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Thanks to the guys that suggested Rumley Do-All. But that isn't it. The tractor I am talking about had a single drive wheel in the back and wide front. The driver sat off to the right side over the furrow. There was no reverse gear to back up. You got the engine to top dead center and turned it backward to run the engine backward and hence back up. The trouble was, if you were lugging it and killed the motor and it was hot, it might diesel and start up backward and back over your plow. The company took them back and gave farmers a 4 wheel tractor free but a couple of them still exist-I saw one at Ageless Iron Expo-I just can't remember the name and would like to look up more information on them. Can anyone help?
 
Sounds like you might be thinking of a Hart-Parr Little Devil. It has been written about in several old tractor books and magazines. I think "Antique Power" did a story on it a few years ago. Two-stroke engine, Two speed transmission. Due to reversing the engine, there were two speeds both forward and back. I once drove a golf cart that reversed the same way. It was surprisingly effective.
Paul
 
Do a Google search and click "Images" before you type in "Hart parr little devil". Check out the very first picture and do a full size on it.
Could this be it?
 

Ford. Had nothing to do with Henry Ford or the Ford motor company. The tractor was built using a 2 stroke marine engine. The entire tractor was nothing but trouble and broke down so frequently that no one could ever get any work done. Because of that joke of a tractor, the Nebraska Tractor testing facility was created.
 
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