[AT] 1937 Farmall F-12 with hydraulically lifted low.

[Cecil Bearden]

I would think the wheels under the tractor are more of a gauge wheel for 
the front bottoms, and the tail wheel is set for the rear depth.  Much 
like a trailed plow.  The tractor did not have any down pressure.
Cecil

On 6/17/2019 7:20 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> OK, I'll ask... how can wheels under the tractor perform draft 
> control?  Draft control maintains constant depth as soil (and 
> therefore draft) conditions vary... right?  A draft control system 
> needs to literally sense draft, which wheels riding along under the 
> tractor can't do.  Or am I missing something?
>
> SO
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 8:00 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:jamesgpeck at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     The January/February 2015 Issue of Antique Power has an article
>     called "TEXAS SAND IN HIAWATHA". James Gall of Hiawatha Kansas was
>     interviewed about his 1937 Farmall F-12. He has an F-12 he
>     purchased from an auction with hydraulic lift. It is shown with a
>     mounted plow. The mounted plow lift has wheels under the tractor
>     that appear to perform the same function as 3 point hitch draft
>     control. That is they regulate the depth of the plow into the
>     ground. From the side the tractor appears to be similar to a three
>     point hitch tractor.
>
>     Texas Sand steel wheels were retrofitted onto the rear as part of
>     its restoration. Wide front was also retrofitted.
>
>     In 1937 Deere was manufacturing the JD A with hydraulic rockshaft
>     to raise cultivators. I do not know if the Lindemann Oregon
>     company was furnishing the aftermarket rock shaft lifted tool
>     carriers yet to carry a plow.
>
>     In 1937 the Brown Ferguson Model A was being produced in Europe
>     with hydraulic 3 point hitch for plowing.
>
>     https://harryferguson.blogspot.com
>     https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5103068/
>
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