[AT] What's the "rarest" tractor you own?

[Lew Best]

Interesting!  please send the link to the pix when they're up.

Lew near Waco, TX
website HTTP://lewslittlefarm.com


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My great-grandfather and grandfather had a steam powered sawmill from the
late 1800's until the depression.

In the 20's they bought a Fordson locomotive from the Skagit company in
Washington to haul logs to the sawmill from the woods.  They had about 2
miles of wood track going up into the woods.  When I was a kid you could
still find some parts of the wood track, but I think all traces of it are
pretty much gone now.

Skagit converted the Fordson into a 4 wheel drive unit that had large
castiron flanged wheels with rubber tread for running on wood timber rails.
>From what I understand, Skagit only made a couple engines like this.  The
ones you often see in old tractor books about logging show a Fordson with
concave wheels for running on logs.

Imagine a regular train track, but replace the steel rails with 6x6 wood
rails.

I'll try to load a picture or two on my webserver tonight.

George