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xoxoxoBruce · 04-04-2019, 12:14 PM

I don't know but they look like an after market wheel, the M-H wheel appears to be a wide flat wheel with holes to bolt on a variety of traction aids.
Massey-Harris was huge, then merged with Ferguson to become the largest in the world. I'd assume like the model T Fords there was dozens of companies making strap-ons for them.

Diaphone Jim · 04-04-2019, 12:38 PM

That is a wild tractor.
Apparently the first four-wheel drive one, with a strange top drive system.
Here are some links, best one last.
Another grabber of an IOTD.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22124273@N06/15611883536

http://locomotionhorsnormes.e-monsit...g?fx=r_950_950

http://locomotionhorsnormes.e-monsit...g?fx=r_950_950

Diaphone Jim · 04-04-2019, 12:39 PM

Got a duplicate one in there and lost the best one. Here:

http://www.masseycollectors.com/Disc...ur-Wheel-Drive

Gravdigr · 04-04-2019, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Are those wheels made for planting? It looks like they'd cut through and leave a nice little trench.

I'd say they were for traction. I don't know as much about tractors as someone who lives where I live should know.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-04-2019, 04:37 PM

Maybe skinny to keep it from sliding sideways on slopes?

Diaphone Jim · 04-04-2019, 08:12 PM

Many Youtube vids on the GP.
This , too:

https://www.farmcollector.com/tracto...eneral-purpose

xoxoxoBruce · 04-05-2019, 02:01 AM

I was surprised there was agricultural and industrial models. Both came in three different track widths and apparently the Industrial models had a 600 pound weight on each wheel. Yikes.

Diaphone Jim · 04-05-2019, 12:39 PM

Yikes is right.
My Ford 8N came with rear wheel weights that were around 300 pounds. With the weight of the wheel itself, the combination felt as if it were bolted to the earth. You did NOT want to drop them.

Gravdigr · 04-05-2019, 12:43 PM

I had to count out and repack 1000 (loose) 64 pound plates for the front weight rack one time. The wooden crates holding them had broken open and spilled the plates out. The wheel weights came steel-banded to the pallet, thank God. I was working at a warehouse that distributed tractor parts.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-06-2019, 01:51 AM

Ferguson designed that Ford tractor then split for England to make essentially the same design with a few tweaks, under his own name. Then Massey-Harris in Canada teamed up with Ferguson in England to become the largest tractor company in the world. But only #3 in the US behind Deere and IH.

Griff · 04-06-2019, 09:06 AM

My Grandpa bought an 8N in '53 (?) as the boys started leaving the farm. He had married into a very horsey family but it was past time to retire the work horses. He did a lot of work with that tractor, a lot of it well over its weight class. They have terrible brakes and are too light for serious loads but nobody got killed. An old guy did roll and get badly torn up on an 8N on the farm I currently occupy... Apparently my cousin is going to fix that bad boy up with a modern distributor, hopefully they get it properly weighted and use it for sensible chores.

Diaphone Jim · 04-06-2019, 12:41 PM

I love that term "sensible chores."
It pretty much sums up the utility and safe use of all tools.
It is amazing how many N Ford tractors (2,9 and 8) are still in use. Even more decorate farms all over the land.
Mine is 70 years old (!), is basically all original and willing to do sensible chores every day of the year.

Gravdigr · 04-06-2019, 01:15 PM

My first chipper had a 4 cyl engine off a Ford tractor.

Many times late on a summer evening I'd be finishing up a long job and the exhaust manifold would glow orange.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-10-2019, 02:35 AM

It's good to be the king...

xoxoxoBruce · 04-13-2019, 02:25 AM

Triple threat tractors...

04-04-2019, 12:14 PM	#601
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I don't know but they look like an after market wheel, the M-H wheel appears to be a wide flat wheel with holes to bolt on a variety of traction aids. Massey-Harris was huge, then merged with Ferguson to become the largest in the world. I'd assume like the model T Fords there was dozens of companies making strap-ons for them. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-04-2019, 04:37 PM	#605
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe skinny to keep it from sliding sideways on slopes? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-05-2019, 02:01 AM	#607
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I was surprised there was agricultural and industrial models. Both came in three different track widths and apparently the Industrial models had a 600 pound weight on each wheel. Yikes. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-05-2019, 12:43 PM	#609
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I had to count out and repack 1000 (loose) 64 pound plates for the front weight rack one time. The wooden crates holding them had broken open and spilled the plates out. The wheel weights came steel-banded to the pallet, thank God. I was working at a warehouse that distributed tractor parts. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-06-2019, 01:51 AM	#610
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Ferguson designed that Ford tractor then split for England to make essentially the same design with a few tweaks, under his own name. Then Massey-Harris in Canada teamed up with Ferguson in England to become the largest tractor company in the world. But only #3 in the US behind Deere and IH. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-04-2019, 12:38 PM	#602
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	That is a wild tractor. Apparently the first four-wheel drive one, with a strange top drive system. Here are some links, best one last. Another grabber of an IOTD. https://www.flickr.com/photos/22124273@N06/15611883536 http://locomotionhorsnormes.e-monsit...g?fx=r_950_950 http://locomotionhorsnormes.e-monsit...g?fx=r_950_950

04-04-2019, 12:39 PM	#603
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Got a duplicate one in there and lost the best one. Here: http://www.masseycollectors.com/Disc...ur-Wheel-Drive

04-04-2019, 08:12 PM	#606
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Many Youtube vids on the GP. This , too: https://www.farmcollector.com/tracto...eneral-purpose

04-05-2019, 12:39 PM	#608
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Yikes is right. My Ford 8N came with rear wheel weights that were around 300 pounds. With the weight of the wheel itself, the combination felt as if it were bolted to the earth. You did NOT want to drop them.

04-06-2019, 09:06 AM	#611
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	My Grandpa bought an 8N in '53 (?) as the boys started leaving the farm. He had married into a very horsey family but it was past time to retire the work horses. He did a lot of work with that tractor, a lot of it well over its weight class. They have terrible brakes and are too light for serious loads but nobody got killed. An old guy did roll and get badly torn up on an 8N on the farm I currently occupy... Apparently my cousin is going to fix that bad boy up with a modern distributor, hopefully they get it properly weighted and use it for sensible chores. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-06-2019, 12:41 PM	#612
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	I love that term "sensible chores." It pretty much sums up the utility and safe use of all tools. It is amazing how many N Ford tractors (2,9 and 8) are still in use. Even more decorate farms all over the land. Mine is 70 years old (!), is basically all original and willing to do sensible chores every day of the year.

04-06-2019, 01:15 PM	#613
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	My first chipper had a 4 cyl engine off a Ford tractor. Many times late on a summer evening I'd be finishing up a long job and the exhaust manifold would glow orange. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-10-2019, 02:35 AM	#614
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's good to be the king... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-13-2019, 02:25 AM	#615
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Triple threat tractors... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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