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Virginia Veg.

Posted 1/8/2012 18:10 (#2150312 - in reply to #2149937)
Subject: Mudders and High Crops

Eastern VA. No such thing as too many Magnums.

Mudders are the same thing as High Clearance. They usually have larger tires than a standard tractor, but the fronts are still smaller than the rears. A High Crop is not the same thing. It has significantly more clearance. A true high crop has drop axles on the back and, if it has MFWD, the front and back tires are the same size. The fronts may look bigger, and the rim is a bigger diameter, but the rolling circumferance is not bigger. It just looks bigger because of more yellow rim. (see the first picture below of the 7420, the front tire is not actually bigger, it's an illusion. Front tire is a taller rim with a lower profile tire) Deere offered mudders as 2750-2955s. Then the 6000 series. High crops were always made in Waterloo. Like 4010-4255. Then they switched to 7200-7330. The 00 and 10 series also offered high crops in 74 and 75 sizes. Now its only 7330s. They had some little 5000 series high crops too, not sure if they're still available or not. As far as gear ratios, the difference is in the transfer case on both styles. Then you also have the drop axles on the high crops. Most of the time it isn't worth putting it back to a normal tractor unless you really get a steal, and like working in the shop. There are a lot of those tractors in the southeast and California.

Edited by Virginia Veg. 1/8/2012 18:37