Posted by Billy NY on September 14, 2012 at 06:41:07 from (24.29.79.122):
In Reply to: Re: Attn: Mr Dave 2 posted by oldtanker on September 13, 2012 at 20:51:37:
Definitely broadened your "tractor horizons" and what a tease, setting up a base camp outside the JD plant LOL.
It seems they have excelled in equipment technology, and have been ahead of us in lots of things going back to WWII.
I never saw and FWA tractors around here at all, even at the dealership, not one Elenco, that I can recall, or any other conversion, and we had a shop, long time business, still operating today that could have built or converted tractors, HOWE-COLEMAN conversions of heavy trucks to front axle drive, HOWE Brothers is the name of the business, link attached.
Its interesting how FWA evolved in the U.S., I just saw and took a photo of a JD 4440 with FWA, there was 2 of them in this local shop north of me, I have run my farmer friends JD 4440 many times and have many other local 4440's but never a FWA one, forgot to ask about them will next time I'm up there for parts.
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