Re: Trike Front Ends

Posted by Sloroll on February 21, 2005 at 10:26:21 from (69.66.146.158):

In Reply to: Trike Front Ends posted by Allan in NE on February 21, 2005 at 08:37:51:

Years ago my tractor training instructor proved to a bunch of us farm kids how a trike (dual fronts not single) would actually not flip to the side on a sidehill as fast as a wide front end. Lemmy try with out his models and fake hill. THe trike allows its pivot point to shift from front wheel to front wheel giving it a shift table of about 16" A wide front tractor shifts its weight initially on the single front pivot allowing the center of gravity to project away fron the tractor and further down the hill. We all argued the praise of wide fronts.. still seems logical; but he time after time showed the widefronts more unstable on a rolling hillside.
Regardless, to much weight and a long moment is going to toss any tractor. The mistake wasn't in the design of the tractor but the decisions of the operator. I hope he lived to scratch his head and find a low cg rear bail mover.

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