edcayton Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I remember seeing models of these when I were a lad back in't'fifties and sixties. I never saw a real one though. What has jogged my memory is that when trawling the local garages for a less second-hand car for my son, one of the salesmen gave me a business card with a picture of one of these tractors on it. Needless to say he knew nothing about it (nor his stock either, but that is another story!), so I thought I would go to the font of all Knowledge-RMWeb! I have never been let down, and I reckon the Government could use us as an Intelligence organisation provided they keep politics out of it! I have an idea that these things (the tractors that is) are/were American, but please share your knowledge. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I'm not sure what sort of work these might have been intended for- cultivating between rows perhaps. There are die-cast versions available; I've seen them on the John Ayrey web-site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RogerTractorLarge.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oliver60RowCrop1944.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerbread Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Allis Chalmers is the one that I recall - picture here. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2012 Loads, mostly Allis Chalmers & McCormick, were imported from the US during ww2 to help boost agricultural production. Quite a few turn up preserved at steam fairs etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 British made tractors also had row crop variants, Fordsons and Nuffields for example. The Nuffield M3 was the three wheeled version of the M4. Photos' of both here; http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/Nuffield_M These earlier Nuffields also had extended rear axles, with keyways, so the farmer could adjust the width of the rear track to suit whatever the crop was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 plus..the Allis-Chalmers had a very tight turning circle.....? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Natalie Graham Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Three wheelers aren't necessarily a thing of the past http://www.fwi.co.uk/assets/getAsset.aspx?ItemID=3808910 Or there's this one http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ir6h9Q90O7g/TUBxp1QnkOI/AAAAAAAACqE/UZ1LAuEcXE0/s1600/3-wheels-tractor.jpg I think there was a cheap Easten European import in the early '70s that had three wheels too. We used to have one a bit like the seond, An early Massey Fergusson which had lost the bolt from one end of the steering rod so the loose wheel just went where it wanted and tried to get the rest of the tractor to follow. Fun to drive down a rutted track. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2012 My grandfather in Yorkshire had one - I think probably an International (or possibly McCormick). It was something of a lightweight thing in comparison with my other grandfather's Fordson Major and always seemed one step up from a toy to me. But it could manage a small trailer with no trouble, including negotiating one of the local level crossings, and was perfectly at home on the relatively light soil in flat fields so ideal for a small scale farmer like grandad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted March 5, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 5, 2012 I didn't realise there was any other kind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 If you go on you tube and search for "Tim Hawkins pink tractor" a John Deere and Farmall version appear, funny song as well, my daughter is adicted to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesperus Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I'm amazed that nobodys mentioned "CARS" yet http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=egN&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&biw=939&bih=578&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=TBu513nkihkHMM:&imgrefurl=http://simplywallpaper.net/desktop/the-tractor-from-pixars-cars-movie.html&docid=CtUi8nKL0zaImM&imgurl=http://simplywallpaper.net/pictures/2010/10/27/tractor-Pixar-Cars-Wallpaper.jpg&w=1600&h=1200&ei=cdZjT679AdOC8gODoZirCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=418&vpy=147&dur=551&hovh=113&hovw=153&tx=143&ty=103&sig=117210745949536731512&page=1&tbnh=113&tbnw=153&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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