tw15 ractor

mikes tw tractor · Feb 12, 2013

what does TW mean on tw5 tw15 ect ????

RodinNS · Feb 12, 2013

Two Wheel drive.... as opposed to the FW series they had at the same time which was an equal wheel FWD built by Steiger.

Rod

Zack(NC) · Feb 12, 2013

It stood for Today's World tractors, TW series came in the FWD also from the 5 through 35 series you could get either of the models in 2 or 4 wheel drive Zack

Bern · Feb 12, 2013

Where did you come up with "Todays World"? Do you have something to back that up?

By the way, a TW with front wheel assist is not a true four wheel drive.

showcrop · Feb 13, 2013

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Today's world? I don't think that I have heard that before.

Zack(NC) · Feb 13, 2013

A former Ford mechainc of 35 yrs told me & it is in the front of all there literatures from the early 80's in the silver series booklets when you open them on the 1st & 2nd pages, & whether or not they arn't true 4wd they were offered & came that way on the 7710's & up, If im wrong why has no one else gave an answer to the man original question??

showcrop · Feb 13, 2013

(quoted from post at 17:49:05 02/13/13) A former Ford mechainc of 35 yrs told me & it is in the front of all there literatures from the early 80's in the silver series booklets when you open them on the 1st & 2nd pages, & whether or not they arn't true 4wd they were offered & came that way on the 7710's & up, If im wrong why has no one else gave an answer to the man original question??

looks like Rod gave the right answer right off. At least that is what I understood TW to stand for

RodinNS · Feb 13, 2013

If I get time I'll look in Gibbard's book for the page reference where it defines TW... It's NOT Today's World.

All ag chassis tractors were refered to as Front Wheel Assist or MFWD in Ford's case and the term FWD or Four Wheel Drive is universally reserved for full time, equal wheel four wheel drives most often in an articulated chassis. In Ford's case they were always articulated... Hence the 8000 series deriviatives through the TW and large frame 30 series were all refered to as being a 2WD chassis that may or may not have been equipped with MFWD. FW... was the steiger built four wheelers.

Rod

Bern · Feb 13, 2013

Zack,

I have all of the original literature from the early 80s, and not once do I see anything about "Today's World".

I DO see a reference to the "World tractor" line, but nothing else.

Just so you know, I have literature from 3 different generations of TWs, along with the overall product lines from the early 1980s. I cannot find anything about "Today's World".

Chris in SK · Feb 13, 2013

I've got Gibbards book. On page 86 it states...'Whereas FW designated four-wheel drive on the giant articulated machines, TW stood for two wheel drive on Ford's new heavy weights. This may seem confusing when most of the TW's sold in UK and europe were equipt with front wheel assist'.

Cowman74 · Feb 14, 2013

"Time Waster". At least that's what the boss calls them when I have a customer that wants to trade one on a John Deere.

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