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[Gunnells, Brad R]

I don't have an exact answer but I think this discussion has come up before and part of the theory was adapting wide fronts to different row spacings. But as you said, for mounted pickers and such a narrow front had advantages.

I have a few tractors, a couple with narrow fronts and a couple with wide. The one advantage with the narrow front is the sharp turning ability. There are times where that really comes in handy. The wide front however is a bit softer over bumpy ground as the pivot helps take away some of the bumps where the narrow front tends to bounce more.

Just my opinion.
Brad

On 2/13/19, 4:23 PM, "AT on behalf of Greg Hass" <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of ghass at m3isp.com> wrote:

    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
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