore out I never cared for them.
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Isn't everyone's favorite tractor model in Hillary Fisher?
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In our area it was definitely the the 3020 and 4020 that hung on the longest and are still being used. The 1066 has a smaller but very loyal following.
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Dad and Uncle Harley ran Fords, Uncle Gilbert and the neighbor Claude West ran Farmalls, Grandpa Asher ran an International, and Grandpa Cook ran an Allis. Another neighbor had an old John Deere G model. Because of the dealers, most folks ran Fords or Allis locally, there were pretty good dealers within 20 miles. To get to a Deere dealer, you had to drive 35 miles west.
I had twin aunts that worked at Allis in KC, until retirement. That's probably why Gramps ran his Allis. Dad had worked in a Ford plant for a short while after leaving the Army, which is probably why he bought Fords.
No one brand is prevalent in Chariton County,MO, as far as I can tell. Today, I still have nephews and cousins who farm, and all of them are running whatever they can get a deal on. Probably the same as it was back then.
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