I'm sure someone has posted this before here. I just found it tonight, and think it's pretty cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q97nIPVjXNg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q97nIPVjXNg
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john *.?-!.* cub owner
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Was that the same one that was at Red Power in 2002, or was there more than one model?
Jim Becker
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The original was at RPR. This is a more recent replica.
Bob M
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A good friend of mine built that HT340 replica. I even had the opportunity once to operate it briefly.
Truly a unique and eye-catching tractor. But also impractical. It consumes fuel (kerosene) at a furious rate, even at idle. And the noise out the exhaust (roar/turbine whine) is LOUD!
Truly a unique and eye-catching tractor. But also impractical. It consumes fuel (kerosene) at a furious rate, even at idle. And the noise out the exhaust (roar/turbine whine) is LOUD!
Bob M
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Good point! A couple things to keep in mind however:
- The original HT340 (and slightly incrementally improved HT341) were never intended for production. Rather they were test bed machines to experiment with a new transmission technology (hydrostatic drive). Fast forward about 10 years; vastly improved designs were finalized for production as the Farmall Hydro 70 etc. though still with conventional gas and diesel engines.
- Recall about the same time IH was fooling with the HT340, Chrysler was testing gas turbines in cars, GM in over the road trucks, etc. Also this is the jet aircraft were seriously taking over for piston-powered airplanes. The jet engine was clearly "the wave of the future". So the HT340 was as much a publicity stunt as a true engineering exercise.
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For more info suggest reading "A Corporate Tragedy: The Agony of International Harvester Company" by Barbara Marsh. In 1960 IHC was still the #1 farm equipment manufacturer. The book goes into some detail the arrogance; "to big to fail" mentality and generally poor decision making by IHC corporate leadership of that era.
- The original HT340 (and slightly incrementally improved HT341) were never intended for production. Rather they were test bed machines to experiment with a new transmission technology (hydrostatic drive). Fast forward about 10 years; vastly improved designs were finalized for production as the Farmall Hydro 70 etc. though still with conventional gas and diesel engines.
- Recall about the same time IH was fooling with the HT340, Chrysler was testing gas turbines in cars, GM in over the road trucks, etc. Also this is the jet aircraft were seriously taking over for piston-powered airplanes. The jet engine was clearly "the wave of the future". So the HT340 was as much a publicity stunt as a true engineering exercise.
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For more info suggest reading "A Corporate Tragedy: The Agony of International Harvester Company" by Barbara Marsh. In 1960 IHC was still the #1 farm equipment manufacturer. The book goes into some detail the arrogance; "to big to fail" mentality and generally poor decision making by IHC corporate leadership of that era.
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