[AT] Loader removal - 53 NAAcFord

[charlie hill]

watch this guy clear 6 short driveways in under 5 minutes!
The video appears to be real time (not speeded up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnz8DT6mGNo&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Charlie
-----Original Message----- 
From: Vaughn Miller
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 1:01 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Loader removal - 53 NAAcFord

That was probably a Bi-Directional New Holland tractor...  They had
hitches on both ends and could be operated in either direction.

Vaughn

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 12:00 PM, charlie hill
<charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Mike the one I saw was most definitely turned around backwards.  It had a
> fine looking seat facing what could be described as a picture window in 
> the
> back of the cab and joy stick controls.
> I had a picture of it somewhere at one time but don't think I do any 
> longer.
> It all looked like factory New Holland work.  Didn't look as if it was an
> aftermarket rig at all but it could have been.
> I don't remember if (or if I even looked to see) if the operator seat spun
> around to operate in the normal position.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Sloane
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 11:45 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Loader removal - 53 NAAcFord
>
> When I worked for a New Holland dealer as the salesman, I sold something
> like that to a trucking company. Only it wasn't operated backwards - the
> 10' blower was mounted in front and driven by a long driveshaft from the
> rear PTO. There were no modifications made to the tractor.
> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/other_machinery/big-snow-blower.html>
>
> Mike
>
> On 12/3/2012 11:15 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> I saw a rig in a parking lot in western MD a couple of years ago.  It
>> was new and expensive I'm sure but it would be pleasure to operate.
>> It was a New Holland tractor in roughly the 100 hp range with a nice
>> cab and with the operators station turned around backwards so that
>> you ran the thing backing up. It had a snow blower that was 6 to 8
>> feet wide (that's a guess, I don't remember at this point but it took
>> a wide cut).
>>
>> It would be a nice project to take an older model shuttle shift
>> tractor and set it up that way.  I know back in the  50's Allis
>> Chalmers made some tractors that a shuttle shift in place of the
>> Power Director hi-lo range.  Some of them were set up to run
>> backwards for specialty operations but snow blowers aren't something
>> we see much of in coastal Carolina.
>>
>> Charlie
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