Posted by greenbeanman in Kansas on September 02, 2009 at 12:33:45 from (99.38.201.229):
In Reply to: Wheatland tractors posted by 4 bottem on September 02, 2009 at 04:51:33:
To show how common the wheatland models were, I was probably 12 or 13 before I ever saw a narrow front axled tractor. All had wide fronts from what I had seen until then. That was about 1958-59. 3 pt. implements were very rare too.
While the tires were generally smaller in diameter, weren't they generally wider than a row crop tire? As others stated about the same footprint on the ground for traction.
Don't know about the row crops, but the wheatlands generally had a long stroke engine to provide plenty of raw torque. Expect they may have been the same in row crop models.
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