What would you do?

[Pastor John]

It is quite apparent to me that our Tractor Rides have gone beyond the days of showing off the "old Iron" to a time and place where we seek to feel the air whizzing past our faces. Don't get me wrong I enjoy seeing all tractors in the rides but how can we make a place for some of those older Case models? I had the only SC/DC generation tractor among 540 tractors in the WHO Ride this summer
To ask for a slower group in these big rides is a logistical impossibility.

So here is my question, if you had the resources what tractor and style...C, CC, RC would you like to see on those rides and how would you go about (no pun intended)bringing them up to speed?

 

[watsonsgotit]

If you want a good tractor ride tractor you need a 00 series triple range. You will still probably never need the triple range.

 

[Gary from Iowa]

Pastor John - I agree with your comments. I have a C, RC, two DC's and a Model S. I don't know why, but the S goes in that 13-14 mph range. I don't think many people would be willing to change the gears in the rear end like you did to gain speed. (Cost, know how, etc.). Bigger tires is not going to solve the problem. I don't know the answer, but am curious to see what folks have to say.

 

[mattwillson]

I d just put the slower tractors out back, at the end of the day you ll be right there in line anyhow and still have a good time.

 

[Chris Susie]

I think the organizers should make an shorter "inside loop" for the slower tractors and a "outside" longer loop for the bigger tractors. That way they all kinda start and end at the same place and time.

Id like to take my tractors sometime but most of the rides here are "one ways" and I don"t have a trailer or a way to get back. I like a "loop" ride better.

 

[John Saeli]

My good friend is an IH collector, and he tells me that some IH models are slower, so their group has a speed limit of 10 MPH.