Re: Why Tricycle gear?

Posted by JMS/MN on November 29, 2003 at 17:55:14 from (63.186.8.220):

In Reply to: Why Tricycle gear? posted by Mark on November 29, 2003 at 10:15:27:

Two reasons- ability to cultivate higher row crops, and the ability to mount corn pickers on the tractor- both were important in the 30s and 40s. As far as steering, yes, a narrow front might tend to follow the previous cultivation track, but a wide front end will transmit much less shock to the operator on uneven ground. Standard fronts in those years were on wheatland versions of tractors, because they were not used for raising row crops. Herbicides have replaced cultivating, and combines have replaced pickers. Wide fronts are definitely more stable than narrow fronts, even though they generally have a wider turning radius. With either front on a loader tractor, common sense is still the main requirement for safe operation.

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