What is your main tractor?
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Topic: What is your main tractor?
Posted By: AndrewGubbels
Subject: What is your main tractor?
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 10:13pm
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Hey guys just checking to see what your main farm tractors are? We have alot of 7000 and 8000 series tractors. Along with some CASE tractors. We use the 190xts and 200's for alot of handywork also. ANdrew ------------- Andrew Gubbels Gubbels Restoration |
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Posted By: ScottinSWIL
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 10:25pm
| As far as the main fieldwork tractors would be the Agco's- 205b and DT200, AC 8070, JD 4450. The tractor that has the most hours put on every year is the NH TL100 FWA with a loader for all around jobs such as hay and daily chores with the livestock. Also have an AC 180 that gets light duty jobs. |
Posted By: Craig/insoh
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 10:30pm
| We use 175 with 500 loader, 6080 MFD with Dual 205 loader, 7060PS with 470 loader, and Versatile 276 with loader! We use all for feeding in winter, and grinding feed! All used for haymaking also! 7000 series for field work! Also have 185, 190XT, 190XT series3, 6080 2wd, 3 7030's, 7050, and 7080! |
Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 10:37pm
I have big tractor envy but don't have the shed space for one nor can I justify anything larger so this is it for now. |
Posted By: JimIA
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 10:54pm
In all honesty for the size of equipment we have on our small old fashioned operation I use my D15 for more things than anything. It is just the handiest little rig, now we put an A-C two way hydraulic valve on it so it will probably get used more! Of course all of the others find their place and we would be lost without the 170 and loader, the 185 is a very handy tractor as well.  |
Posted By: Steve M C/IL
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 12:04am
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8070 with heat and AC.220 for fun in the sun and the WD45 does the planting and bushoggin.WD has the scoop....very handy. |
Posted By: Nathan (SD)
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 12:12am
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We got a 1715 Ford that kind of took over the D17 work.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21169515@N08/4561947676/ - http://www.flickr.com/photos/21169515@N08/4561947676/
Hard to believe the nuts that little tractor got.
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 12:19am
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For heavy field work, the 7580 is my choice. For cutting and baling hay I like the Kubota M110. For odds and ends a Ferguson 40 (not MF) and once I get 3d gear fixed a D14. For cultivating a G. For digging and loading, a Ford 555 B tlb and a JCB 185 robot skid steer
------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 5:50am
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190XT is what I use most. Nimble, powerful, comfortable, super easy on fuel and super easy to drive. It's the only tractor my wife is willing to drive. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: RSallis-pullinMD
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 6:16am
| I have a JD 7410 Cab FWD and 741 loader use it on farm and in my excavation business,most handy tractors are our 2 4710's with loaders,also have 4720 with cab ond loader,AC's D19diesel,19gas with 500 loader,WD,WC,CA and many AC engines and parts and M2 caombine |
Posted By: Good
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 6:23am
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Our 45 with a kelly loader gets used way more than anything but for the hay operation it was the 45 with 262 gas motor. This year we borrowed my uncles 175 wich was much better and when I get the XT ready it will be the main field tractor. Like Lonn said real comfotable. Iam a little worried about the handclutch being jerky an knocking everybody down on the wagon though. ------------- B212,716,two 314H's,WC,WD,D19,190XT |
Posted By: TEDMI
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 6:25am
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I don't really farm but do have 2 I use the most, it would be a WD , for plowing snow , CA hauling wood.
TEDMI.
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Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 6:44am
You get good at feathering it. I did, my wife did and you will too. Although my Dad seems to about throw me off the wagon from time to time. I think the gate type like the 200 has might work even better as it can be hard to push the lever down on the XT. I always was going to try to modify the XT at some point to make it easier to push the lever down. Maybe a lighter spring? Never had one apart in that area. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Good wrote:Posted By: allisorange
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:13am
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A 7000 and a 190XT do the heavy work here. AD17 with a New Idea loader gets a lot of use in the summer and winter.
