Cane Tractors
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Topic: Cane Tractors
Posted By: JimWenigOH
Subject: Cane Tractors
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2017 at 8:44pm
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Living on the north coast, I've never had the opportunity to grow or see how sugar cane is raised. I bought a 190 XT Cane tractor earlier this year, and have been repairing things on it that were worn after 50 years of use (More so than a 50 year old mid-western tractor). It seems to me these Cane tractors must have had a hard life, and or not taken care of, and or worked in a harsh environment. I'm assuming most of them were used on the south coast. This leads to my questions. What was the environment like that these tractors worked in? How and where exactly would they have been used? What type implements were used on it (3-point or draw bar)? Anyone on this Forum actually use one back in the day?
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Posted By: AJ
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2017 at 10:42pm
Used and abused alot repeatedly and put away wet. Most require a whole other tractor (or two) to restore or make right.
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Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2017 at 10:46pm
here's a video I found of them using the UC's like mine
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Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2017 at 5:57am
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Southern states with higher humidity many times make units look rougher than they are and sheet metal is getting harder to find for older models. Even here in Texas, a coastal tractor will have overall corrosion that can be far more noticeable than a tractor from further north in the state. Add plenty of direct and intense sunshine anywhere in Texas and just like our vehicles it can show in heavy paint fading at times. Growing up in upstate NY, you could many times see a major difference when it came to the tractor kept on the manure spreader as those acids combined with humidity when the unit was kept in the "barn cleaner shed" can take a toll on lower fenders, etc. Add just a 1/2 mile of winter transit on the pavement to get to the chosen field for spreading and you pick up salt spread on the road by the county/state. I passed on a Black 7060 some years ago in East Texas but helped the fella sell it on this site. Friend had been given the tractor by someone who had bought property in South LA as the fella just wanted it removed and although showing low hours, I was amazed at how rough the old gal looked. Humidity can sure be rough on em', especially when sea air is added in.
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Posted By: JimWenigOH
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2017 at 6:54pm
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Any late 60's to early 70's cane farmers on this site that can answer these questions?
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Posted By: tbran
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2017 at 10:00pm
Sugar cane is almost a 12 month out of the year job. Tractors were used to pull hippers and culitvators, wagons of cane for planting . The harvest in the 60-early 70's was brutal. Usually in the mud, pulling heavy wagons to mill. Shifted on the go (read grind em til you find em) pulling out of rough quarter drains and onto roads, rows were on wide high ridges. High humidity and mud/rain was year round fact of life. Driven by all hired hands who got a break when the tractor broke. Most sat outside 24-7 ... Cane Equipment often stocked complete transmissions and once placed a stock order for 30 3d and 4th input gears on the xt's. I have posted before , but there was a run of series 3 XT's high crops ran after the 200 was introduced.
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