[AT] reversed tire example

[charliehill]

It's easy to do Dave.  Get in high gear, turn the wheel to the right and 
step on the brake.  In fact you can do it in 3rd if you turn sharp enough 
and stomp hard enough.  I never turned one over but I've seen it happen.  An 
AV might blow over in a strong breeze!  LOL.

I'm a big fan of Super A's and 140's so don't take this the wrong way but I 
seriously doubt if the consumer products safety commission would allow you 
to build an A today.
I think they would say it's inherently unstable.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Merchant" <kosh at ncweb.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] reversed tire example


> Yes, A's were built with one cast + one stamped wheel for weight 
> distribution.
>
> Somehow, the owner didn't understand basic physics.
>
> BTW, this area is all nurseries, with mostly small high-crops.
>
> A couple years ago a migrant rolled an AV near here and got killed.
> Reportedly took a turn too fast.
>
> Dave Merchant
>
>
> At 07:40 AM 8/6/2009, you wrote:
>>Dave, because those Farmall A's have the offset engine they are light on 
>>the
>>right side.  I would have expected to see the cast wheel on the right for
>>counterweight.   Back in the 50's and 60's when nearly every tobacco 
>>farmer
>>around here had a Farmall A you often saw wheel weights on the right and 
>>not
>>on the left.
>>
>>Charlie
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Dave Merchant" <kosh at ncweb.com>
>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>;
>>"Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 1:26 AM
>>Subject: Re: [AT] reversed tire example
>>
>>
>> > At a show a couple years ago, we saw a Farmall A with the
>> > cast wheel on the left side and the stamped wheel on the right.
>> >
>> > Don't remember whether the tire treads were going the right way or not.
>> >
>> > Dave Merchant
>> >
>> >
>> > At 09:35 PM 8/4/2009, Indiana Robinson wrote:
>> >>A lot of farmers around here used to reverse dished rear wheels when
>> >>they sat them out to cultivate position (like on Fords and Fergusons)
>> >>rather than bother to raise the whole back of the tractor to switch
>> >>sides. I only used a couple of borrowed ones that way and one of the
>> >>first things I noticed was how much faster they would stop a hay wagon
>> >>on gravel or dirt. It still would bug me to see them that way.  :-)
>> >>I have considered at times reversing the wheels on my loader tractor
>> >>so that I could always back out of any place that I could drive into.
>> >>Many many times I have had to dump the trip bucket because of having
>> >>less traction backing up. I never did, it would bug me to see them
>> >>that way.  :-)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>--
>> >>Have you hugged your horses today?
>> >>
>> >>Francis Robinson
>> >>aka "farmer"
>> >>Central Indiana USA
>> >>robinson46176 at gmail.com
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