tandems?

glennster · Dec 9, 2021

anybody have a home built tandem tractor? they were several in my area growing up, 50s and 1960s. i wonder what happend to em all. heres a picnof a tandem in case you are not sure

muleman51 · Dec 9, 2021

I like those, never saw any that small.

john in la · Dec 9, 2021

The ability to build bigger motors did away with tandems.

While it has been over 30 years I will have to adlib the conversation.
A Cat rep was talking to some truck drivers with a company I worked for.
Driver complains about small motors and the speed they will climb a hill.
Cat rep says it would take a 500 hp motor to pull a truck up a 6% grade at 55 mph.
And 500 hp motors will never happen so get use to the slow truck.

Fast forward to motors of today and 500 hp is nothing.

jddrawbar · Dec 9, 2021

Local farmer put 2 LA Case together in the late 50's. He had a machine shop and could do about anything. He would be in the top 3 smartest people I've known. Made pecan shellers, his own brand of lawn mowers, tree removal spade, etc. and was a super nice person. Always willing to help me with my teenager projects.

Timmycornpicker · Dec 9, 2021

A comparison of test data regarding drawbar pull and wheelslip percentage between that setup and a 70 HP FWA tractor, both weighted similarly, would be interesting. I'm sure no such comparison has ever been done, though.

old-9 · Dec 9, 2021

I have seen a few at local shows. One an Allis Chalmers had a neat hydraulic cylinder/slave cylinder to operate the front clutch. Simple 2 two way cylinders and two hoses, push one-moves the other. Another show had 2 International tractors coupled. My father-in -law at one time hooked a JD and a super M together, used a rope some way on the hand clutch, I never saw it. joe

gab · Dec 9, 2021

Here's an old dog that came to the local threshing show for years, not much fit and finish but it must have worked. Had a history of it next to it, think two guys from Kansas built it.

super99 · Dec 9, 2021

When I was a kid in the late 50s, one neighbor had a 720 Deere and mounted a Wisconsin V 4 in front belt pulley and belted them together for more power . Id like to put one together some day.

thehickdaddy · Dec 9, 2021

at the great oregon steamup, i have seen tandem Ferguson 35 and tandem John Deere D, but there was also a tandem Cat D9 that was called DD9H that was factory built!!

the video link is to a great story about brothers that put 2 case L together which they called a double header. I believe the video lists the case as being the 3rd tandem tractor built in the area, the first 2 units being tandem Massey Harris 203 and the other unit being a tandem Minnie Mo

some articles i have read talked about keeping the front wheels on the front tractor so if a light job came up, the tractor could easily be converted back to conventional.

double header Case L

thehickdaddy · Dec 9, 2021

if you watch this video from Iowa state ag day, 1955, and skip ahead to the 3 minute mark and there is a tandem ford pulling a 5 bottom plow on the 3 point, that must have made quite the splash in 1955 when so many farms were used to 2 bottom trailer plows
Iowa state university ag day 1955

DeltaRed · Dec 9, 2021

How about Harry Lee's multiemgined F20s?Or DonDufners triple 830.There have been others.A buddy put together two JD'A' just for fun at the tractor pulls.Make almost a full pull.The crowd went wild.

55 50 Ron · Dec 9, 2021

The L Case is 40 HP not 80 as the guy said.

55 50 Ron · Dec 9, 2021

I saw Harry Lee's tractor. It was an F30 Farmall with 3 engines on a single rear end. He started the middle engine by its crank then started the other two from roller chain drives at the output of the clutch housings that tied them all together for the drive to the transmission.

John Deere D · Dec 9, 2021

One of my to do someday......Make a set of Tandem case 930's.

Bob..

fixerupper · Dec 9, 2021

I saw tandem DC Cases go by our place in the 60s. Dont know where the rig came from or where it went. A few miles away from me a farmer had a tandem 830 - 820 Deere rig. Rumor had it he pulled the drawbar out of the back tractor.

leroy in ne · Dec 9, 2021

Florida Flywheelers JD 830 and 820 or 30, they were there in 17, 18, and 19. Old Trusty Show at Clay Center, Nebraska. Pair of W9 IHC gas burners with the man that run them for 10 or 15 years for his uncle. I have seen pictures of IHC 15-30's paired and used in Kansas wheat country years ago.

Royboy · Dec 9, 2021

Somewhere in Arizona there was a guy that built a side by side using Farmalls. This was 20 yes. ago or so.

Steve A W · Dec 9, 2021

Here's a short video of Hank Friday's Tandem Deeres.
video link

Bruce from Can. · Dec 10, 2021

I went to the Kinzie corn planter factory in Iowa, and looked at many of the tractors that John Kinzenbaw had. And he had a very large JD tractor with two engines parallel, as I recall it was an articulated tractor. Great place to visit if you get the chance.

BarnyardEngineering · Dec 10, 2021

They're still out there. Just not the most convenient things to take to tractor shows.

Some day I want to make one out of a pair of Farmall Cubs.

Uncle murph · Dec 10, 2021

Look up George Prior or Earnest Doe,Doe triple D.Did it commercially.

mrslesq · Dec 10, 2021

There were a few JDs set up in our area (NW ILL), but I was too young to remember them. The Wisconsin was started when they hit a tough spot. At least they did not have to crank it to start it!

P I Pete · Dec 10, 2021

Back in the 60's a guy put a G JD coupled to a super 88 Oliver, he could farm faster with that rig than his brother could with a 4020. At a tractor pull there was a D jd that had a wisconsin v4 mounted up high that was belted to the fly wheel.

Pete

Geo-TH,In · Dec 10, 2021

Never used one.
Give me 40 acres to turn this rig around.

David from Kansas · Dec 10, 2021

The latest one I have seen around here was a pair of JD R tractors in tandem. I think they originated in SW Kansas and were bought by a guy in McPherson, KS where they sat for several years, then were sold and I think it was the same ones then were sold in Hutchinson, KS, and then on to Andale and don't know where they went from there. I think at one of the times they were sold they were offered as buy one or buy both.

tractornate · Dec 10, 2021

Glennster, do you know any more about the tandem Massey you posted? My Dad loves those Masseys and I'd like to find out more about it if you know it - just so I could show him. Thanks for anything you know!

Leroy · Dec 11, 2021

Neighbor had tandem made of 450 and M Farmals, Never remember seeing him working it as we were about 2 mile apart. Steering was shaft connected from rear tractor to steering on front tractor. Lot simpler that removing front wheels and making articulated tractor setup. In fal he seperated them and put his mounted picker on the 450.

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