Posted by Mike (WA) on June 22, 2014 at 08:37:16 from (69.10.199.195):
In Reply to: Odd tractor posted by busflyer on June 22, 2014 at 04:43:49:
Have seen several pics of larger 2 cylinder Deeres set up that way- big farmers trying to pull bigger implements, before large tractors were available. Most prevalent in big wheat country, with huge fields and maneuverability was not a big factor. Visited a fellow in Saskatchewan who had about 20 IH WD-40's (first commercially successful diesel tractor, in the 1930's). He had put two of them together in that manner, and used them for many years with a big chisel plow. Like others have said on here, synchronization was the biggest problem. He said at the beginning of the day, he'd really sock that plow down, then watch which set of wheels tried to spin first, and keep adjusting until he had them both pulling the same. And then, never touch the throttles again.
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