[AT] Row Crop

[Indiana Robinson]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Mark Greer<markagreer at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Most "row crop" tractors have rear axles that are just a section of keyed
> shafting (rather than a flanged axle like a car or truck) that allow the
> wheel spacing to be set any place the farmer wishes. YMMV
> Mark
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That doesn't hold water very well as a rule of thumb either... :-)
None of the Fords, Fergusons or Allis tractors used long axles. Spin
outs did away with a lot of those long axles. You are quite right of
course that "most" of the most common row-crops that jump to mind like
the Deeres, Farmalls, Olivers, Case and so on that jump to mind did
use those axles.
It would be interesting to see the numbers of fence and gate post and
barn doors that fell victim to those axles sticking out past the
wheel.  :-)
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I don't recall if many European tractors used that kid of axles. There
were a number of Silver Kings sold in this area and I "think" at least
"most" of them used wheel dish for adjustments.
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I'm trying to think what the most common brand was in this county and
I'm thinking it may have been Allis. We always had a good Allis dealer
here.
Sadly today we don't have any tractor dealers of any brand in the whole county.



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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
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