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[E. John Puckett]

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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