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A ladder sided Fordson F on hire to a large manufacturing company to power their factory during the national coal strike in Spring 1924.

The tractor has done a lot of work, the draw bar cap has almost worn through; and on the edges of the wheel cleats
 
I love your pictures of time gone by. It really is amazing to me how they did things. Today you would have to have fifty shields and a permit to do anything. The government has just about "killed" the ability to adapt and get thing done.

If we would have another WWII today the US and England would be hard pressed to win. Neither has much of the KEY manufacturing left. Many core industries are gone. Like steel mills, iron ore mines, coal mines, etc. Even good machinist are a rare commodity in many factories anymore. Just machine watcher as they are computer controlled. With much of the programing done in India and China.
 
Neat. Several questions arise.

So- the pulley on the outside of the building is probably not original, but an emergency measure?

I wonder why the angles are worn unevenly? From the tractor spending lots of time with the right side in the furrow?

I suppose different angles were experimented with for traction and ride purposes. I can see where, as the ground got harder, the sharper angles treads probably rode smoother. I wonder what worked best for traction, and did different ground conditions make a difference?
 
WIZZO, thanks for sharing this beautiful and interesting photograph. I am guessing this Fordson is called ladder sided due to the appearance of the side of the radiator? I hadn't heard of one before.
 
I have a machinist friend who is a little younger than myself. He won't be 60 until late in the year. His knowledge and abilities, and for that matter, his shop, machines, and tooling are superb. He used to have young help. He laments the fact that no young people are interested in learning.
 
With young kids on the I-Pad from 12 years to 18 years old and never getting dirty, there not going to get dirty now handling raw steel.
 
(quoted from post at 07:34:32 01/31/15) Neat. Several questions arise.

So- the pulley on the outside of the building is probably not original, but an emergency measure?

I wonder why the angles are worn unevenly? From the tractor spending lots of time with the right side in the furrow
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Hey Bob;

Old factories used overhead shafting to power tools, looms etc. Originally would have been powered by stationary steam engines & later on gas engines in a separate building. Maybe that external pulley wheel was to balance the end of a long shaft?

When ploughing the left hand wheel will have been running at an angle and the soil worn down the side of the cleats?
 
It looks like only the inside edges of the cleats are rounded. The outside edges have square corners. Those cleats come close to the operator. Could they have been rounded off from the factory as a safety measure to reduce the chance of snagging an operators clothing or scratching a bare arm?
 
Thanks for another great picture. Not only is the subject matter interesting, but the actual quality of the photo itself is wonderful. I wonder if it was taken on a glass slide rather than film?
On the topic of "lineshafting", in my limited experience with it, it was not unusual to have an "outside" pulley-sometimes to allow for an alternate power input, sometimes to act as a "power takeoff" for auxiliary uses.
The Lifesaving Service mentioned in your earlier post has an outstanding reputation as a group of brave and dedicated men.
 
I have a photo in a Model T book somewhere here that shows 2 Fordsons belted up to overhead shaft for one of Ford's factories during some type of power outage.
Richard in NW SC
 
the companies are hypocritical. they beg for young help and yet expect 5 yrs experience. cant have both.
 
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