Posted by Roger Tomfohrde on October 01, 2020 at 19:07:49 from (167.177.39.9):
In Reply to: Narrow front tractors posted by Ellis Kinney on October 01, 2020 at 07:04:50:
Probably the biggest reason they went away is it cost more to manufacture a narrow front tractor next to the farmers do not want narrows for serious farming now. A lot more were mentioned below about tires and weight carrying capacity. The last new generation Deere that a farmer showed me a few years ago had independent front axles on four wheel drive so all four stayed on the ground at all time even when the back was not level, took a lot to get one up. I had a tractor that the rear tires(15.5X38) are smaller than the new fronts on some. I have run both but will tell you a wide front is more secure on hillsides against all the naysayers here. The only tractor I come close to tipping(had a back wheel 8-10 inches off the ground) was a 460 with a narrow and a 2001 loader on it, ran over a pocket gopher mound. My uncle tipped a Farmall 340 narrow over twice. Plowing with a narrow lifts the front several inches more than a wide. I have planted corn on hill sides you needed to drive on the last row you planted to get the rest uphill far enough. We mowed road ditches for hay every year from the 60s into the 90 when we had cattle. Something's you had to do if you wanted to keep farming, but you had to be careful. Like I said manufacturing costs and lack of need made them quit, just like making 2 row equipment.
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