And that second transmission was apparently a factory option in some Ford Model T or TT trucks. With a 3 speed GM style transmission between the T pedal operated transmission and the drive shaft. I've seen 4 or 5 built that way in the last couple years. Mostly heavy duty trucks, though one was a school bus.
When my dad built a home made garden tractor from model A parts and a single cylinder gas engine, he used belt reductions. One fixed 4" to 10" (two Bs for 7 hp) and the second 3" to 10" (three Bs) that was also the belt clutch with a movable idler. I has run nearly 60 years on two sets of clutch belts and one first reduction belt set. With tire chains and an adult driver for weight it pulls a single 8" horse plow bottom in clay. When my dad got into his 80s he added hydraulics. I have it now.
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