[AT] been collecting a long time

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

Used to see a few MC's around tractor shows, none of them I saw were 
incredibly wide--probably an option. I'm guessing the wider they are the 
more HP it takes to turn one? That's got to be some serious strain on the 
undercarriage as well. Before we restored my IH T-20 we harrowed a few acres 
with it. It was heck turning since the harrow was getting slung around 
sideways at a higher rate of speed and the tracks were pushing dirt.

Ever see any MT's (tricycle front end). Saw some of them at shows as well, 
but never on a farm.

John


-----Original Message----- 
From: charlie hill
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 2:49 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] been collecting a long time

John, I used to know where there was a JD MC  (I think that's right)
any way it was a JD M that was a crawler and this one had really
wide tracks on it.  It WAS every bit as long as it was wide.
I haven't seen it for a while.  Don't know if the fellow still has it or
not.


-----Original Message----- 
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 7:21 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] been collecting a long time

You were cultivating with a crawler? I've seen them but never talked to
anyone who used one. Was yours a high clearance model? I guess the tracks
would have been narrow.  I always wanted one of those Oliver crawlers that
you could slide the tracks out to the point the tractor was as wide as it
was long.

John


-----Original Message----- 
From: toma at risingnet.net
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 11:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] been collecting a long time

Quoting Grant Brians <sales at heirloom-organic.com>:

> I too cultivated in the 1970's with a horse drawn cultivator some.

I think I started growing Enlish Peas in 1970. I cultivated with a
single row cultivator and single horse. Nothing does a better job of
cultivating peas.

Old Maude only would go about 50 feet and want to stop for a while. I
traded her to a guy who liked horses better than tractors for an AC
Model M.

Later I found a 4 row cultivator made to be pulled with a team. It had
2 wheels that the rider could steer with a foot treadle. I set up the
planter for 26" rows. The wide gauge D2 fit the rows perfectly. My son
would ride the cultivator. We ran the rows up and down the hills. We
could cover a lot of acres in a hurry with that rig in 3rd gear.
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