Reply to juiceman:
Send pics of her "as is" unless your tractor is bashful! No need for glamour photos hahaha. Sounds like you did very well by getting all of the goodies with it. That's always a plus. Occasionally I get a few tools by searching the toolbox or under the seat; if I buy some more tractors, I may have the full tool set eventually. JM
Standard vs Wide Gauge
Wide Gauge advantages-
Greater stability, less ground pressure, greater traction in soft soils especially turning with loads and in many cases ride quality.
My experiences working prunes, peaches, almonds, walnuts, pecans and open fields, I never had an instance where wide gauge was an issue of consideration.
Grapes and other narrow spaced plantings would be an exception.
In some cases Wide Plates were not wide enough and there were additions for extra flotation - IE --- blocks bolted to the track plates. That practice dates back to the days of the Thirty's and Sixty's working the rice here in the northern end of the Sacramento Valley, especially in the alkali fields. Peat soils of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta were an issue also.
Wide Gauge and Standard gauge are different machines - there is much more than just changing track pads (plates).
Standard and wide gauge were in use long before the diesel era - not elite to the D4 series.
CTS