I found this video because I just inherited my grandfather JD 50. We used to brush hog the CRP field and always had a stash of shear pins. You could break on engaging the pto if you were not careful. These tractors were made for plowing not brushhogging, but it will work. Like you I have a lot of work to do restoring mine.
You are correct on the shear pin issue. We had not mowed those acres for,several years and there were lots of saplings, and sheared pins. I just keep a bunch in the toolbox. My grandfather had a 50 that he traded for the 60. He gave it to me in 1983 and it has been mine since. Next winter will be a bored block, intake manifold, and head work I am afraid. But it is worth it to me to leave it in good condition for the next owner.
I remember once I was mowing with my JD 70 and hit one of those in ground rocks. My blade broke and come up and stuck right in my left rear tire. Guess someone was looking out for me that day.
That is quite a story. We are fortunate to have no rocks at all in our fields. But sometimes a sapling piece will come flying out of the back end, sometimes even out the front end. Usually low to the ground. Glad I am sitting well above it all.
Well, several things to think about regarding your comment. Efficient use of PTO power is certainly one of them. However next field closer to the river and we have switchgrass about 3 feet high, very dense. Some of it has to be mowed in 2nd gear and that is all the tractor can handle, remembering that this 60 has about 35 pto horses available. Also, you can tell me better than I know what a bat wing mower will cost? I see used ones go for thousands of dollars. The old 6 foot bushog we paid $130 for 40 years ago. It is period correct for the old tractor, and that is what i am into now at my age. Farming like I did 50 years ago.
Batwings can be fun, but people tend to overestimate these tractors PTO output there are few if any batwings designed to be used by a tractor rated under 40HP now @redgreentractorthings9043 is a gasoline variant so it probably has better compression and probably lingers at 35-39 HP on average while an All Fuel like mine is more in the range of 30-35. These old tractors where rated to the engine speed which fluctuates differently because tolerances in those days as well as a lack of computer machining meant things fluctuated between tractors of the same model only a dynamometer is a sure way to tell. All in all, I agree that using older pull rotary cutters is the best way to stay efficient with this thing.
@@johngnipper8768. Yea, there are a lot of people that don’t understand that the framework and bulk of tractors of that era were underpowered for their size. While the 60 has the weight, it just does not have the PTO power to run a wide mower.
Perhaps I will. That tractor needs a lot of work, and I will be doing some work on it in the coming year. Cracked engine block, bottom side. So I’ll probably pull the block out and weld it. Hard to find used blocks anymore. Also a blown exhaust manifold gasket and a cracked intake manifold. So a lot of work to do. Amazing that it still runs well, but it does.
I found this video because I just inherited my grandfather JD 50. We used to brush hog the CRP field and always had a stash of shear pins. You could break on engaging the pto if you were not careful. These tractors were made for plowing not brushhogging, but it will work. Like you I have a lot of work to do restoring mine.
You are correct on the shear pin issue. We had not mowed those acres for,several years and there were lots of saplings, and sheared pins. I just keep a bunch in the toolbox. My grandfather had a 50 that he traded for the 60. He gave it to me in 1983 and it has been mine since. Next winter will be a bored block, intake manifold, and head work I am afraid. But it is worth it to me to leave it in good condition for the next owner.
I remember once I was mowing with my JD 70 and hit one of those in ground rocks. My blade broke and come up and stuck right in my left rear tire. Guess someone was looking out for me that day.
That is quite a story. We are fortunate to have no rocks at all in our fields. But sometimes a sapling piece will come flying out of the back end, sometimes even out the front end. Usually low to the ground. Glad I am sitting well above it all.
That tractor is big enough to use a bat wing shreader. Its your fuel.
Well, several things to think about regarding your comment. Efficient use of PTO power is certainly one of them. However next field closer to the river and we have switchgrass about 3 feet high, very dense. Some of it has to be mowed in 2nd gear and that is all the tractor can handle, remembering that this 60 has about 35 pto horses available. Also, you can tell me better than I know what a bat wing mower will cost? I see used ones go for thousands of dollars. The old 6 foot bushog we paid $130 for 40 years ago. It is period correct for the old tractor, and that is what i am into now at my age. Farming like I did 50 years ago.
Batwings can be fun, but people tend to overestimate these tractors PTO output there are few if any batwings designed to be used by a tractor rated under 40HP now @redgreentractorthings9043 is a gasoline variant so it probably has better compression and probably lingers at 35-39 HP on average while an All Fuel like mine is more in the range of 30-35.
These old tractors where rated to the engine speed which fluctuates differently because tolerances in those days as well as a lack of computer machining meant things fluctuated between tractors of the same model only a dynamometer is a sure way to tell.
All in all, I agree that using older pull rotary cutters is the best way to stay efficient with this thing.
A bat wing on a 40 hp ( maybe) tractor . 😂 dumb comment award .
@@johngnipper8768. Yea, there are a lot of people that don’t understand that the framework and bulk of tractors of that era were underpowered for their size. While the 60 has the weight, it just does not have the PTO power to run a wide mower.
Please change back to an original muffler. Please. Your fine “60” is far too quiet and, more importantly, the authentic sound is lost.
Perhaps I will. That tractor needs a lot of work, and I will be doing some work on it in the coming year. Cracked engine block, bottom side. So I’ll probably pull the block out and weld it. Hard to find used blocks anymore. Also a blown exhaust manifold gasket and a cracked intake manifold. So a lot of work to do. Amazing that it still runs well, but it does.
@@flyboyslc1 Thank you for the reply!
Yep. Gotta get rid of that muffler