The modern gas tractor, its construction, utility, operation and repair; a practical treatise defining every branch of up-to-date gas tractor engineering, driving and maintenance in a non-technical manner. Considers fully all types of power plants and their components, methods of drive and speed changing mechanisms. Describes design and construction of all parts, their installation and adjustment as well as practical application of tractors in the field (1914)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York : Norman W. Henley · leaf 289
necessary to secure easy steering. Whenthe Ackerman type axle is used, however, this beingthe form in which the wheels are carried by steeringknuckles, it would not be necessary to supply the singlepivotal point of support if it were not imperative to havethe three-point method of suspension. Fig.… … PIVOT Fig. 118.—Showing Arrangement of Ackerman Front Axle toObtain Three Point Support of Tractor Frame. Gas tractors, as a rule, are not mounted on springsbecause their speed of travel is slow and the large wheelsemployed reduce the need for springs which are so neces-sary with automobiles or…
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