[AT] Orchard tractors

Mike Sloane mikesloane at verizon.net
Wed Nov 7 08:38:59 PST 2012


An image of my AV can be seen at 
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/other_machinery/msloane_av.html#media>

It actually wasn't all that tippy, but I wouldn't want to work a side 
hill with one.

Mike

On 11/7/2012 10:34 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> There was one AV in the town I grew up in.   That thing looked like it would
> topple over any minute.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Sloane
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 10:05 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Orchard tractors
>
> My neighbor had a JD MT with extra long axles like that, but there were
> no markings on the tractor as a "tobacco" model. I always assumed that
> the long axles were for tandem rear tires (why a light machine like and
> MT would benefit from having an extra set of rears would be a benefit
> never occurred to me at the time). The only problem for him was that he
> was forever banging those long axles into things as he went by.
>
> Around here (NJ), there are no Wheatland or orchard tractors, but I have
> seen a lot of rare tall ("hi-crop") tractors, including Farmall Cubs and
> AV's that were used for cultivation vegetable crops here on the black
> dirt and "truck" farms in southern NJ. None of these show up in any of
> the books I have, including Ken Updike's several volumes about IH
> tractors (maybe because he is located in the Midwest).
>
> Mike



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