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WW2N · Feb 15, 2019

I seen this a few yrs ago and stumbled across it today and have a couple of ?s At the 11:11 mark are the tires on backward if so why. And at the 11:59 mark he says it uses 20 to 25 gals of fuel to do its work did he mis-speak--- seems like a lot of fuel.
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fastfarmall · Feb 15, 2019

Those things are before my time, but some tractor were narrower when they switched the rear tires from side for side, for shipping! I would say 20-25 gallons sounds about right !

Janicholson · Feb 15, 2019

Remember the ghost dude was admin/sales, not a real farmer. The advert department should have been filtered with some real farmers. That first tractor's problems were operator fail, not so much tractor. Spinning the crank was sure wrong!!! Jim

504 · Feb 15, 2019

In the case of the film, it was they shipped them as narrow to fit more of them on a rail car,and they did not turn them around for the show. Back when we still had to cultivate, weeds a lot of people had to widen the tires to straddle two rows and it was a lot easier to just jack up one side at a time and turn the wheel around and run it backwards. Traction was not a problem on dry ground.

caterpillar guy · Feb 16, 2019

About 11.12 the tires were on backwards for working in the field. Those TD models were not what the old D cats were. A D-4 was about 40 horse and would pull 4-6 bottom plow in 3rd or about 3 MPH. I have pulled 4 bottom in 3rd and 6 in 2nd with our D-4.

redforlife · Feb 17, 2019

Tire tread is backwards. Probly shipped from factory that way, and not corrected upon delivery. Only way to correct without dismounting tire, would be to turn the whole wheel around. Only way to correct and be the same width without dismounting tire, is to take both wheels off, turn around, and put on opposite side of tractor. The commercial video people probly overlooked this, and didn't have what they needed to make the change on location. Or maybe just didn't want to go to the trouble.

That sounds like alot of fuel. But for a 12 or 14 hour full day from sun up to sun down, it might not be to far off if doing some heavy pulling.

BarnyardEngineering · Feb 18, 2019

The tractor at 11:11 does NOT have adjustable tread width. The tires were installed backward, period. I don't believe there is/was any technical reason for it; it was plain ignorance. Rubber tires were a new thing at the time.

Love the depiction of the "dumb hick farmer." What is with that hat???

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