. Automotive industries . the three-wheel typehaving its two driving wheels at thefront and a caster wheel used for steer-ing located at the rear. When plowingand cultivating the implements are al-ways in front of the operator, being lo-cated between the front and rear means of the frame extension thewheel tread can be varied, from a mini-mum of 54 in. to a maximum of 79 is accomplished by turning a cranklocated on the front cross member of theframe. The rear caster wheel is oper-ated by a conventional steering gear en-abling the tractor to be turned in aradius of 7 ft. The d
. Automotive industries . the three-wheel typehaving its two driving wheels at thefront and a caster wheel used for steer-ing located at the rear. When plowingand cultivating the implements are al-ways in front of the operator, being lo-cated between the front and rear means of the frame extension thewheel tread can be varied, from a mini-mum of 54 in. to a maximum of 79 is accomplished by turning a cranklocated on the front cross member of theframe. The rear caster wheel is oper-ated by a conventional steering gear en-abling the tractor to be turned in aradius of 7 ft. The drive wheels are 54in. in diameter and are 10 in. wide. Thepower plant consists of a four-cylinder4% x 534 in. Waukesha engine. This en-gine has a hollow crankshaft for forcefeed lubrication. The transmission hastwo speeds forwajd and one hijrh gear gives a normal plowingspeed of 31-. miles per hour. A Bennettcarburetor is fitted and it is claimed that 448 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES THE AUTOMOBILE February 21,, 1921. Boring convertible tractor-cultivator the tractor can be run on either gasoline or Bennett air cleaner is used, this being of the centrifu-gal type. The power take-off is on the right side of thetractor and on the outside of the frame. It is inde-pendent of the engine clutch and the pulley turns onlywhen the belt power clutch is engaged. Its speed is41/100 that of the engine. The tractor weighs 3400 of this weight 3000 lb. rests on the front drivers and400 lb. on the rear caster Three-Plow Tractor A B. Farquhar, the implement maker, this year ex-hibited a four-wheel tractor rated as a three-plow job of15-25 hp. The tractor is assembled from well knownunits including a Buda engine. The drive is throughan intermediate shaft to the transmission, which is lo-cated over and slightly back of the rear wheel axis. Thetractor is steered and operated in the conventional final drive to the rear wheels is through completelyinclose
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