Strange tractors

[Cliff_Johns]

This is stock John Deere, but some pretty impressive tires.

Steel Wheels

On an International
Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

And finally, A very strange looking JD indeed.

Parts is Parts

If anyone else has some oddball tractor pictures please post them, or links to the photos here.

Unless I see something really really odd, I'm done posting to this thread.

Cliff

 

[RonR]

Any guesses why the steel wheels on the modern tractor?

I drove my 1929 McCormack 22-36 a few blocks on a paved street. It had steel wheels with solid rubber bolted around the permeter. Rode like a TANK. It was terrible. Can't imagine operating one of those with no suspension from the tires.

ron

 

[Egon]

I can remember from many years ago where steel wheels replaced the rubber on some WD9's. This was for breaking recently cleared bush land. No flat tires.

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Cliff_Johns]

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I would guess it's because they wear out slowly and because anyone with a welder and some scrap can fix the tire.

Cliff

 

[1948berg]

Steel wheels on a modern tractor. Maybe someone has pulled my leg, but I have heard that steel wheel on tractors today has something to do with religion, Amish-Mennonite???

Here is an early tracklayer

 

[Dargo]

Some of the tractors didn't quite look like OSHA would like them. How about this one?

 

[1948berg]

A self made Swede
http://212.112.182.19/images/38/3864542869.jpg

 

[TBDonnelly]

Hmmm.......

What brand of tractor? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Should we give Cliff first pick? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Don

 

[GaryM]

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That kind of looks like the bad guys "Spider Like" machine in the movie verson of "Wild Wild West".