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

[Jerry Kleehammer]

In central NY they have leather wheels with steel klets.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Merchant" <nesys_com at ameritech.net>
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Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Some ads from the 4/5 Lancaster Farming - steel 
wheels


> 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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