[Farmall] M - Tricycle Wheel Spacing

[Dan Glass]

If you remember the outcome of this last discussion, 90% of rollovers 
are with wide fronts.  90% of those are backwards rollovers from pulling 
something with the chain connected above the axle.  The percentage is so 
high probably because there are alot fewer NFE's in everyday work.  I 
would guess the flip rollover possiblity is the same with NFE or WFE.  I 
have both types and I think it is important to pay attention and be 
careful with either.

Mike Sloane wrote:

> Not to start up an old food fight, but I have had dealings with 
> several rolled over tractors with loaders (fortunately none involving 
> me on them!), all wide front, and I never have seen a similar narrow 
> front rolled. (Maybe folks with narrow front tractors are more 
> careful?) If there is a difference in stability, it is, to my mind, a 
> very small percentage. And if you are foolish enough to drive around 
> with a full bucket of rocks raised high, the odds of a roll over are 
> probably about the same either way. The only way to absolutely insure 
> stability for a loader machine is to have it on a skid steer or 
> crawler with a rigid wheelbase, not a machine like a tractor where the 
> front end pivots.
>
> Just my opinion, of course. :-)
>
> Mike
>
> Jim Hudson wrote:
>
>> George that is why a 4 wheeler is much safer than a 3 wheeler. Did
>> they outlaw 3 wheeler's??
>>
>>>>
>