[AT] now Electric Wheel

[Indiana Robinson]

I like to show things in an educational manner. I have a Ford 9N on my wish
list along with a Ford Jubilee. I have a Ferguson TO-20 (in working
clothes) and a couple of Ford 8Ns (neither of them going yet).
I always thought an exhibit of a 9N, an 8N, a TO-20 and a Jubilee would
make an ideal way to able to "show" rather than just "tell" people about
the chronological order of each tractor arriving on the scene and the story
of the differences between them and why.
At shows it seems like everybody has "heard" something but most of the time
it is wrong.   :-)  Since I had been unable to do much for a while I have
just been taking the TO-20 to a couple of nearby shows (well, OK, son Scott
has been hauling them for me). I can't begin to tell you how many times I
have listened to guys telling their wives and or kids that the TO-20
Ferguson was an 8N Ford or many times a "Fordson"... A lot of guys are
really bad about just making up answers to questions they don't know the
answers to.  :-)

The Jubilee isn't actually required for that story but I grew up on one and
just want one and thought I would list it while I was wishing.  :-)


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On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:13 PM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:

> A neat application of an 'electric wheel' at the Gadsden, AL. antique
> tractor show was a 48 volt electric golf car converted into an electric
> front wheel assist (FWA) by placing 48 volt electric motors in each front
> wheel. The exhibitor uses this golf car as a tractor to pull the small
> tandem axle trailer that permanently hauls his cutaway 1945 2N Ford
> tractor.
> This tractor-trailer combo is a close fit in an enclosed trailer. I did not
> notice how he hauls the golf car, but assume it is another enclosed
> trailer.
> The cutaway includes the four cylinder flathead engine, transmission and
> differential. He completely disassembled the tractor four times in the
> process; the fourth time was for color code painting. He goes to all local
> shows and many schools to help educate students.
> Our 48 volt golf car is powerful enough to pull that exhibit unit most
> anywhere, so I am inclined to think he was just enjoying being creative
> with
> the FWA; nothing wrong with that. It significantly improves traction
> abilities. Conversion cost $1200. Herb(GA)
>
>
>
> On 10/30/2017 12:57 PM, John Slavin wrote:
> > John:
> >
> > FYI, I think the Electric? you mention is Electric Wheel.  We had and
> > still have one of those too.  They’re still in business under a different
> > name: Titan Wheel.  So far as I know, they no longer make wagons, but do
> > make a lot of steel wheels used in the ag., construction and forestry
> > businesses.  Here is their web site:  https://www.titan-intl.com/wheels
> > <https://www.titan-intl.com/wheels>.  Their plant I know the most about
> is
> > in Quincy, IL and I think that may be the original location for Electric
> > Wheel. They have been around since well before the turn of the 20th
> > century. It is interesting to note that the name comes from the fact that
> > they used electricity to weld wheels together.  See:
> > http://hsqac.org/electric-wheel-company-jack-hilbing/
> > <http://hsqac.org/electric-wheel-company-jack-hilbing/>
> >
> > John S
>
>
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Central Indiana USA
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