[AT] new duties

Len Rugen rugenl at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 3 08:47:29 PDT 2017


I remember the first driving lesson on tricycle tractors, "Thumbs OUTSIDE the wheel, not thru the spokes".   There were lots of broken hands from the Farmalls around here, never heard of any on others, but Case SC's were rare, I remember one, but I never saw it move.  


Len Rugen

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On Monday, July 3, 2017, 10:03:01 AM CDT, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:

I don't believe I ever heard of a tricycle SC or DC Case  having trouble
with the a front end steering gear...  :-)
Maybe they were just going for simple.
Steering wheel kickback was common on a number of manual steering tractors
but the only guy I knew personally (close neighbor) to get a broken arm
from one farmed with a  tricycle SC Case. I have no idea if the steering
design had anything to do with it at all, I never drove one.
On a branch note, my father bought a 1941 Ford/Ferguson 9N new in early
1942 and he bought an add-on unit for it that mounted under the steering
wheel that was claimed to stop kickback. I guess it worked, I drove that
tractor a lot from a very young age and it never kicked back on me. The
Ferguson TO-20 did a few times and the Ford Jubilee kicked back more than
anything else we owned I think.
That 9N attachment was smaller than later after-market units that I recall
seeing on other tractors that included a steering wheel. The 9N unit was
kind of triangle shaped and you pulled the wheel, bolted it to the top of
the mount and re-attached the original wheel. It raised the wheel maybe 1
1/2".
I believe he bought it through the Ford dealer. It may have been Sherman, I
know they made one. I have never seen another like it on a tractor.

Cecil, I have a pair of Case DC rims I got for the tires on them but I'm
quite sure both rims are total junk. I also have a Case DC rear wheel cast
center. I don't suppose anyone ever breaks one of those things. I also have
a pair of those DC front cast wheels. Son Scott has been using them for
weights for a small harrow.  :-)


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On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:

> Agreed John, however the only tractor I ever heard had wheelstands problem
> was the early Fordson. Herb(GA)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hall
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2017 7:27 AM
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> I think the reason for the wheels being out in front is 2 fold. One, the
> tractor is lower to the ground than a Farmall M or Deere A--at least the
> engine and clutch housing. It would have had to have tiny wheels to get
> them under the machine. Second is weight. I can't recall pulling off one
> of those front tires, but they are cast wheels. Stick them way out front
> and no problem keeping wheelstands to a minimum. Just my thoughts, could
> be all wrong.
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