[AT] Orchard tractors

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Wed Nov 7 09:12:22 PST 2012


I never drove the one our neighbor had.  I'm sure it wasn't THAT tippy but 
it sure looked it.
Although I've seen A's and Super A's turn over just by being turned hard to 
the right with the brake and hitting a little rut.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Sloane
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 11:38 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Orchard tractors

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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