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Re: Why Tricycle gear?
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Posted by paul on November 29, 2003 at 16:59:27 from (66.60.197.191):
In Reply to: Why Tricycle gear? posted by Mark on November 29, 2003 at 10:15:27:
In addition the good answers below, tractors cam about & took their current form right around the war years, when being frugal was a requirement. A narrow front end was cheaper - less iron, less engeneering. While the rest of the country boomed a bit after the war, the ag sector actually contracted as it mechanised, and those that kept farming had to push a pretty sharp pencil. Some things haven't canged. :) Another reason that you don't see new narrow fronts, is that tractors got too big. They will sink in a mud hole with a narrow front when they get to 100 hp. --->Paul
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