Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 04:52AM
I just thought this would be a fun post for those of us that have driven plenty of tractors around the farm or just at the fair for track duty. What is the noisiest tractor/engine? My vote goes to a 4610 Ford (201 ci 3 cylinder). I wasn't even doing PTO work and that thing just beat on by ears terribly, so after about 5 minutes I tracked down some ear plugs. I'll never whine about the 5610 Ford/New Holland again after driving that noise bucket.
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 05:39AM
The fords are bad for sure, grew up on them. The 4 cylinders arent really that much better in terms of noise to me, a little but not much.


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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 05:43AM
the compact ford (1700,1500) was the noisiest tractor I have ever sat on outside of the detroit. That being said a natural aspirated perkins is a noise maker with a straight pipe.
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 06:24AM
Agreed, a 354 Perkins w/ a straight pipe is very noisy!
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 07:36AM
The 354 perkins has my vote. We had an old 1100 masey cranked up with a straight pipe back in the day it had lots of smoke fire and noise.
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 07:39AM
John Deere 2630. It had a muffler but may have been burnt out because plowing or discing with it all day would make your ears ring all night.
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 09:13AM
Many years ago when the 806's were new, I ran an 806 na pulling a tandem. I don't know what engine it would have had at the time, but, it was loud enough thru the muff that the radio bolted on the right fender was hard to hear when it was fully cranked. I can STILL hear that thing laboring and bellering up those hills.
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 09:55AM
It's not really a tractor but we had a New Holland silage chopper with a 3160 Cat that someone put dual straights on. That thing was very noisy to listen to running at PTO speed all day.
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 09:56AM
our dad has a ac-160,with a 3cyl perkins and it had a straight pipe.it now has a muffler,it would really bark if it was worked any..the older people that live around me all tell the same story about when they were younger there was a 60 horse hit and miss runnin a compressor on a well,they swear it could be heard 6 miles away on a quiet night..
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 09:59AM
I vote for the JD 435 253 2 cly detroit, have one, still can't figure how they managed to sell them when they were new!
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 10:40AM
I know our old M has a pretty good bark to it with the straight pipe on, and the rpm's opened up! I usually turn the 45degree stack away from me so I don't get a headache lol
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 11:14AM
35 Massey Ferguson, 3 cyl. Perkins with dual straight pipes, before my time but heard stories of it really talking to ya when it was working and pulling.


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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 01:22PM
an 856 ih with the rops with canopy hooked to a new holland 880 chopper took some of my hearing . it sure was loud wound up tight chopping corn all day long
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 01:34PM
Loudest tractor I did work with was a 1466 with a 4 inch chrome pipe on a 1250 gehl chopper. But the loudest tractor I've heard is an oliver. Could here the neighbor 2 miles away plan as day.
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 02:13PM
It may not be the loudest but an old 4440 with a straight pipe you can hear for miles at night out in the field.
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 26, 2011 03:28PM
Rode in a 4wd White with a 3208 cat once. They had dual cherry bombs on it. Oh. My. God.
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 27, 2011 03:36AM
my dad had a 1568 with a v8 in it he bought almost new in the 70's had mufflers on it but he took them off and put straight pipes on it you talk about loud i drove that thing forever my head still rings too this day
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Re: Noisiest engine? (Detroits and JD 2 cylinders excluded) July 28, 2011 02:36AM
IH 1566 with a 466ci engine turning over 300hp
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