Re: Stieger Tractor Vs John Deere

Posted by Howard H. on January 04, 2007 at 18:07:55 from (164.58.210.239):

In Reply to: Re: Stieger Tractor Vs John Deere posted by Skywalker on January 04, 2007 at 17:23:26:

Well, over the years we twisted off 3-4 axles on Dad's 6030 JD.

We also beat several 3 point quick-tach's completely to a pulp on two JD 6030's, 2 JD 4840's, and Dad's 4850.

It was nice getting a real slab of iron when I bought the Versatile. I really liked the outboard planetary axle drives on the big 4-wheelers - both Steiger & Versatile. They really multiply the torque out where it is needed - on the wheels - so it lessens the strain on the rest of the drive train.

I put a new set of 20.8x38 Goodyear's on the 895 and I guarantee if you could slip that much rubber traction-wise, you had a REAL problem.

If you've never driven a 4 wheeler like that - I'd say go test drive one first - you might really be surprised - to me, it was like moving up from a Chevy tandem truck to a Peterbilt semi.

As far as turning up the power, I guess I've always been a wimp in the sense that the engineers that designed the equipment were being paid good money to match components for the best fit. I figure they knew more about why they designed it that way than I did - and it would likely be false economy if I tried to create "more equipment" than what I had purchased, just by pouring more fuel to the fire by turning the engine up.

I had to put a Cummins re-man engine in the Versatile and it was rated 360hp instead of the 315 it had come with - I actually had the mechanic turn the new engine down, because I had plenty of power before anyway, and I didn't want to risk tearing up the trannie, drive train, etc...

One other thing - one of the neighbors bought a Steiger about that vintage from quite a ways off. He thought he got it pretty cheap, but found out the transmission was failing - I don't remember all the details, but he said it was an unusual type of trannie that was terribly expensive to work on. You might make sure it is not some oddball or at least that it is in really good shape...

Other than that, for primary tillage - I think a real 4 wheeler is the only way to go. Keep the elegance and polish of the JD row-crop tractors and their Sound-gard cabs for the "dainty" work.

Howard

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