Does anyone pull with a John Deere 60

[FarmallRay]

Just wandering if any of you pull with a JD 60 ?
How do they do? Any secrets how to set one up.
I got one..1953 Thinking of trying it at a local fair this summer.

 

[north puller]

Can you get your hands on some wheel weights? You don't have power for 2nd so you have to run low. Make it heavy. Maybe 8500 lbs. Try 500- 700 lbs on the nose. Make a pulling ring to bolt to your drawbar and shim it up to max allowable height. Drop your tire pressure to around 7.5 to 8 PSI. You arn't going to win, but this should get your tractor to work well and you should have fun. Watch your wheels and ride the brake if a wheel starts spinning. Good luck.

 

[2-banger]

60 is basically a heavy a...iam doing the motor in my 60 and we are going to pull it. it will have al pistons to raise compression and head is shaved .150 and we are going to clean up all rough edges, cut brow back and ive got a lp manifold , i think iam going to put a set of murphys rockers on it. it should make 55-60hp. a 60 will pull 1st gear stock and spin out. ive got a friend with a stock 60 that does very good in 7500lb and up..1st gear..60 also will do well dead weight pulling with low 1st gear.

 

[2-banger]

i pulled my 50 this past yr in 5500 and 6500lbs , in 1st gear at about a idle it spun out in 5500lb we got 6th out 24...the heavier the class the better. this 50 is pretty much stock with al pistons and orginal tires. we are going to weight it right down this yr maybe even pull it in 7500lb if i can get the weight on it. in 5500lb 2nd gear it whent as far but ran out of power

 

[Anonymous-0]

several good pullin' 60's in the Tn.,Ga. area and they do a good job.Surprising how heavy some of them do pull and do well

 

[VicS]

Look on the Mean Green Pulling Team and then Tunica results. A 60 came in 5th in the 5500 4mph class, and a A came in 3rd I think, the A was Moore's he placed in at least one more class. The heavier classes were won by larger tractors. Type in John Deeres @ Tunica. You can watch the A pull and can see the 60 waiting to hook. And the 820 pulling in King of the hill. and my 435, All the 4 mph classes can run 18.4 X 38 full cut tires. In this class were big Olivers and RD engined 460 560 Ihc, and big Molines etc. Took serious hp.

 

[JDG]

The first thing you will have to do is get rid of the long short bar tires!

 

[tn ollie]

search john deere 60 on youtube u can see the one with the shinny frontend there

 

[BushogPapa]

Get in touch with jdbpuller (Extreme)..!!

He can give 1st-hand advise...he actually RUNS what he makes..!

Want 100 to 150 HP..?? he can help make it (in a "B" or 50..)..!!

A and G also...among other Custom made parts..

Ron.

 

[north puller]

I assume that this is a stock 60? You are going to try it at a local fair. So you haven't pulled it before? Have you ever tractor pulled before? The advice I gave would be for a stock tractor and a newby puller.

JD b puller can get you 150 HP.

Tractor pulling can be fun but also expensive.
I would give it a try, and have some fun with your stock tractor at the fair first. If you go to win, you may be disappointed. If you go to have fun, you will, and you may get lucky and win one or two. If you really enjoy the sport then maybe next year you can build you 60 up to 150 HP. Just my two cents worth.

 

[JD ONLY]

Here's a picture of my buddy running my 60 lp wich does very well at the pulls in the 8500 and 10000 lb classes.It gets a lot of 1st and 2cnds.

 

[JD ONLY]

Sorry trying to get photo on.

 

[wana be puller]

What kinda money does it take to get A 60 to 150 HP and What does one waigh in pulling trim I think the lowest I have ever see one go is 6000 or 5500 sound about right?

 

[Anonymous-0]

With 18.4-38 super alls my 60 weighs 4700 lb.

 

[TERRY HAYES]

heck no wonder our stock A never has a chance 30 hp compared to 150hp i dont feel so bad gettin whooped up on now

 

[buickanddeere]

Most people hate to cut a 60 up for modified pulling.Still too useful to farm with.
The live pto, duplex carb, live hydraulics and power steering make the 60 more useful but heavier.
You have to sit light on the seat to get one into the 5500lb class

 

[Anonymous-0]

I'd like to see one of those 100-150hp b's, 80 hp is more like it for a large b

 

[Anonymous-0]

60's are obsolete for farm work around here so go ahead and hack them up!

 

[jd b puller]

(quoted from post at 13:06:27 01/16/11) I'd like to see one of those 100-150hp b's, 80 hp is more like it for a large b

Doug, 150+ is the where I'm shooting for with the RPM's we're allowed to run. Can't get there with displacement alone. Maybe with funny fuels. 471cubic inches @ 2500 RPM's. Billet crank, custom head, duplex carb, etc.

