[Fot] "Tractoring"?

[Bill Babcock]

Yup. My favorite book on engines is Harry Ricardo's The High Speed  
Internal Compustion Engine, which I think was first printed in 1922.  
Plenty smart boy.

Of course tractor wheel spacing is dictated first by the crops and  
expected field conditions and second by everything else. I don't  
really know why tractors originally had that big positive camber, but  
I understand the result on handling.

On Jul 28, 2008, at 2:46 PM, WILLIAM TOBIN wrote:

>
>  Good point Shane about the row crops. The wheels could also be  
> mounted on
> the outside of the hubs for a wider track on the front if you weren't
> worried about plants.
>  My 1953 Super M, which my dad bought new, has WFE, wide front end.  
> The
> front wheels are basically vertical; no need for camber as the  
> fronts are in
> the same track (row) as the rears.
>  My SM isn't as pretty as the one in the picture, but I still use it  
> on a
> regular basis. It's the LAST toy that I'll part with!
>  Bill
>  And, yes those guys were good. No computers, CAD/CAM, etc to help
> them.----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Shane Ingate" <hottr6 at hotmail.com>
>  To: <billbab at gmail.com>
>  Cc: "Friends of Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
>  Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:45 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Fot] "Tractoring"?
>
>
>> Bill Babcock wrote:
>>
>>> Tractors (as many experts on the this forum can tell you) before the
>>> general use of 4WD had a lot of positive camber in the front wheels,
>>> the purpose of which was to....[snip]
>>
>> Great explanation Bill.  I always thought older tractors had the
> near-zero
>> front track to fit between crop rows so that the tires would not  
>> flatten
>> plants.  Seems like the old tractor designers were PDS (pretty damn
> smart).
>>
>> Shane Ingate in NM
>>
>>
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