Posted by Wardner on November 02, 2011 at 19:43:13 from (4.154.236.236):
In Reply to: electrall question posted by Charlie M on November 02, 2011 at 18:04:37:
What killed it?
Airheads in charge. Four months before the Electrall's introduction, IH started selling tractors (SMTA and SW6TA) with IPTO. Original concept was to create an electric IPTO. Now you could buy a tractor with two completely different IPTO's. Nobody needed two.
The Electrall concept goes all the way back to an experimental 10-20. I think it is likely that the same engineer was responsible for both systems. When this guy saw the drawings for the IPTO driving gear coupled to the tractor's main clutch pressure plate, he finally had a power source he could use. It was located on the top side of that gear. He was able to sell the concept to management and they signed a contract with GE.
It took years to get rid of that inventory. It was listed in Parts Books for many models for the next six to eight years. They even shipped some generators to the Truck Division.
SMTA, 400, and 450 are the only models that could run the side mount. All the other tractors used the rear PTO and it could only be used as a standby generator. Lots of other companies also made standby generators, probably cheaper as well.
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