[AT] Row Crop

[charliehill]

Larry, you are right.  AC invented the spin out wheels.

I always spin my wheels out on the go.  Just loosen the clamps on one side. 
Put the tractor in gear and take off.  If it doesn't slide when  you let the 
clutch out a light tap on the brake will do the job.  To spin out the wheels 
you have to do one side in a forward gear and the other side in reverse.  Do 
them one at a time.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Row Crop


> Yes, and yes.  The tire would skid slightly on the ground particularly if
> you were going from say 52" which was the narrow setting on our 424, to 
> 72"
> for straddling two rows.  This skidding was sideways to the tractor 
> because
> the tire was literally moving away from the tractor centerline.  Always 
> did
> ours on hard dirt--like in the driveway.  We haven't had a need to change
> wheel settings on this tractor for years but it was always kinda fun.
>
> Allis and Deere (at least in the 70's-80's) used some kind of wedge where
> there was a bolt head sticking out at each rail.  You turned it one time 
> to
> the left and it loosened, to the right tightened it.  IH (and I think 
> maybe
> Ford??) used the jack screw arrangement--a big nut tightened the wheel
> center against the wedge.  The bad thing about the IH version was it was
> easy to get the wheel out of center by tightening one or two jack screws
> more than the others!
>
> I think there was a horsepower limit to these too, though I have seen BIG
> Massey's with spinouts, and they were an option for the narrower rear tire
> options on my IH 856--100 hp.
>
> Al
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Date: 6/27/2009 12:04:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Row Crop
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Al Jones
>> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 9:52 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
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