Hi Lisa , when the muckspreader chains get longer poor ole Bessie is on her knees , she wouldnt be long getting hot , you may get a six cylinder and shoehorn it into it
Hi john. I am not keen on the length of a 6 pot major. To be fair she does not run hot on the gague but a higher hp 4 pot is more the asthetics i like.
Hi Lisa. Some 50 years ago I drove my father's Super Major working a Howard rotary spreader of a smaller diameter than you have there. It could manage it OK. But for the spreader similar to your size, we used a Ford 5000. So when the Major began to die at the end as the chains got greedy, I wasn't surprised.
Yes we have a 5000 on the farm and i used thst at the start of the year. It did cope a lot better than the major. I think a lot of people forget the Howard 100 is a lot smaller than the Frazer we have.
@Lisa_Turner The other issue with Diesel Majors of that era was that the standard 540 RPM PTO speed occurred at around 1200 RPM engine speed which is very low. There was a Raised PTO unit that could be fitted that physically raised the position of the PTO shaft and changed the Engine/PTO gearing ratio slightly so that 540 on the PTO was at higher engine revs. It also provide a disconnect between it's PTO output shaft and the original tractor PTO shaft so that the hydraulics could be run on the tractor while the PTO shaft of an implement would not turn if not required. Such units are impossible to find now.
@@dellhell8842 the were raterd for 1600 rpm morebinline with prak hp and 1200 rpm is more in lone with peak torque. Raised pto units are still available but people want stupid money and collectors seem to be willing to pay it
To my knowledge those Major's spun the PTO at a higher speed than the standard 540 putting more pressure on the engine. You are also working with a tractor that is now more than 60 years old. They weren't great at opening the load as they hadn't the torque. Power output would be if not below it about 45 horse power. If you traveled a good distance from the farmyard to the field you certainly could be in trouble opening the load. I recall it happening to my late father with a borrowed Major in the late '70's when filling with a Zetor 4511 on the loader. He had to go back to the farmyard and put the Zetor on the spreader as it had ground drive from the rear wheels of the tractor to the pto to open the load. After that he'd turn the load briefly before leaving the yard with the Major, wrapping the chains around the shaft making it easier to open. The comment about changing the upper sprocket is correct, Howard printed an advisory on the front guard (covering the driving chain) to use the correct sprocket for your tractor!! Slowing down the shaft working the chains. Memories from a time in my life long gone!! Stick to the tractor with the greater power.
Hi Pat. Thank you for your comment. I don't know if frazer offer different size sprockets like Howard did. Also as this is an old spreader i don't know if these are still available? The rotor shaft can be turned to wrap the chains like you say if there is a long way to travel. On this occasion we were loading in the same field. The pto speed is very low in the engine rev range and probably at the highest torque and not highest horse power? The frazer is a 4½ foot diameter barrel compared to the howard 100 typically used at a 3 foot back in the day 😀
@Lisa_Turner Yes you are correct, higher pto speed at lower engine revs leading to lower torque. I think Ford addressed this issue in the Super Major. Use the Major for smaller tasks and get more out of it. Enjoy what you're doing.
Yeh he is a naughty boy. On the plus side it is ny on impossible to engage the dog clutch without pressing the clutch. Trust mechanical dog clutches a lot nore than ipto packs
The fordson has serious fuel issues hence the black smoke, possibly and judging by the revving the fuel pump is too advanced and needs retarding a bit.
When i was young we had a Howard 100 muckspreader on our old super major it struggled driving it because the PTO was too high geared whereas our neighbours Nuffield 460 drove it no bother
Yeh someone said the top sprocket on the spreader was changeable for different tractors to make it better. Not sure how big the selection of sprockets was and if they came with the spreader or had to be purchased seperately?
Howard Machinery built several different sizes of rotor spreader starting from 100 up to the largest contractor 250 which were only sold to contractors and odd large farms.
@@michaellynskey7124that is interesting to know thst they only sold the bigger kit to contractors. I thought a sale was a sale but the farmer needs the tractor capable of powing it too
No they wasn't just for bigger farms & Contractor, The largest Howard was a 250 contractor for anyone to purchase, Sorry if I didn't explain it properly.
Weights now and front flail eventually. At the moment it lets us take two implements to the field to save coming back to the yard to change as we swap them in the field. Saves a fair bit of time tbh.
I see two things, one is you need a raised pto, the other is your barrel spreader is a little too big for your power major, sloppy manure takes more power to spread than farmyard manure anyway, as you found out when it was getting low.
Hi Glen. Yes the spreader is a bit big. It is ment for bigger tractors and we wanted to see how the major compared to the Ford 5000 i used on it earlier in the year. I thought it did quite well being a lot smaller.
Spreading solid manure is so beneful to the soil. It brings organic matter, minerals and bacterial life so important for the soil itself and the growing crop. Most of all, it was spreaded on live crop. Congrats. Votre Ford en boucane un coup Madame !
@@Lisa_Turner Hi again. I also hope you know that artificial fertilizers are from a mineral source. Witch is exactly the same source crops are using to grow. The bacterias are transforming organic matter to mineral for plants. BUT organic fertilizers like manure (solid as possible) are way more efficient to soil. No doubt. As lime is to rise pH level.
@@Lisa_Turner Hi again Miss Turner. Don't worry. I studied soil technology 40 years ago. I worked for a fertilizer company for 13 years. So I know a bit of what's going on when manure or mineral fertilizers are added to soil. Today's farming is contrary of what it should be. Pesticides are really bad in food chain. Using heavy machinerie on soil fields is another one. Everything has it's limit. The best farms in the world are respectful of the resource. I'm sure you are. Cheers.
No sense no feeling is what they say. I have no problem with mechanical pto engagement. It is the ipto packs that i am not keen on when the engine is running.