John Carlson
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Posted By: Ben (MI)
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:24am
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Andrew-sounds like you have a great lineup. I farm 100 acres corn/soybeans with a late model 7000. |
Posted By: Ben (MI)
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:26am
| JimIA-I LOVE the pic of the ear corn unloading. |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:39am
Well the 170 for mowing 7-8 acres. The F40, not sure yet. Maybe keep the blade on it.
 ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: tnac
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:41am
used to be faithful to agco but.............................
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Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:50am
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Since my farming has been downsized to hobby status with 250 acres of crop, the JD 4250 (cab and heat) is the plowing and snowblowing tractor, D-21 II with duals does 400 ac of cultivating each year pulling an A-C 1300 24.5'. A 220 is getting ready to pull the fall deep tillage tool. D-15 II brush cutting, D-12 III finishing mower, WD-45 80R all to keep up road ditches, D-17d IV wood splitter/ 30' roller. A-C 715B TLB stone picking etc. H-3 blade misc jobs. Too many A-C's and not enough jobs. ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: ACFarmer
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 8:00am
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Just getting my farming operation started but I have a 7080 for my heavy work when I get it done and a 210 for planting and lighter type work. I have a 1550 Oliver for odd jobs also. ------------- Making A living everyday farming with and working on Allis Equipment |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 8:25am
| what is the main trtactor? depends on the time of year. Spring time plowing, discing and cultivating the 4520, 190XT on the planter. summer 190XT Diesel, 190 gas, 200 and D17 for haying. Fall harvest WD on LPgas with mounted 33 picker for ear corn and K combine for grain. Winter 170 with loader for feeding round bales and getting wood out of the woods to burn and the WD45 for pushing snow. |
Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 8:31am
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MF 1260. I borrow the 1260 rear rims and water filled tires for my CA when I go pulling.
Poor folks have poor ways. We are so poor the poor folks talk about us.
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Posted By: JimD
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 10:04am
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D15 Series II for dragging stuff around and brush-hogging. B (my son's) runs a finish mower and mows between 7-15 acres. But hoestly its my Borg-warner rough-terrain forklift that get's used the most, and it's in the worst shape.
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Posted By: farmboycitygirl
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 10:15am
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Use a 7020 for field work, discing, plowing, etc. baling hay.
190 XT III to mow hay, grind feed, feed the cows.
180 to rake hay using a vermeer twin rake, drill post holes, all around stuff.
CA mows the lawn
Farmall f20 to have fun with
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Posted By: Blake_AllisMan
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 12:55pm
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On our farm we use a 185 to plant the crop with.
The 200 and 7045 to pull the wagons into town with. The C to move wagons around and sometimes for some fun pull loads into town with. ------------- 1941 C 1952 IB 1947 C 1955 WD45 SFW 1956 WD45 Diesel 1977 5020 4WD Serial Number 1 |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 1:58pm
| My main tractor is my '52 CA. But my farmin' buddy's big outfit is a JD 8430. Both are fun to operate. |
Posted By: John In.
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 2:44pm
| I only have one a 54 WD45. In the winter I use it to plow snow. In July I use it for baling straw with a 302 baler and cutting down the weeds later with an 80R mower on my son-in-laws land and his buddies land. Does a quick job disking the small garden too, 2 passes and done, lol. John |
Posted By: RSponenberg
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 3:22pm
| I farm 108 acers with a CA and 2-WD45s with the CA getting the most use,mainly because its the cheapest to run!!! |
Posted By: Daehler
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 3:26pm
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One of my main tractors is a 80' 7080 for tillage and a 74' 200 for bailing and brush mowing. Plus 10 other AC's for small jobs. |
Posted By: Joe(OH)
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 4:21pm
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My main tillage tractor is a 7020 and my main planting tractor is a 190XT. But I dont know where I would be with out a D-17. Im also found of the CA and the......
------------- Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. |
Posted By: Stan R
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 4:28pm
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Kubota L2850GST 4WD: logging, haycutting with combine, hay kicking, raking.
