Posted 10/22/2006 15:42 (#54208 - in reply to #54182) Subject: Cane hauling, we love them
Southeast Florida
for pulling cane wagons. They wouldn't handle the big ones but the harvester operators loved them especially where the cane was due for replanting and a little spotty when the harvester has to speed up and slow down. The harvesters are hydrastat drive and unlike a combine they have no carring capicity so if they're moving they're cutting. The down falls I could see were the hydrastat would be short lived because it's like any other one they're in self-destruct mode on every revolution. The final anwser to that situation was they didn't do as good of a job as the small frame articulators or 8X20 or MX's with powershift because when it got a little slimy they IVT would run out of power and traction and the articulators would just bump up the throtal a little bit an catch a lower gear and keep on going. The small frame articulators have the same engines as the MAGNUM's but a lot more traction in the muck with either 710/70XR38's or 30.5XR32's singles.
I've got the same opinion on them they're great for light and medium work where variable speed is concerened but they're not what you want for heavy applications.
opinion on JD IVT
