[AT] Old tractor question

[Greg Hass]

This is a question I have wondered about for years although it is not 
world changing. The question is: why are some areas mostly wide front 
and others narrow front tractors?  In our area of Michigan, as soon as 
wide front became available almost 100% went with wide front. 
Personally, I hate narrow front tractors with a passion. I would never 
get a narrow front tractor except maybe an old 2 cylinder JD or 
something like a Farmall F-12 where wide front either did not exist or 
is extremely rare. I know that in some areas the larger tractors had 
narrow front because of mounted corn pickers. From videos other areas 
had narrow fronts. If you Google  ( tractors from the past, plowing in 
1962) you will find many tractors plowing but I didn't see a single wide 
front even on a couple new generation JD's. I don't know where the video 
was filmed but I suspect Indiana because of the fields and the way they 
raised the plows to go over grassed waterways; something I still see  
when we travel there to see our kids. I'm not sure, but I think the 4020 
Farmer used to own had a narrow front. Also why does no one make narrow 
front anymore? In the video, even the Ford disking has a narrow front, 
something I have never seen in our area and in years past there were a 
lot of Fords around us. Comments anyone.
            Greg Hass