Farmall & IHC Tractors Discussion Board |
Re: Re: Re: Re: Stupid idea for roading a 450 IHC
[ Expand ] [ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by Jim on February 22, 2004 at 15:42:07 from (12.164.196.101):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Stupid idea for roading a 450 IHC posted by Hugh MacKay on February 20, 2004 at 06:15:28:
During WWII, my dad was farming his place and those of his brothers-in-law (in the service) with one F-20. The main problem was the farms were about 20 miles apart. He had to haul his field equipment (before wheel discs and mounted equipment) so he built a trailer out of an old Ford 2 ton truck. He removed the front axle and engine and pulled the front of the frame together to make a hitch. He attached the tractor pto to the front of the truck transmission and let the trailer push him. The weight of the old truck with dual rear wheels and the equipment kept him from going very fast, but it let him get his equipment back and forth between farms a lot faster than he could have otherwise. The remains of the trailer are still on the farm.
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
Uncle Cecil's Super A Lives Again - by Mike Purcell. A week or so out of most of my childhood summers was often spent with my Uncle Cecil and Aunt Sissie in the small East Texas town of Maydelle on their 80 acre farm. Some of my fondest memories of these visits are those of learning to drive a tractor at the helm of Uncle Cecil’s 1948 Farmall Super A. Uncle Cecil was the second owner of this wonderful little tractor, but it was almost as though he had adopted an infant. The original owner was a man from Minnesota who bought her from a local dea
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Sell 1958 Hi-Altitude Massey Fergerson tractor, original condition. three point hitch pto engine, Runs well, photos available upon request
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|