On May 29, 9:00*am, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 05:13:22 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Man, for someone who tried to tell people he had a mechanical
engineering degree, you sure are stupid.

Who has a Mechanical Engineering degree - I'm confused.

Horsepower is far from the only variable in the equation. Take a Ford
8N tractor. I believe 26hp.

Well, that's true for stock, but if you put one of those Offenhauser
engines in it - heh, heh,heh...

One of the members of the Old Iron Tractor Club has one - V8 set up on
a 9N (which is really an 8N - it's a long story).

Seventh from the right in this picture.

http://www.oldirontractorclub.com/tractor_pics.htm

That wide track MTA used to be mine - it belongs to the club treasurer
now. I restored it, including the Torque Amplifier (which was a major
pain in the wazoo I might add), the found out that it was too big to
use around the house. *:)

The tractor next to the MTA (to the left) is a very interesting piece
- it has a retrofitted International DT465 with a monster turbo system
- I've seen that thing pull oak trees out of the ground without even
straining.

If on solid ground, I'd pull your boat, AND your SUV around like they
were toys.

I'll have to find the picture. One of the guys in the club has a John
Deere 62 - the fore runner to the L series - and he pulled a 36 inch,
twelve foot long hemlock log around the Annual Plow Day we have every
year - a distance of about a mile.

http://johnnypopper.com/jdgifs/expo/62.jpg

That's good stuff and brings back a lot of memories, living around
farm country. My uncle's father had a Minneapolis Moline with a hand
clutch. Weird thing, you almost stood up on the back, the seat was
more kind of leaning on than sitting on! It was big.