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 409
Large Areas as It Covers a Strip Sixty FeetWide. The Modern Gas Tractor 411 ments without straining the tractor. The ordinaryeight-foot disc harrow, which weighs about six hundredpounds, requires four horses to draw it. This meansthat it will take approximately 600 pounds pull for atractor to draw… … Fig. 182.—Avery Gas Tractor Outfit Owned by D. M. Circle,Kiowa, Kansas, Pulling a Double Disc and Lever ToothHarrow. drill, which seeds a strip eight feet wide, a pull of 450pounds will be needed for each drill hauled. An easily made and simple drill hitch is outlined atFig. 178. The method of…
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