[AT] Tobacco Specials

[Jim & Lyn Evans]

All of the JD MTs came with axles long enough to get to 96" wheel 
spacing.   They will also go down to a 44" wheel spacing.   A lot of 
them in the midwest have the axles cut off.   Those axles stick out a 
long ways when you have the wheels slid in to 44" for the 2-12 mounted 
plow.  I have to be really careful going through doorways.

They also used wide axles on the sugar beet tractors in the Red River 
Valley.   They run 22" rows, so the tires are really narrow, full 
height, and tripled.   I think 12.4 or 13.6-52 is one size.
With the triples, wheel tread is set at 88", 132", and 176" on the 
outside tires


On 11/7/2012 5:52 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Al,  I was never aware of the IH tobacco special tractors until it was
> brought up in this discussion.  I'd like to see some of those.   You
> reminded me
> that (of course) the front axles had to be wider as well and that was the
> case on the AC stuff.    I had a 185 tobacco special bought from an older
> farmer friend of mine.  He didn't really want to sell it but he had stopped
> most of his farming and wasn't using that tractor any longer.  When I went
> to
> look at it, it was rougher than I remembered and about the same time my
> money started to get funny so I asked him if he minded me backing out on the
> deal.
> He didn't mind at all.   I think he was only selling it to me because I
> wanted it and not because he wanted to part with it.  That was about 4 or 5
> years ago.
> I guess he still has it but I'm not sure.   The AC front axles have a lot of
> adjustment capability and the rears still had the spin out rims even in
> those HP ranges.
> Still the narrow settings are limited.   Starting in the mid 70's most of
> the bigger farmers down this way stopped adjusting tractor wheels anyway.
> They got to
> the point that they would buy a tractor and set it up for a specific task
> and it would basically live it's life with one implement behind it.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 6:24 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] Tobacco Specials
>
> One of our IH club members has a 784 Tobacco Special. IH called the 84's
> "Bright Lightnin's" with a special decal on the sidepanels with a lightning
> bolt going through a tobacco leaf.   IIRC you could get an extra extension
> for each front axle to get 96", and remove it for "normal" spacings.
>
> Our JD 2940 is set up for tobacco and it's never been in a tobacco field.
> The front axle won't get any narrower than 72."  Fine for 36" and 38" rows
> but nothing else.  Seen a lot of 2640, 2630, etc. Deeres that looked like
> spiders with the wheels out just as far as they would go!
>
> Al
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
>> Sent: Nov 7, 2012 5:24 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Orchard tractors
>>
>> Never knew anyone but IH made tobacco specials. I think most of them were
>> 574, 584, maybe 674 as well. I am pretty certain they could be shipped on
>> the highway with no problem, the wide spacing came with moving the hubs and
>> rims around. One thing about it, you can't hardly give one of them away to
>> anyone that isn't raising tobacco.
>>
>> I've also seen quite a few orchard tractors (all at shows), but I would
>> dare
>> say they were all brought in to our area, most likely from Florida.
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>>
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