D17 IV: baling, loader work. Though each can be interchanged except logging. Can't beat a 4wd in the woods during the winter. |
Posted By: Dave in il
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 4:57pm
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8050 - Primary tillage, secondary tillage, mowing with 15' batwing, pulling wagons
7060 - Same stuff as the 8050 and my planting tractor (JD7000 16 30" no til) & 3pt backhoe
200 - Loader work & 3pt forklift
Series I D17 - Mowing, back blade, odd jobs
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Posted By: Brian S(NY)
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 5:05pm
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My main tractor is my d-15 series II ------------- God made man.Sam colt made man equal. |
Posted By: allis restorer
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 5:28pm
my main tractor is our 1951 allis chalmers CA, it gets used for everthing, it has a 3-point that my dad and i made. its the handest tractor. i also have a d17 with a loader but dosent get used as much.
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Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 6:46pm
| 7580 pulls the concorde air seeder and offset disc, 190 XTD bales and now on the feed wagon, 190 gas pulls V rake, D 21 sits in the storage building, has no use but to look at, D 19, D 17, D 15, and D 14 run augers, generators, hay rakes, back blades, rotary mowers and other misc. stuff. darrel |
Posted By: jb from md
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:00pm
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mine would be the 185 we use it for plowing, planting ,small squale baler, log splitter,etc and anytime something needs moved around.8050 just for tillage,190 for pulling wagons, wc for the hay rake and the wd45's for everything else ------------- 8050 FWA, 190XT, 185, Styled wc, Unstyled wc, (2)C, (2)WD45NF, WD45WF, WD,416h, 716h, 312h, 8070 pedal. |
Posted By: MI8050
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:13pm
| 8050 for plowing, chiseling, disk and no-til drill. I have sprayed with it and spread lime and fertilizer too but it is a tad overkill for those jobs. |
Posted By: Leonard
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:23pm
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WD45 for most jobs around the farm. WD will be used to help out. Leonard |
Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:24pm
| Well now this year found my son and I getting back into haying. The D19 runs the haybine and baler. The WD tedded and raked, the C cultivated, the D17 III trimmed fencerows and hauled wagons, and the CA with Woods L306 mowed mega lawns all year. The D15 II is still in the engine shop. For next year the 15II will either rake or ted and maybe a new to me 14 will rake or ted. I have my sights on a 185 for mowing and baling also, but maybe an XT III is in my future. Really they ALL are my main tractors! |
Posted By: orangepower
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:42pm
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9150 duetz fwd for no till drill, cx 100 fwd cih for corn planting, duetz dx 160 fwd for pulling wagons, IH 666 for seed wagon, IH 806 swing away grain auger, IH 706 short transpor auger and wagons, cih 3594 fwd for 28' disc, farmall regular collecting dust. wd 45's pullers, ca puller. ------------- 45 diesel puller, 45 gas puller, ca puller |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:56pm
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Wish I had a better farm to use a 'real' tractor on and actually crop something beyond grass. I have but the 180, Brother In Law has a 600 Ford. |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 9:01pm
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This time of year, the 6080 with cab is on the snowblower. D17 IV gets used on the wook splitter in spring. Also gets used on the rotary mower, but the D15 II will probably get that job this summer. There are plenty of other tractors to choose from for any job that comes up! ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '61 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Posted By: monitordoc
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 9:57pm
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OUR D-17 SIV I WOULD HAVE TO SAY IS USED THE MOST, THE 180 AND WD ARE USED QUITE A BIT AND THE D-21 IS USED FOR HEAVY TILLAGE. SOLD THE 8000 SERIES TRACTORS AND JUST HAVE THE "OLD" ONES. MORE FUN FARMING NOW THAT I RETIRED. ------------- WD,D17-S4,180,D21 |
Posted By: tomNE
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 10:07pm
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a couple 7020's and a 4600 ford diesel. just bought the 7020ps for my loader tractor. can't believe i wait this long for my first ps. ------------- AC from the start of my families farming career till the end! |
