[AT] Row Crop

[Dean Vinson]

I always wondered how those work.  So the wheel itself stays stationary
while the center spins inside it?  Doesn't that make the wheel skid sideways
across the ground?  Seems like there'd be a lot of drag there depending on
what surface you were on.

Thanks--

Dean Vinson
Dayton, Ohio
www.vinsonfarm.net


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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Al Jones
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Subject: Re: [AT] Row Crop

Spin-outs are pretty slick and were very common around here on most all
makes.  Got em on the 424 IH.  When I was small, it was an annual spring
ritual to widen it out to plant with, and then later in the summer when
field work was done, close it back up to a narrow wheel setting for ease of
maneuverability and to plow with if needed, though by then not much plowing
was done other than the garden.  You loosten the "jack screws" evenly on
each rail, apply some burnt cylinder oil or other lubricant to the rails,
crank the tractor, put it in gear (either reverse or forward depending on
whether you were going "in" or "out," hold the opposite wheel brake, and
then ease out on the clutch.  It will "spin" the wheel center in or out to
the desired spacing.  There were little blocks that bolted to one rail that
you could position for the exact spacing you wanted.

Al