[AT] Loader removal - 53 NAAcFord

[drupert at seanet.com]

Mike, your' post reminds me of a Farmall M I saw a couple of years ago. 
It had started its' life out as the power/propelling source for an IH
cotton picker.  However, somewhere in its' life cycle most of the cotton
picker had been removed and a well made heavy duty loader was attached to
the back end of the M.  When I saw this "contraption" sitting by the side
of the road I just had to stop and ask about it.  As I understand it when
the Farmall M was used to power the cotton picker the operator's platform
(which contained the seat, steering wheel, pedals, shift lever, etc) was
part of the picker and was elevated well above the M's transmission cover.

On the M I saw it appeared that most of the operator's platform from the
cotton picker had been left on the tractor but lowered down to/on the
level of the M's transmission cover.  If the loader were removed from this
tractor and a 3-pt hitch were attached I think it would make a good 
antique snow blowing tractor - at least it would solve the sore neck
issue!  Remember on these M's that were driven "backwards" to propel the
cotton picker the differentials were rolled over thus giving 5 speeds in
the working direction.

Dudley

>
> I don't remember ever seeing any information about reverse operation on
> New Holland tractors, but I would not be at all surprised that it was
> offered. Those are "world" tractors and are used to mount all kinds of
> specialized equipment that US farmers are not familiar with. As Mattias
> can tell us, farming practices in other areas are sometimes very
> different from we are used to in North America.
>
> I know that IH used to make reversed tractors for mounting cotton
> pickers - I have pictures of Farmall H and M tractors with that
> arrangement. And a lot of combines look a lot like reversed tractors (to
> me).
>
> Mike
>
> On 12/3/2012 12:02 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Mike, looking at your photo, the blower looks very similar to the one
>> on the machine I saw except that it was rear mounted with the
>> reversed control station. I know that's correct because that is what
>> caused me to notice it to begin with.
>>
>> 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
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