 

[gtx1967jewison]

awesome! farmalls (heha) do poor in this type pulling. This is where JD shines. heavy heavy tuggin, gettin the job done, not high-speed entertainment pulls. looks like you need weight farther forward tho-

 

[XL cid A]

You talking about geting 150 out of A/60 or a B? Not saying it cant be done but I'd have to see it in person for eather one.

 

[ericsegaline]

Me too i have a freind with murpheys block head and manifold 9.250 stroke not makeing mutch more than that tractor runs real nice and murpheys make real nice stuff but its still only two cylinders low rpm lots of tourqe

 

[ericsegaline]

In a G

 

[jd b puller]

XL, my plan is to get that out of the B. Can't do it with cubes. need to add RPM's to the equation.

471 CI @ 2500 RPM

 

[BushogPapa]

Hey Ray..he has not met you on the track...yet...!!

He aint running no 1/4" over-bore, fella..!

And, YES, he never uses a gear lower than 4th (sometime 6th)...!!

Ron..

 

[Anonymous-0]

PULL A STOCK 1953 50, AND A STOCK 1955 60 IN ALOT OF DEAD WT 5500-6500 PULLS AND DO PRETTY WELL, LOTS OF FUN.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Those recycled Bud can blocks of his must really be something! I can guarantee that 4th would be the highest gear he would use in our area,2nd and 3rd would be more realistic, fella! Ought to be called "Smoke and Mirrors" tractor parts!

 

[BushogPapa]

Just hold your breath, you will have to PULL against him sometime...

Then you will eat your cheap talk.

He puts his stuff out there for everyone to see..

Ron..

 

[Curt Smith]

I have owned a 60 for amost 15 years. Always been a good puller and a top three finisher in whatever class I pulled it in. Super farm 5000 to 7500 and stock 5000 to 8500. Last 3 years my daughter has pulled it in stock class 5500 and 6000. Started when she was 10 - now she is 12. Consistantly First and Second in the points in our clubs 6 pulls/yr. Tractor regularly beats Oliver 88, 880, Case DC's and Minnie UB and IH Ms. Very tough old 60.

 

[XL cid A]

Do you think that adding RPM's will make that much HP diffrence? I can see a little but not that much gain. I seen were you were starting to make G blocks what about A blocks?

 

[jd b puller]

(quoted from post at 20:24:53 01/22/11) Do you think that adding RPM's will make that much HP diffrence? I can see a little but not that much gain. I seen were you were starting to make G blocks what about A blocks?

XL, yes, as long as it can be fed and stay together, RPM's will make a huge difference. It's getting it's own cylinder head (basically billet), a large manifold, radical cam and a billet 3 main crank. Flywheel, I'm up in the air on, most likely just cover the stock one good. Horsepower is a function of how many BTU's you can run thru it.

You can ROUGH compare engines by taking RPM*Cubes/7500, asssuming it's got good compression, cam, timing.. It's real rough, but at least gets you in the ballpark.

The first G blocks should be done within 2-4 weeks.

The A blocks are coming at some point, but I've got to recover some tooling money first. I can tell you this, a Head is 10 times the work of a block to get right.

E-mail me off line, this post pretty much got hijacked...

To the original poster, Jesse Allen in TN has a mean 60, I think he runs it quite a few RPM's.

 

[Anonymous-0]

(quoted from post at 19:14:08 01/22/11)

(quoted from post at 20:24:53 01/22/11) Do you think that adding RPM's will make that much HP diffrence? I can see a little but not that much gain. I seen were you were starting to make G blocks what about A blocks?

XL, yes, as long as it can be fed and stay together, RPM's will make a huge difference. It's getting it's own cylinder head (basically billet), a large manifold, radical cam and a billet 3 main crank. Flywheel, I'm up in the air on, most likely just cover the stock one good. Horsepower is a function of how many BTU's you can run thru it.

You can ROUGH compare engines by taking RPM*Cubes/7500, asssuming it's got good compression, cam, timing.. It's real rough, but at least gets you in the ballpark.

The first G blocks should be done within 2-4 weeks.

The A blocks are coming at some point, but I've got to recover some tooling money first. I can tell you this, a Head is 10 times the work of a block to get right.

E-mail me off line, this post pretty much got hijacked...

To the original poster, Jesse Allen in TN has a mean 60, I think he runs it quite a few RPM's.

Ray you using them words I like to hear btus ,exotic fuels . On that quest for them horses add no more than a coke bottle cap of that chemical used to scavenge the oxygen out of the steam on a high pressure boiler . It will make that two cylinder sound dynamite but anymore than that she will grenade shrapnel. Keep a check on the main bearing cap half its life span reduces. Have fun