No Fed regulation ever. The narrow fronts just became unpractical. In the early days they were produced to be manuverable in row crops, because "standards" didn't steer short and didn't fit the row spacings with fixed front axles. The narrow/tricycle fronts were a bit more unstable than standards, because rowcrop farming required more crop clearance and the tight turning radius. When they were equiped with a FEL they became tippy for odvious reasons. Modern tractors of the 50s onward had wide adjustable front axles that turned much sharper, and wern't prone to mud and snow clogging them up in wet and snowy conditions, thus causing them to become stuck more often. Also when farmers became aware of compaction issues, front tractor tires which were aligned with the rears reduced compaction. Loren, the Acg
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