[AT] Homemade tractors.

[Larry D Goss]

That's an interesting tractor, Ralph.  I wonder if the owner had any trouble 
keeping it running in a straight line?  Both rear wheels have the grousers 
pointed in the same direction.

Larry

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From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Homemade tractors.


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> From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 11:28 PM
> Subject: [AT] Homemade tractors.
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>>    Has anyone here ever owned or used a homemade tractor?
>
> I've never owned or even driven one that I can recall but have seen a few.
> This one I took a picture of at a huge antique auction sale a few years 
> ago,
> I don't even know if it was a "runner' or just something somebody was
> experimenting with to see what he could make out of spare parts.
> Red engine in a green and yellow tractor!. Two seater .
> http://thumb19.webshots.net/s/thumb1/8/47/74/77884774MBnnhH_th.jpg
> I have another picture of one that would fall more into the "car/truck"
> category that I will try and get posted somewhere.
> The most elaborate and useful one I ever saw, unfortunately I never got a
> picture of . A farmer had converted an IH combine into a tractor. 
> Re-located
> the engine and installed a front end loader on it. With the hydro drive it
> was one slick unit.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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