farmall a....

[williamjshaver]

wonderif if its foolish to try and seed a grain crop with this tractor pulling a jd fb grain drill...toom much for the tractor....

 

[DeltaRed]

A small drill doesn't pull hard.I pulled one easily with my 8N Ford.

 

[williamjshaver]

that fb should be okay then...

 

[williamjshaver]

i recall pulling one with a massey harris pony....my soils are loamy as well....and pulling over a crop of fall seeded rye that was crimp rolled.

 

[rustred]

yes way too much for that farmall A. get in the soft ground with a full drill and your done. unless your land is like cement then it will pull it. a farmall H is more of a matched tractor to that.

 

[Brownie450]

Just don't fill it completely full.
Refill more often.
Jim

 

[williamjshaver]

okay, wondered, trying to use as light a tractor as possible, guess at min my massy harris 30, will do...as i'll be seeding into crimp rolled fall seeded rye.

 

[khouse6]

how much will it weigh?

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

You've got nothing to lose by trying. Don't listen to these guys who tell you you need a 600HP Quadratrac to pull a 9' grain drill.

 

[old]

That one is sort of like when I was told I could not use a 6 foot 3 point brush hog behind my 1935 JD B. I rigged up a hitch set up and it did just fine in all but the real heavy stuff

 

[rustred]

maybe we should have a drill width here, dont know if its 10 ft or 14 ft. make a big difference on your question. plus wht you are seeding. wheat , oats or barley. the grain alone can be 700-900 lbs., depending on drill size and type of grain.

 

[williamjshaver]

its about 10ft...mixed grains of oats,peas, barley, wheat, or flax.

 

[williamjshaver]

yes, overkill.

 

[khouse6]

10 foot wide. 800 pounds of grain. should not be a problem. ones similar to this, not so wide, were pulled with a team of mules.

 

[LMack]

Should not be a problem. I pulled a similar unit with a 200 and it did not know it was there. We also pulled easy flows to spread fertilizer and never had a problem with the small tractors. The only issue I know you might have will be sharp turning in soft soil. The wide front on the A does not like to turn sharp in soft ground. Make your turns gentle and it will not be an issue.

 

[williamjshaver]

yes... quite, thanks.

 

[gene bender]

Unless your drill is a huge one the A will pull it just how did they farm When that was the only tractor they had you sure dont need 100hp cab ect to pull small drill

 

[gene bender]

jUST FOR KICKS the neighbor pulled a small old pto baler and wagon on a couple acres level ground got along just fine with his Farmall A