ford 9700 capabilities

[hoosierhog]

Just curious as to what can you do with a 135 hp tractor such as how big of a chisel, disk, cultivator could a tractor like the 9700/9600/9000
handle. No paticualr reason other than i was visiting with a friend and he was showing me some pictures of one that had been completely rebiult and new coat of paint and tires and new every thing it was a beautifull tractor. just made me wonder about it

 

[paul]

I have a TW-20, think the same hp. 12 foot chisel, plays with the 20 foot finishing disk (not a heavy offset disk!), had a 22 foot field cultivator, got a 24 foot, that's about max.

I run a 4-20 plow on it, I'm told it should pull a 5-bottom easy, but I have very tough soils, there are times the 4 is enough.

--->Paul

 

[Fordfarmer]

It will depend on soil type and how it's ballasted... but when I had a 9600, I pulled a 5x16 plow at 9-10" deep(could have pulled 6 bottoms, I'm sure), 20' field cultivator w/ 5" sweeps and a 3-bar coil-tine harrow, and a 2-row chopper. Used the 5x16 because that's what I had. Bought the chopper the same year, but 3-row heads are hard to find unless you want to spend $$$ on pretty new stuff. I could pull the chopper as fast as the gathering chains allowed. Fill a wagon in under 10 minutes in good corn. I usually plowed in 5th, dropping to 5th dual power to turn. I tired it in 6th once, just for grins, and it pulled it... smoked a lot, but it went... and threw the dirt. Just too fast for plowing. That old beast turned 140 on the dyno when I traded it, at 98xx hours.

 

[showcrop]

Fordfarmer, If you give me your email I'll send you a link to a video of my 9000 puttin' up smoke. Not as much though as the little Allis that beat me.

 

[Brian in MA]

I'd like to see that too. Did that flywheel work for your 9000 as you had hoped?

 

[jbirnsch]

We pull a 23" JD 235 disk with our 9000. It has it's pants full when the soil is wet. We had a Gehl 1060 chopper and the chopper could easily snuff the tractor out if not careful. We also used a Houle 4300 gallon tanker on the 9000 to haul out our slurry tank. Broke the draw bar with the Houle but the old draw bar had a hole drilled in where is rested on the support and it broke there. The new draw bar doesn't have that hole.

Jason
Ford 9000 discing

Fixed video link.

 

[showcrop]

J. was that tanker making your 9000 "gallop"? I've seen that, and had it happen with implements like tankers.

 

[jbirnsch]

The front would bounce until we added the front suitcase weights to it. After that it was good. The draw bar broke in the field spreading in 4th high. I believe it was because of the added hole in the drawbar that weakened it. We have spread hundreds of loads with the new drawbar.

Jason