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John Deere D hand start video
By: HolmenTree Date: November 1, 2017, 8:53 pm
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[member=19]Al Smith[/member] you have to see this. We were
talking about hand starting these old 2 cylinders notably the
501 cubic inch D model.
Well this good ole farm girl from Kansas shows how it's done.
She's actually a commercial airline pilot with over 3000 hours
under her belt.
Priceless entertainment...watch the whole 7 minutes.
HTML https://youtu.be/xIliNl9Fx2A
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Re: John Deere D hand start video
By: Al Smith Date: November 5, 2017, 5:23 am
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;D There's a trick to it .Choke on ,mag off .Roll it over twice
then 1/2 choke mag on .Just like a kick start Harley
Three sounds I hope I can hear forever.A Harley vee twin at 80
MPH,A big marine diesel under load and the sound of a John Deere
big two cylinder under load
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Re: John Deere D hand start video
By: farmboy Date: November 5, 2017, 8:00 pm
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Back in the day we had a tricycle 70 popping John. @ idle you
could put the front end against a big tree and it would just dig
it down to the frame. Don't miss it just love the torque and
sound.
Shep
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Re: John Deere D hand start video
By: Al Smith Date: November 8, 2017, 5:09 am
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I grew up a few miles from an area in Ohio called the great
Scioto marsh .It was swamp land that was drained and had the
richest organic soil in the country .Once the onion growing
capitol of the world .They normally years ago used crawler
tractors because of the soft soil .I've heard stories of old
John Deeres sinking up to the frames by sitting at idle too long
.
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Re: John Deere D hand start video
By: HolmenTree Date: November 8, 2017, 4:19 pm
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Our farm neighbor got his hay bale wagon and Case 930 diesel
tractor stuck in a mud bog. I was about 14 and offered him a tow
with my Dad's JD D.
He laughed but didn't laugh when I pulled him and his 85 h.p.
tractor out. Then I backed up, hooked up and pulled the wagon
out.
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Re: John Deere D hand start video
By: Al Smith Date: November 8, 2017, 4:37 pm
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For some reason the model D does very good on loose or wet soil
.My buddy has a later model D and believe it or not can plow in
high gear with it although that does make the old gal bark a
little .
We took turns belting up to a big grain separator at our county
fair .I had one of my A JD's,1946 on it and it made the old
thing bark .His D almost never even cracked the governor .
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Re: John Deere D hand start video
By: HolmenTree Date: November 8, 2017, 8:00 pm
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Mind you I pulled that wagon and Case tractor with a 30 foot
heavy logging chain from different angles of approach on semi
solid ground. But the old D had some gumbo to contend with .
Our D was a newer model with a 3 speed so she had a fair ammount
of power. They weren't geared very high, high gear would do
about 5 mph.
They were a short wheelbase tractor with alot of weight back at
the rear tires. Fluid filled rear tires were wide spaced too so
they held the ground level for good traction. Something about
that heavy chain drive and gearing plus the weight of that big
heavy flywheel momentum working with that low 900 rpm 501 cubic
engine made lots of pulling power.
I always wanted to restore one and tour around the little
prairie summer plowing matches and threshing exhibitions I grew
up with.
The forest was always only my "2nd home"in my mind. ;)
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