Strange tractors

[Cliff_Johns]

What's not clear in this one is what you do when you disconnect the attachment (or trailer in this case.)

Two tired

Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

One of my favorite old JDs, but it sure is strange looking.

Strange production JD

Cliff

 

[1948berg]

If you want more power, just add some! A local Fordson dealer, Doe, converted many Fordsons into the DD mod. (double Doe) when demand for more hp came in the sixties
http://www.machinedrivers.com/headings/headingPlough073.jpg

 

[1948berg]

If you want even more power, easy, just add another tractor!
http://web2.airmail.net/bealke/3jdsidew.jpg
From the rollag pages:
http://web2.airmail.net/bealke/rollagshow.htm

 

[RonR]

I think it was the IHC Farmal M that you could hook two together. Someone probably sold a kit that ran the front tractor controls to the rear one. Doulbed your power!

ron

 

[Bully]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I think it was the IHC Farmal M that you could hook two together.

Wouldn't you call that a M & M /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Gunnar,
That double Doe is a fine looking setup, but I've got to wonder how it can be made to travel in anything but a straight line. How does the steering mechanism work?

Cliff

 

[1948berg]

It is articulated, it steers with a hydraulic cylinder between the tractors.

 

[turnkey4099]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">(
One of my favorite old JDs, but it sure is strange looking.

Strange production JD

Cliff )</font>

Yes, Model L. I had a chance to buy a well beat up one back around 1980. Been kicking myself ever since for not doing so.

Harry K

 

[pajoube]

Thank you for the great photo's, one of the best threads of entertainment we have had.
PJ

 

[Cliff_Johns]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( It is articulated, it steers with a hydraulic cylinder between the tractors. )</font>

Ah yes, that makes sense. Thanks for the extra photo.

Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Thank you for the great photo's, one of the best threads of entertainment we have had.
PJ )</font>

Well, thanks.

Here's another ag tires make all the difference in this one -- pretty cool headlights too.

Ag tires

Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

And here's a brute of a tractor with a great cab. It's unusual in that it is a tractor/truck cross -- almost. I like the color too. Nice shade of orange. This one's a Chaimberlain tractor. The thing that makes it a bit of a truck is the choice of tread on the back tires. I expect it has a road gear that's pretty high.

Chaimberlain

Cliff

 

[RonR]

A buddy of mine was showing me some info on a Minneapolis Moline, probably from the late 40's, that had a FAST road gear. It had a cab also, and the literature said it would do nearly 40 MPH!

Don't recall the model of it now.

ron

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Here's a Mo' with a truck like cab, but I think the one your talking about was actually sold as a tractor-family car combination.

Moline

Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

And here's a Moline that looks like it ought to fly (I always liked the looks of vineyard tractors, but this one has lines like an airplane)

Moline plane

Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Note the aggangement of the seat and the wheel on this old farmall. Sometimes it's important to know where you were -- or perhaps this one was always driven in reverse.

Reverse tractor?

Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Interesting gear drive on this very strange three wheeler. I just love the back wheel. Not clear what it was built for.

Cool drive mechanism

Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

And this home made one has a mother-in-law seat on the back and a place for the figure head to sit on the front. Don't know what this one was built for either.

Lots of seats

Cliff

 

[JerryG]

Cliff,
That would give a new meaning to the term "Point man". /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif