[Farmall] Some ads from the 4/5 Lancaster Farming - steel wheels

[Dave Merchant]

There are many Amish/Mennonite communities in Ohio.

The one in the Middlefield area apparently doesn't allow tractors at all,
just horses, but they can have power units, including some mounted on
implements.  Phone booths on the other side of the road.

A guy I know has an M on concrete wheels, cast on the original rubber tired 
wheels.

Another group near Charm (where there is a wonderful pure steam show)
appears to allow tractors, if they're Diesel (no electric sparks, but I guess
there's a small exception for the starter or pony), and they run on rubber
tires, but with no air in the tires. They are either solid rubber tires of 
the type
you see on some skid steers, with rubber ribs providing minimal cushioning,
or conventional tires filled with some solid material, and the valve
stems removed.

I remember seeing a community in PA that has yellow/tan buggy tops,
for some reason.

Dave Merchant


At 05:17 AM 4/8/2008, you wrote:
>lol....i see, i guess its all in how they interpret there book of words!
>
>i did see a CNH maxxum on steel wheels in the classic tractor magazine a few
>months back also
>
>you think the steel wheels on a modern tractor would cause  fatique on
>transmissions, diffs? and drivers kidneys,
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [Farmall] Some ads from the 4/5 Lancaster Farming
>
>
> > Yes - any time you see "steel wheels" or an older machine with brand new
> > tires (which were removed and stored when the machine was purchased), it
> > is usually an Amish or Mennonite machine. I have even seen lawn tractors
> > and golf carts on steel.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Matthew Gray wrote:
> >> why is the IH on steel wheels??
> >>
> >>  IH 574 3541 hours new pto clutch field ready on steel wheels $5,000, IH
> >>> 100 lb. nose weight $80. each. Union Co. 570-966-2467.
> >>>
> >>
> >> is it a mennonite machine?
> >>
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Dave Merchant
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