I had this same discovery a few years ago with my 4-150 White. When I bought it the dealer said they are pretty good runners but keep it revved up and don't lug it. After a couple years of doing the 3rd gear direct drive wide open gig I did the same thing as you. I was only pulling a cultimulcher though and I was actually able to pull that in 4th overdrive and throttle it way back. Like you said, it was very easy on fuel, vibrations were reduced a lot and the radio did sound a lot better. I have a 11 tooth pull type chisel plow though and that works the crap out of it. You have to give it the fuel to pull that. My disk is a white 271 that is 25 ft wide and very heavy. It pulls pretty hard too. That motor really seems to make a lot of torque and will pull very good even if its down to 1500 rpms. It has incredible power burst when you throttle it up too. You just hit the stick and it's there. No waiting on power. I plow with 6-16's and that is about right for the mixture of soils we have. Some very hard clay but also some sandier soils. Its a 6-16 IH 710 that is a perfect combo with this white. I run super sized singles with no duals. I really like the singles too. They do everything very well for me. I plowed some very heavy cornstalks this fall and it did a great job. They are fun tractors to operate when they are working well. I know I am much less concerned about slightly wet areas to keep working with this tractor than when I am operating a 2wd tractor. Mine burns about 6.5 gallons of fuel per hour plowing.
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