Was that supposed to be sarcasm?
The Allis Chalmers traction booster system is the only system that actually worked, if you knew how to set it, and adjust it.
NO manufacturer draft system worked as good or as fast especially John Deere whose system was pretty much non existent until electronics came into being.
Your 8760 has one lever and electronic adjustment to make it work.
The flaw with traction booster was the dealers not explaining to farmers how it worked and how to turn it ON.
One example (of many) was my friends Dad plowing with the 8050 FWA and an Allis 4-16 semi mount plow, I argued with him there was no way an 8050 wasn't going to pull more plow than his 190XT did. His argument was their farm was heavy red clay, and to convince me he wanted me to ride with him out plowing. So I did and the plow pulled like a rock, it wasn't set completely right, so I adjusted that, and it helped but was still a rock, it finally occurred to me the traction booster wasn't on, I reached over him and turned it on and he immediately pushed in the clutch because he thought the plow had unhooked. He looked at me and said what the hell did you just do? I said the traction booster isn't on, and it is now. He went back to plowing and couldn't believe the difference " no wonder we pulled the old plow in pieces" he said a few rounds later.
What he was referring to was the the 4-16 Allis plow they pulled the hitch off of twice with their 7040 before trading for the 8050, which ripped the front off the plow not long after getting the 8050.
Nobody explained to them when they bought the 7040, or the 8050, and nobody stopped to ask why the 7040 was tearing the plow apart, it had the power so they just accepted it.
Allis didn't design the plow to be in the ground 12"+ going through clay knolls, the plow was trying to pull the knolls down, and both the 7040 and 8050 had the steam and weight to do it, and the 8050 the traction.
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