Posted by LenNH on November 16, 2007 at 09:41:32 from (75.69.99.42):
Anybody out there in Tractorland ever actually drive a Titan 10-20? A neighbor had two of them when I was a pipsqueak back in the late 30s. By that time, the things were so obsolete that he used them only for disking cornstalks after harvest. He claimed the narrow wheels fit right on top of the corn rows and the angle cleats helped chop up the corn stalks. Don't know if that was true. One day I heard the old thing popping away nearby and got up the nerve to ask for a ride. I can still remember the open valve gear clacking away right in your face. There were only two gears, with "high" being maybe two-and-a-half miles an hour. The engine ran at about 575, I think, so you really could count the big pops coming out the exhaust. One of the interesting things about the engine is that the crank throws were not opposed, as on most two-cylinder in-line engines. The throws were on the same side, so you got one h...of a "throw" when both pistons came up and went down at the same time. At idle, the whole tractor would rock back and forth. Another thing I remember is that the wheels would turn right under the cooling-water tank (no radiator on this beast), so you could get a pretty short turn at the end of the field. These tractors probably go for $15 or $20K these days. About 1950, this neighbor announced to my father that he had sold the two Titans for junk, and actually bragged that he got $75.00 for them! If anybody has had the experience of driving a Titan 10-20, I would love to hear about it.
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