Facebook Page: Wildcatwilly... Email: Wildcatwilly92@gmail.com In this episode Charles and Timothy rehabilitate the hay pasture with the mighty G1000 Vista Propane Tractor.
I was an employee in the engine development group at the dyno lab at the Lake St Facility in Mpls when this tractor was originally built. I loved this model.
The G1000 was produced by Minneapolis-Moline during the 1960s. The exact production years may vary depending on the specific model and variations within the G1000 series.The Minneapolis-Moline G1000 typically featured a three-point hitch for attaching and using implements. The three-point hitch is a standardized system for mounting and controlling attachments on the rear of the tractor.It came with a Power Take-Off (PTO) system, enabling the tractor to power various implements and machinery, such as plows, mowers, and balers.
When I was a little kid my Dad's biggest tractor was a Farmall 560 with about 60 HP I believe. Had a 6 cylinder gasoline engine. He pulled a 4-16" plow with that and I remember it was hard work for it. The first Diesel tractor we got was an IH 766 and a new 5-18" plow. It used 1/3 of the fuel of the 560 and pulled that new plow like it wasn't even there. Edit: never did he try plowing a cow pasture with that 560. Probably would have stopped it dead. Also- you are correct it's called the "dead furrow" My Dad said it was an art to plow a field correctly back then. My uncle farmed about 500 acres next to our farm and to the day they retired from farming he had my Dad start the plowing of his fields because he could never get the furrow right. I personally have no idea, just a memory from childhood. Nice old tractors still working. Good to see.
Make those adjustments on the plow, the draft/pull should be from the center of the tractor. Swinging the drawbar makes the tractor unstable, as you could tell by having to constantly turn the tractor to the left. Can be dangerous if a big rock or root stops the plow. Sweet Moline. Best regards from Indiana.
Good video. Nice discussion of lining up the plow. I think you could have gone one more hole on the drawbar...#1 didn't look like it was turning as much as the others. Nice job!
Always liked the looks of those Vista's. Ne ver were any in this area as no MM dealers close. Never heard of issues with the pinion bearing. I know a lot of guys back i n the day would add a M&W turbo. Gave it a boost of power up to 150 or better. Those are the guys that had pinion trouble. As long as the rear wheels can slip a bit in a bind, you should'd have any worries, keep the ballast down to a reasonable level. We always pulled 6 /16s with our IHC 806 and only ever wore out one pinion gear in 8000 hours of hard pulling. The 806 was a close competitor in size to the Vista.
I just love the Molines. Had a G1000 Vista that I bought at an auction. It was way too big for what I needed so I sold it. Thanks for the video. Scott in Arkansas
It seems like it would be faster and easier to go over it with a rototiller once instead of going over it several times with different attachments. When I was much younger I remember seeing rototillers that were 10 to 15 ft wide for big farm tractors.
Those were tried out in this area, slow as a turtle to make a pass and it left the soil too fine. If you get a hard rain and it turns out hot weather, the ground will turn into a low grade concrete!
How much fuel did you use? How do you fill the propane tank? I would be interested in a video on filling the propane tank? I drove a school bus that was converted to propane. It started on gas then switched to propane then back to gas when I was done for the day!
If you look further back on my channel I do an in-depth video on filling propane tractors. You do not get as much fuel efficiency as I understand it out of propane but the price of fuel more than makes up for that. Plus the added benefit of the fuel never going bad or gumming up a carburetor or injection pump. Propane all the way!
What model of plow is that? Parts of it remind me of the 4-16 IH model 70 my dad used with the '67 M670 back in the 70s but its got Oliver colors and does not look like the Oliver 4340 plow we also had (that was a 3-16).
Please be careful letting that young man ride on the fender, I know a family that lost their son that way. Accidents happen so quickly. Enjoyed the plowing part tho, and that Moline tractor
You should remove both duals. Having 1 dual only creates a lot of stress on the differential when 1 side has more slippage than the other. That load, annoying music is dubbed in is very irritating. Leave that crap at home. Let's just listen to the sweet music of the engine working away.
Buenas noches yo fui tractorista ,antes de ser traylero aprendi mucho de tractores, y un tractor agricola deve de hir desahogado de el motor, no deve de hir forsado el motor ,, sale pues saludos desde Querétaro México 👍
@@wildcatwillyit's always been my observation that SOME people think that their STOCK tractors can pull like the upgraded version of their tractors that they see at the Tractor Pull Shows 😅 and they put on the biggest tires they can find or duals and hook it to the biggest implement they can find . Some even put twin turbos on a STOCK engine and wonder what happened when the engine blows and the gears exit through the transmission case lol . Rarely does a tractor break if you use it with the size implement and tires specified by the manufacturer .
