LMack said: (quoted from post at 08:28:42 03/24/09) I be an Ag-engineer and the tipping radius for a tricycle is shorter making it more likely to tip. .
Never trust an AG-E that talks like a pirate. :wink:
The wide front, as noted before, has to pivot, so that actually leaves a bit wider footprint with the narrow front; one could make arguements about the height of the fulcrum, but this all has to be right at the point where the rearend desires tipping anyway. However, that all changes if turning at all sharp; also in rocky soil, hitting a rock with the higher front wheel of a NF is a guarantee to go over - if already right at the point of tipping. Then the visibility of the wheels does leave some skill questions; the irony [or maybe death knell; if the position of the wheels in narrow rows wasn't enough nowdays] is also all the neat advantages that made narrow popular for 20 years do take a bit of skill. True too, a wide front may signal a rock that could hit the high rear tire, while a narrow front sneaks by it.
Finally the center of gravity is a big player, those RowCrop tractors regardless of brand were made for clearance and visibility, but this doesn't help a center of gravity good for hugging hills.
As far as keeping the front end down, that's a different issue that you'd need to be pulling awful hard to bring into the equation and other than getting too light to steer or bouncing ect, I really don't see as part of stability at that.
Never drove those Fords much, but around here the Regulars [with open "sector rack/pinion" steering gears; the F-20s and a few similar configurations in other brands too were cursed to a lesser extent] were known as the knuckle busters - I was always taught to keep thumbs outside both on the crank and the steering wheel: between them I'd run out of fingers to count on one hand the times I appreciated that advice if I hadn't followed it.
This post was edited by spiffy1 at 07:07:28 03/24/09.
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