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Re: Why Tricycle gear?
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Posted by Dave in Mo on December 02, 2003 at 11:33:18 from (130.76.96.19):
In Reply to: Why Tricycle gear? posted by Mark on November 29, 2003 at 10:15:27:
I might as well add my 2 cents worth. There is less soil compaction with a narrow front end. The weight is distributed over 4 tire tracks rather than 2, but finally, the 3 point hitch did in the narrow front ends in more than anything. A light tractor like a 9N had to be the utility type since raising the implement at the end of a row made the front end very light. Turning and hitting a bump at the end of a field could be disaster.
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