[AT] Odd rod on a WD Allis?

[GIL]

I've been around the the older model AC's since 1948, and I've never seen 
anything like that.  I suspect it is a locality or attachment thing.  It 
looks like this guy is pulling a drag plow, and maybe has some sort of front 
end steering assist.  There is something, just behind the steering wheels 
that I can't make out.  It surprises me he is using a tractor with 
hydraulics and pulling a drag plow.  Gil



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 7:25 AM
Subject: [AT] Odd rod on a WD Allis?


> One of the guys on my Allis Chalmers list posted this question:
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> I found a strange attachment on a WD at the link below and can't
> identify it. Would you guys take a look at the rod that seems to
> becoming from the vicinity of the draw bar to the top of the front
> wheels and tell me what it is.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RogerTractorLarge.jpg
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> All I could come up with was maybe some kind of a brace for the final
> drive like to a loader bracket etc? I cannot tell if there is one on
> both sides. I have never seen one before.
>
> -- 
> Have you hugged your horses today?
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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