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4-53 Detroit Diesel powered Oliver 1950 pulling tractor with pulling footage and owner interview.
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How does the 4-53 not blow up after all that pulling? is the engine heavily modified?
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I've heard this comment about blowing up a DD. HUMPH
However, I have read that 71series likes straight 40wt.
Curious what your 4-53? likes.
Sometimes I think we need to bring back Corvairs AND Detroit Diesels.
Two of the best things Grandma's Miscarriage EVER PRODUCED.
Send the rest of them packing to MEXICO.
See if they'd nationalize the present pack of gm Corp. Ninnys
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Why not lock the diff?
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I've got a 1950 Cockshutt here in Saskatchewan. It really pulls yet. people wont believe its a 4 cyl. Who said they blow up in continual use? We could pull a 24 foot cultivator all day and never even refuel. Mine has 23.1x 34 tires, are those 38s on yours? Did yours come with the over/under hydrapower? GM diesels---turning diesel into noise, but its a nice noise.
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Those Detroit can handle it they like to scream
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My favorite sounding engines. Detroit Diesel.
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Thats funny but I would say you had a problem with the way the engine was setup if you couldn't kill an 1800 in the field. Since the 1800 is a weak motor that you can't even get rid of when you want to sell one. We have two 1950's and an 1800. The one 1950 has been rebulit a few times but it also wore out three sets of rear tires and finally had to be put in a new chassis as the old one was wore. I've seen a few jimmy's with a bad mechanic working on them and all they did was pop and bang but a good tune lay's waste too even the bigger tractors some times. We also had a 2-150 and when it was broke guess which one was put into use? And it would do it sideway's! My dad is also deaf from driving this one since he was 16. Now if the perkins motor was in a 1800 that would be better. But boring. The 1900-1950 tractors make farming fun. Also, the 1950T isn't the same tractor. They are blowup prone junk as far as I know. My dad mumbled something about them and another one grandpa had for a day from the dealer and the oil pump pickup fell off. I think that was a 2155 but, they are all way different beast to drive than one with a jimmy.
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wouldn't let her talk. ass
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screamin jimmy..little peaky but wicked in that sweet spot
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screaming.. But I did enjoy playing with it it the field..back in the day..Had one in northern Saskatchewan...
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thats a detroit...two stroke screaming detroit....oil leaking no bottom end....we farmed with a perkins powered oliver 1800...pulling 5 bottoms breaking sod...that detroit couldn't do that all day...work them steady and they blow up
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very nice keep the good hard work
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Cool!
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thanks for the clip used it for sound effects for a game I play used the idle sound
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You're right; according to Tractor Data the 1950T used a 310 cubic inch Waukesha 6 cylinder turbodiesel.
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Thanks. I agree, it's a great tractor.
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This is my favorite clip. You guys doing an awesome job and its a nice tractor.
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I doubt he's giving the real info about his setup. I'm by no means saying he's full of bs, rather it's that guys that are into pulling, racing, whatever are usually pretty tight lipped about the fine details of their setup. While I believe he is very knowledgeable and knows what he's doing, I don't think he's giving any of his trade secrets away. Guys that are into that kind of stuff just don't hand their hard learned lessons away for free to just anyone.
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I'll say it again, though. That Over/Under 3 speed is a 30% TOTAL gear reduction. Direct is 15% slower than Over, and Under is 15% slower than Direct. He did a terrible job explaining that pedal system. It made me think he was shifting up at the end of the run, which rarely works on a normal tractor, let alone a Detroit, which has about 300 RPM of a torque curve before it falls on its face.
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I didn't watch the entire video before commenting. It was based on the first clip at the beginning. But I will say it would be a heck of a lot easier to graft the O-U shifting linkage over to the 1950 than rigging up that pedal contraption. It gets in the way of the brake pedals, which were never touched during the pull. The left wheel spun like crazy at the end of the runs. Hit that left brake pedal and it would force the right wheel to spin and possibly get a little further.