Good point Shane about the row crops. The wheels could also be mounted on
the outside of the hubs for a wider track on the front if you weren't
worried about plants.
My 1953 Super M, which my dad bought new, has WFE, wide front end. The
front wheels are basically vertical; no need for camber as the fronts are in
the same track (row) as the rears.
My SM isn't as pretty as the one in the picture, but I still use it on a
regular basis. It's the LAST toy that I'll part with!
Bill
And, yes those guys were good. No computers, CAD/CAM, etc to help
them.----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
To: <billbab@gmail.com>
Cc: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] "Tractoring"?
> Bill Babcock wrote:
>
> > Tractors (as many experts on the this forum can tell you) before the
> > general use of 4WD had a lot of positive camber in the front wheels,
> > the purpose of which was to....[snip]
>
> Great explanation Bill. I always thought older tractors had the
near-zero
> front track to fit between crop rows so that the tires would not flatten
> plants. Seems like the old tractor designers were PDS (pretty damn
smart).
>
> Shane Ingate in NM
>
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