[AT] Row Crop

[Mark Greer]

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
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Day" <ddss at telebeep.com>
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Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Row Crop


> This sure blows away my   row-crop=narrow front    image of tractors :)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 8:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Row Crop
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> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Gene Dotson<gdotsly at watchtv.net> wrote:
>> Dick;
>> A row crop tractor can be a narrow or wide front wheel configuration.
>> What makes it a row crop is that the front and rear wheel spacing can be
>> changed on the axles to match row width for crops planted in rows for
>> cultivation, fertilizer and other jobes where the tractor needs to run
>> between the rows.
>> A utility, standard and western tractor normally has a fixed wheel
>> width.
>>
>> Gene
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>
> That was always my definition. Even that line blurred out a little in
> the mid 1950's. Two that I am thinking of were the IHC 300 Utility
> series and the Oliver Super 55 series. I suppose they were others even
> back in the earlier years. I recall the term "utility row-crop" being
> tossed around. Some didn't consider the Fords and Fergusons to be
> row-crop tractors but they were. I can't remember any of the orchard
> models of any brand that were row-crop.
> Gene's use of the word "normally" is always a safe hedge in such
> discussions.  :-)
>
>
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>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
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