IH McCormick Standard WD6 tractor

[Doc8404]

First time buying a tractor site unseen, and I am hoping I am not in over my head.
Entered an auction and BAM, I now own this tractor and have to set up transportation, but that's a whole other story.

The invoice description says w/ 540 PTO, gas/diesel, 16.9-30 rear rubber

Everything i read says this is a diesel. Is that the case?
The ONLY reason I bought it was to brush hog.

Now i look at the photos closer and realize it doesn't have 3 point arms.

Can i still brush hog with it? If so, what type am I looking for?

Located in central NY.

Thanks. Be gentle. My wife is ready to kill me already.

 

[Farmer495]

WD6 never had a 3pt lift or similar, strictly a standard tread drawbar tractor for pull type implements.

May or may not have a hydraulic outlet ("remote")

If your WD6 has a remote outlet you can likely pull a pull type bushhog that has a hydraulic wheel lift.

If you don't have remote, then you can't lift the bushhog.....

I did see a guy cobble a 3pt mower to the back of a non 3pt tractor and made it work....not ideal.

"D" stands for diesel, this case it's a gasoline start and then switches over to diesel so you get double the fun in components.

 

[Doc8404]

Well I have a tow behind brush hog with gas motor now.

Pulling with the ATV has not been good (overheats ATV due to weed seeds and such).

Trying to turn this into a positive LOL.

 

[Farmer495]

Well I have a tow behind brush hog with gas motor now.

Pulling with the ATV has not been good (overheats ATV due to weed seeds and such).

Trying to turn this into a positive LOL.

It will pull your current tow behind no problem and save your ATV, so this is a win. Spin it that you don't have to buy another bushhog (yet)

 

[Doc8404]

What’s this big thing sticking out the side?

 

[Farmer495]

What’s this big thing sticking out the side?

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Belt pulley, for flat belt stationary equipment like a threshing machine or feed grinder etc. Basically obsolete. I've used flat belt equipment and there is a reason everything went to PTO drive.

 

[Doc8404]

Stupid question.

Are there other type of brush mowers that don’t need the lift?

 

[Doc8404]

I thought that’s what it was. Does it spin all the time or do you have to engage it? I am a safety guy by day lol.

 

[Farmer495]

I thought that’s what it was. Does it spin all the time or do you have to engage it? I am a safety guy by day lol.

Stupid question.

Are there other type of brush mowers that don’t need the lift?

There should be a rod to engage it, so it's on and off. The pulley also stops with the clutch pedal, you push clutch in, put transmission in neutral, pulley in gear, and you can let clutch out to feather the pulley & belt load if needed.

I'd say your engine drive bush hog designed for ATV is main "no lift" style, but theoretically a tractor style pull type PTO one can be used with a ratchet jack instead of an implement cylinder. You'd have to get off and manually raise/lower the unit with the ratchet jack.

 

[5030]

Hope you didn't pay a lot for it.

 

[bnold]

It has a PTO, should be able to pull a draw type PTO driven bush hog without much problem.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

It starts on gas, runs on diesel. You went the unique route for sure!

 

[5030]

Had a dual fuel Farmall years ago. What a pain in the butt. I might add that was a WW2 deal. The dual fuel engine runs poorly on diesel and a good part of the unburned diesel and soot will wind up on you if the wind is blowing right.

Better off just running it on straight gasoline.

 

[Doc8404]

Had a dual fuel Farmall years ago. What a pain in the butt. I might add that was a WW2 deal. The dual fuel engine runs poorly on diesel and a good part of the unburned diesel and soot will wind up on you if the wind is blowing right.

Better off just running it on straight gasoline.

You’re saying it can run on either?

Everyone else says it simply starts on gas and runs on diesel.

 

[5030]

Starts on gas (separate small tank), runs on diesel (distillate to be exact, which is kerosene, not diesel) but you can run it on gas 100%. If it's intact, there will be a shroud that fits over the carb that keeps it hot Like I said, it's a messy deal as a lot of the fuel will exit the exhaust pipe unburned and if the wind is blowing right, you get covered.

The one I had years ago had radiator shutters on it too, to keep the motor running hot enough to run on distillate. I just ran mine on straight pump gas.

Keep in mind that it's a 'dead' pto too. IOW, anything you run on the pto shaft like a cutter for instance, the cutter will keep spinning and push the tractor along. You really need to buy an over running coupler that will ratchet so it don't push you.

No 3 point either, just a drawbar (hopefully it's still there). Interestingly, Raymond Lowey designed the sheet metal.

That is an old tractor. Mine was a 1949.

 

[Doc8404]

At least I scored this too. Ford engine and runs great.

Anyone want a tractor?

 

[5030]

The first thing I'd do when you get it is change all the fluids including the gearcase and oil bath air cleaner and clean the air cleaner element in clean diesel. Any motor oil will do, you don't need any new synthetic stuff, just good old 30 weight detergent oil and the gearbox takes (I believe) cheap VG42 hydraulic oil. cannot remember, been a long time ago. One thing you need to do besides that is pull the plugs on each lower drive unit and drain them and refill them with 90 weight gear oil. Each side has it's own sump. Mine didn't have a dipstick, it had 2 petcocks on the side of the pan to check the oil level.

It's a frigging antique. Kind of wish I still had mine, I would turn it into a parade tractor. Long gone however.

 

[jeff9366]

McCormick WD6 specifications:

TractorData.com McCormick-Deering Super WD-6 tractor information

www.tractordata.com

 

[LouNY]

Starts on gas (separate small tank), runs on diesel (distillate to be exact, which is kerosene, not diesel) but you can run it on gas 100%. If it's intact, there will be a shroud that fits over the carb that keeps it hot Like I said, it's a messy deal as a lot of the fuel will exit the exhaust pipe unburned and if the wind is blowing right, you get covered.

The one I had years ago had radiator shutters on it too, to keep the motor running hot enough to run on distillate. I just ran mine on straight pump gas.

Keep in mind that it's a 'dead' pto too. IOW, anything you run on the pto shaft like a cutter for instance, the cutter will keep spinning and push the tractor along. You really need to buy an over running coupler that will ratchet so it don't push you.

No 3 point either, just a drawbar (hopefully it's still there). Interestingly, Raymond Lowey designed the sheet metal.

That is an old tractor. Mine was a 1949.

Going to have to disagree with you on this tractor the WD (wheeled diesel) series as well as the early TD (tracked diesel) series started on gasoline through the carb and ignition system and a decompression system, once started and warmed up when the decompression lever was shoved down the gasoline fuel was shut off and the diesel was turned on and the engine ran strictly on diesel. If it was in decent shape it was a good running diesel for the time frame it was built late 40's and early to mid 50's. There were distillate tractors available in the 40's but the IH WD was not one of those, the Allis WD was available as a distillate tractor

 

[5030]

Could be Lou, I'm only familiar with the 49 I owned and how it worked. It's still an antique.