Posted By: LoggerLee
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 10:20pm
Errrr,sure you can,tracks :) |
Posted By: KY
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2010 at 2:41pm
| Heavy tillage, plow, disk, plant,etc, use Wd-45s and D-17. Cut hay with D-12 Rake bale and ted with c, wd ,and D-17. Harvest with a F. Use the 2 ole Wd-45sw for about everything. I haev alot of snap coupler equipment to keep em busy. |
Posted By: Dans 7080
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2010 at 2:56pm
| Heave tillage 7080, 7060, 7040, planting 7040, 200, fertlizer spreading 200, D19, D17, bailing D19, 200, 7040, mowing, 200, 7040, 7060, tractor pulls, 7080, 7060, D17, WD-45s spraying D19 200 7060. Most of the time it depends on what is available at the time its needed, most of the tractors have some overlap on the implements. |
Posted By: AndrewGubbels
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2010 at 10:36pm
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It is awesome to see so many people using so many different models! Andrew ------------- Andrew Gubbels Gubbels Restoration |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2010 at 2:48am
| 7080 heavy field work, 7010 light field work and snow removal, 190 xt dunno yet, just got it, 180d just about everything, planting, hay work, ag crane (never removed) work, wagon jockey, log splitter, one of the ole lady's....ooops i mean my loving wife's favorate to drive. she likes the 7010 too! wd45 (modified) (chevy motor) dunno cept maybe a parade tractor, rc....gonna redue it if and when i retire! |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2010 at 2:51am
| gosh...ya'll show pics of shiny awesum looking tractors!! only one i have that looks real good is the 7010!! any ya'll wanna paintin job??? lol |
Posted By: KevinON
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2010 at 6:31am
| My big tractor is a 7020, with a 185, 180, and WD bringing up the rest of the fleet. |
Posted By: Kevin in WA
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2010 at 10:41am
| 4w220 ,8070,8050,7030 for tillage work, big square baling, 190XT III for small baling,running silage blower, hauling manure ect. 185 for planting corn,pulling grain drill,running NH 1037 balewagon,pulling forage wagon, D17 for tedding,raking hay. |
Posted By: JOHN N/IL
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2010 at 11:10am
| D-15 II,AND A D-17IV.I also have a 620 for mowing lawns .I also have a snap coupler plow and a 8 foot disk.I have a hydraulic bucket on the d-15 that i use for snow plowing. |
Posted By: Orange Blood
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2010 at 6:01pm
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Mostly the two 7060s for field work. When we only had one, the D-21 did all the tillage, before min-till, and the 7060 planted and cultivated.
Now the ground is rented out, and all that's left is hay, the 7030, and the 190XT do all the raking and baling. A Dual Loader on the 7060, for the custom hay grinding business.
Everything else is odd jobs, or to look at. Dad's orriginal D21, hardly ever sees the light of day anymore, but she runs often, "just to keep her lubed up," at least that's what dad says!! :-) I think it's more of a trusted old dog kinda relationship! ------------- Still in use: HD7 WC C CA WD 2-WD45 WD45LP WD45D D14 3-D17 D17LP 2-D19D D19LP 190XTD 190XTLP 720 D21 220 7020 7030 7040 7045 3-7060 Projects: 3-U UC 2-G 2-B 2-C CA 7-WC RC WDLP WF D14 D21 210 7045 N7 |
Posted By: NickT(Ky)
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2010 at 6:33pm
| LT75 4x4 with cab and loader for hay chores. D17 IV on the feed wagon and massey 383 on the grinder mixer. D-14 and farmall M for parades and light duty chores. |
Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2010 at 7:30pm
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I use all three of my WD45's to work (play) at my place. My old tractors are not painted but still get the job done for me.
Don
 ------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Posted By: AC8070
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2010 at 7:50pm
| 8550, 8070 do all the tillage work, 8030 does all the planting, 7000 does the baling, d17 does odd jobs, and case JX1070c does all the bale handling and feeding |
Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2010 at 7:59pm
| Nice line up Don, nice to see so many people using their tractors and not just rusting or collecting dust. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2010 at 8:12pm
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My '54 45 with factory PS does most of my play work. Snow removal, garden plowing, pickin ear corn with the Wood Brothers or the AC35 and mowing CRP ground. The B does some finish mowing with the L59. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |