redfarmer
Bronze Member
Gary Fowler said:Remember I said personally. If I roaded the tractor a lot pulling heavy trailers hauling grain or other farm subsidity at speeds above 25 MPH like many of the European tractors are used, it MIGHT be of use. For me, I don't road my tractor at all. I put it on the rural road by my house for about 1 km just to see how fast it would go when I first bought it and it hasn't been back on the road since except when it was loaded on a trailer.
I am still a bit skeptical on what kind of damage you would do to the drive train on a tractor slamming it in gear when travelling 32 MPH as one guy said his Case did and locked in the FWD when applying both brakes. This cant be good for the tractor. HOW many times do you need to stop that quickly if you are on the highway. First of all you should be paying attention to traffic conditions in front of you, not tailgating anyone moving slower than you which shouldn't be anyone other than another tractor and one shouldn't be right on the tires of the person in front in any situation. Being on the larger tractors, you should have a better view of the road ahead than anyone else so you can see any situation before anyone else also. If all else fails, your tractor IS an offroad vehicle, so if you had your head up your **** and not paying attention, take to the median or ditch if you cant stop.
I still maintain that the tractor can stop itself quicker than any car by using only the rear tires and would be better served if pulling a heavy load to have the brakes on the trailer or whatever its pulling with a brake controller just like trucks.
I must say I disagree with you logic also. It does not hurt the electronic fwa clutch in the least bit because it is a clutch pack designed for this task as well as the drivetrain. Also we had an older case ih magnum with dual rear tires that traveled 20 mph, and no fwa braking and I had a few long skid marks in my time and I consider myself a careful operator. But at 32 mph and fwa braking I never left any skid marks. Infact it would be difficult to skid those front tires. Figure in the weight transfered to the front tires in braking, just like a car they have most of the braking power. Think about it.