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[John Hall]

Well that does make quite a bit of sense. Sometimes we had to go in 
fairly quick to pull the pipes up, didn't have time to let the sled rows 
dry. It was amazing to me how much mud a Super A could go through.
I have seen 2 or 3 H and M's with the dual front that had the rims 
mounted so they were spaced wide--wonder if mud was the reason? Whatever 
the reason they looked weird and I always wondered how they drove.

John Hall


On 11/25/2016 8:45 PM, E. John Puckett wrote:
> I would think the dual front wheels would have problems with mud balling
> up between them where the ground was heavily irrigated.  I remember a
> few times when we had gotten the H in the mud we had to dig the mud out
> between the wheels when we parked it for the night when freezing weather
> was predicted.
>
>
> On 11/25/2016 7:26 PM, John Hall wrote:
>> Grant, guess what I was trying to say is that the double front wheel
>> setup is probably the most common across the US. Remember, I'm in NC,
>> not the Midwest. Outside of a few F-12's, I rarely can recall seeing a
>> single wheel setup on anything--It definitely makes it a more desirable
>> collector tractor by being so odd.
>>
>> Regardless of whats most common, how come narrow fronts don't work well
>> for irrigation? I'm thinking you guys have ditches or canal's for
>> irrigation, do you flood the fields or do they cause issues trying to
>> cross ditches? We don't see very much produce farming here. Whatever we
>> do have would be watered the same as tobacco---lots of alum pipe laid
>> out temporarily. Old school method was to have individual guns in the
>> field. 30 years ago that gave way to "rain reels"--huge reel of pipe
>> with a traveling gun. It was a lot faster to setup! I've seen a couple
>> of the big metal overhead traveling irrigation outfits in the eastern
>> part of the state--its very flat there.
>>
>> John
>>
>>> John, I hope that you noted I said that in CALIFORNIA that the dual
>>> center wheels are rare.... I realize that in places where irrigation is
>>> not the norm  that setup was indeed the norm, but it does not work with
>>> irrigation or the hills we have. I actually drove one of those midwest
>>> setup tractors before I ever owned my first tractor (a 1949 Oliver 77
>>> three wheel tricycle that we still use) when I visited my great uncle in
>>> Illinois. The point of my post is to remind all of us that there are
>>> differences between areas in farming and equipment practices.
>>>
>>>          By the way, I too have used the 90 degree turn to load a tricycle
>>> tractor as noted by mr. Puckett. It is a bit odd, but it works and is
>>> actually safe for an experienced operator. We still have and use a
>>> Farmall 240 tricycle, two Oliver 77 tricycles and converted one Oliver
>>> 77 tricycle to factory wide front. The Farmall 100's and the 140 are
>>> wide front of course as they only ever came that way.
>>>
>>>                         Grant Brians - Hollister,California farmer
>>>
>>>                      Grant Brians
>>>
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