I learned to drive tractors on a Super C in 1972. We used that thing for cutting hay, raking, grain and hay wagon pulling, and as a PTO for almost anything. It's great to see one still in use.
Don't understand why everyone is worried about this young man putting a stright pipe on his tractor...its his!. Can we not take a minute and enjoy that a young man is farming old school! And getting it done..this is real farming not government hand out welfare corporate farming with the latest computer gadgets on an overpriced plastic tractor that drives itself . This young man deserves credit for wanting to learn the old ways...as for straight pipes burning valves...old tractors came with straight s from the factory...doesn't hurt a thing
Impressive to see a C pulling that off. Our M with a single row corn chopper & full size chopper box really worked hard. We would hook the Super C to the M on that last leg to pull up Sugar Ridge (MI sand farmers). I just bought a Super C out of Missouri a few days ago (why I am here) with a Woods mower deck for our little 50 acre airport. This tractor will live out its glory days with an easy life.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the straight pipe on that motor for farm use actually damages the valves. If he was going to use it for tractor pull it’s ok for the use is limited. I’ve seen the valves after a summer of straight pipe on an H and all were burnt! This is true farming at its finest. You did a good job son.
We had a 717 back when I was growing up. Ol'gal did a pretty good job. Looked like the knives needed sharpening and the sheer bar adjusted a tad. Brought back memories. Loved it!
When I saw the title, I wondered how you could pull this off. Then I see the sweet corn, already picked! In my youth, our power was a John Deere 3020, and pulled a one row chopper in silage corn, 12’ tall, ears in tact.
I use my 54 Super C to cut and bale hay. I use a New Holland 469, 9' haybine. Cant go fast, but gets the job done and does about 5 acers. Then I go over and do neighbors and they have a pretty good hill and she works going up it. Manure spreader? Only thing I can see doing that is to keep the chopper balanced with the narrow front on tractor. The Super C is small tractor, but for many many years they got used when a bigger tractor was down. Everyone thinks of the big ol JD 8100 and bigger today, but during that time, not even close to how big they are today. There is stories of farmers plowing up 200 acers with them and they rose to the occasion and got it done. Its 1954, they used what they had.
@@30acreshop_time Mmmm corn is not a legume and it depletes nitrogen from the soil. P is phosphurus and K is potassium which is removed from soil when fodder is remove or baled. Legumes, examples are kidney beans and best known is soybeans. These put nitrogen back into the ground. However, at a micorbial level, if you have stalks, roots etc you disced in, it takes a lot of carbon and nitrogen to feed the bacteria to break the stalks and roots down, so that amount of nitrogen is gone and not feeding the crops. There is a lot of research in this.
@@oldiron4135 yeah I thought corn wasn’t, I’m not sure why I said it was a legume. I’m gonna start hobby farming a bit of land I own and I’ve been doing a lot of research so I know quite a bit about it. What I’ve learnt is that alfalfa is the best nitrogen fixing legume but it never leaves the soil so it’d be a really bad cover crop
Good old chopper I did a lot of chopping with one also in the 60 we had a 33 John deere spreader we took the beaters off with 6or8 bolts put a tail gate on and combine oats in with a 66 Allis combine
There's the angry bumblebee sound! I stop by fields today and don't hear a sound coming from the chopper. What gives? 400 horse and 6 rows should be aeronautical!
Awsome the old manure spreader i also have a old one i use to haul fire wood lol it works awsome set up you have there i cut my beaters out easier that way
Fun to watch but it was under minimal load. And yes, as others have said . Straight pipes burn valves. So why destroy an engine for a few additional hp for a very limited amount of time?
@@kolakoskifarm5323 It's an old wives tales. Not sure when the muffler became standard on the super series, but it was listed as optional on previous farmalls, although recommend in "urban" areas. Most people took the option.
Nope! When my father chopped corn with an M, he had to fast clutch it at the row ends so he could pop it out of gear, then let the chopper clear itself.
I think it would sound much better with a glass pak muffler. That would also alow you to hear what is going on in your pto, gearbox, and chopper. The way it is you couldn't hear if your tire was ripped open. Looks like a fools errand to me.
