Posted by chtrout on May 22, 2017 at 16:40:17 from (73.147.223.225):
Greetings, I am a new member.
By way of introduction, I am researching a pending book on the history of American Coleman, Littleton, Colorado.
In addition to building Coleman Trucks, aircraft towing tractors ("tugs"), and SnowBlast rotary snow plows, Coleman was also shipping as many of (14) truckloads a week of steerable Coleman FDAs (front drive axles) to various truck manufacturers for installation on their various assembly lines on a "special order" basis.
Additionally, many of these Coleman FDAs also went to farm tractor assembly lines, with most going to the International Harvester "Farmall" series, and then smaller numbers going to Oliver, Case, Minneapolis-Moline, Massey-Ferguson, Cockshutt, and perhaps others.
Virtually all of the tractor manufacturers preferred the term "FWA" (Front Wheel Assist) rather than "4x4," and some instead used variations such as "Mechanical Front Drive," or similar wording.
Request – My questions to those tractor buffs who my be willing assist are essentially two-fold:
1. Many of the FWA axles provided by Coleman "appear" to be the Coleman "Model-9" FDA, with minor modifications as appropriate. Can anyone confirm the use of Coleman "Model-9" axle? Has anyone encountered other Coleman axle models used in FWA applications?
2. IH Farmall models with the "Coleman" FWA axles seemed to be the 806, 1066, 1256, 1456, 1566, and perhaps others. Can anyone add to this list? Also, can anyone provide the main model numbers that Oliver, MM, MF, Cockshutt (and others) used Coleman FDAs as their FWA axles?
Thank you is advance for any assistance or suggestions...
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