If you check the numbers in Nebraska Test Lab reports you will quickly see the advantage of adding ballast for the pulling of heavy objects. In fact, I couldn't find a Massey Ferguson tractor that was tested without ballast. Cheapskates that they are and knowing full well their tractors will pull better with ballast, so why pay for the extra tests? John Deere, on the other hand, seems to go out of their way to include as many test configurations as possible. For example: If you check Nebraska OECD Test #1952-summary #634, for a John Deere7330 PQ Plus, you will see that in the "Drawbar Performance Unballasted-Front Drive Engaged-1750 RPM, the tractor pulled a maximum of 12645lbs. Same test only this time ballasted resulted in a maximum pull of 15707lbs. A significant improvement. Not only for such things as plowing but handling big grain carts as well.
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Today's Featured Article - George's Fordson Major - by Anthony West (UK). This is a bit of a technical info to add on to the article about George's Major in the "A Towny Goes Plowing" article. George bought his Major from a an implement sale about 18 years ago for £200.00. There is no known history regarding its origins or what service it had done, but the following work was undertaken by Harold alone to bring it up to show standard. From the engine number, it was found that the major was produced late 19
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