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Posted by Bill from up north on November 23, 2001 at 21:19:36 from (216.55.194.195):
In Reply to: Best tractors ever posted by Hugh MacKay on November 23, 2001 at 00:44:51:
I know many of you won't be familiar with my nomination for best tractor but this is my favorite- it is the first "tractor"- a Hartparr 30-60. They had an 11 x 17 bore and stroke - 1150cu.in./cyl and produced 60hp. @ 250 rpm. They were being built long before Rumely even thought about building a gas powered unit or almost anyone else for that matter. They were named Old Reliable because they would always start-used buzzcoils for ignition. We have two running tractors at our museum that are used every year, one in the threshing contest that features gas against the steam, and the other one goes plowing with me driving it,pulling a six bottom plow. I would wager that if you took apart either one of these engines you would find everthing is still standard even after 90 years and probably 5 times more hours on them than any modern style of tractor you would care to mention. The building of such a unit in those times was probably one of the most important steps toward the take over of the gas tractor from the steam engine for supplying power on the farm. Besides that compare all these features: Oilcooled - can't freeze it up -no water Exhaust induced cooling - no fan belt to break One speed forward and rev.-no trans to breakdown Headless cylinders - No head gasket to blow out Over head/in front of cyl-camshaft-pretty modern!! Started on a dry cell batt.and then you switch on to a GENERATOR -- pretty modern for 1910 uses spark plugs - Very similiar to modern plugs Uses a planetary gear set up for reverse- and you thought planetaries were something modern!! Dual Carbs - one for gas, one for kerosene Tool Box - standard equipment Swinging Drawbar- for pulling heavy loads on around corners Steel wheels - no flat tires Oh - and the other criteria -- How many of these do you see for sale - Well there are still quite a few of them around but I don't know of any that are for sale -do you?
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