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Cat d4-7U pulls corn chopper

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1 year 3 months ago #250224 by FarmerD5
I would like to hear your input about cat d4-7U with 2 speed pto pulls corn chopper or silage. Have anybody done it and wonder if it works good. 
farmerD5

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1 year 3 months ago #250234 by neil
Replied by neil on topic Cat d4-7U pulls corn chopper
I'm definitely interested in the video when it comes out. I can't get enough of PTO and pulley-powered operations with crawlers : )
I've seen a guy baling with one, and another pulling a brush hog but no choppers

Cheers,
Neil

Pittsford, NY

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1 year 3 months ago #250235 by Rome K/G
Yes, many farmers did years back when fields were too wet for wheel tractors, it has been done.

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1 year 3 months ago - 1 year 3 months ago #250250 by D4Jim
Replied by D4Jim on topic Cat d4-7U pulls corn chopper
Back in the 60's our neighbor used a 6U to pull a 2 row chopper. He used a 4 row mounted planter at that time. Don't remember the brand of the chopper.
That being said the planted corn populations around here were probably less than half what is planted now. Truck followed the chopper so no wagon pulled by the Cat.
Don't remember it being much different cutting rate than the similar chopper we used on a Super WD-9. Chopped corn was placed in a trench silo.

I believe the 6U was about 1954 or 55.

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1 year 3 months ago #250252 by trainzkid88
it would certainly drive the implement just fine standard pto speed is 540rpm.
the ground speed might be the issue.
plenty of farms in aus use tracked tractors in cotton and grain crops.

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1 year 3 months ago #250253 by Dandy Dave
I can remember my Dad using an International T6 crawler on the farm in the 1960's to pull our John Deere 2 row corn chopper around the field as it was too wet for a wheel tractor to go it alone.

1940 Cat 12 Grader 6M17
1956 Cat D2-5U
1956 Cat D6- 9U 23721
Copake, NY.

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1 year 3 months ago #250257 by CRS93082
We have run combines and other pto implements on D2s and D4s. No issues other that the pto is not a live shaft so when you disengage the main clutch the pto stops. Not a huge deal but it would be nice to be able to stop the tractor and let the machine catch up when you start to plug up.

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1 year 3 months ago #250271 by 8C 361
Replied by 8C 361 on topic Cat d4-7U pulls corn chopper
You can accomplish that by pulling both steering clutches.

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1 year 3 months ago #250274 by ctsnowfighter
8C361 - good point
Many do not realize those clutches can be used to stop all forward movement and allow one to take machine out of gear in emergency situations.
I had a pin come out of the master clutch linkage inside the housing, at the time I was discing prunes and a limb caught the radiator cap, tail seat 7UD4
No place to hide! Certainly not the time to discover a pin had fallen out!
CTS

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1 year 3 months ago #250278 by juiceman
A large farmer here had some orchard D4's with PTO's. Can you imagine having that pto shaft under your behind and so close to your ankles? They actually had operators pull brush choppers with it. I would be scared to death! I tend to think those particular versions were more suited for turning a stationary irrigation pump, not a death trap on tracks. JM

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