[Farmall] M - Tricycle Wheel Spacing

[soffiler at myeastern.com]

For the purpose of clarity, or maybe it's just my own
semantics, a "roll" is to the side while a "flip" is to the
rear.  The whole WFE/NFE debate tends to center on usage of
a loader and the direction of upset is a roll i.e. to the
side.  Clearly the front end configuration has no bearing on
a flip (with the exception of weight... if an NFE tractor
receives a retrofit WFE, it becomes significantly heavier in
the front, but that's really tanget to the topic at hand)

Steve O.


From: Dan Glass <dglass at mail.newnanutilities.org>

> 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.