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 as well as practical application of tractors in the field (1919)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York : Scientific American Pub. Co. · leaf 299
, 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 horse-drawn vehicles. Thefront view of a Phoenix tractor outlined at Fig. 119 showsthe method of utilizing a spring mounting for the… … Fig. 119.—Method of Mounting Front End of Phoenix TractorFrame on Springs Designed to Permit Three Point Sus-pension Principle. the axle, and these carry a bearing at their center whichrocks on a stud attached to the bottom of the curved The MonERx Gas Tractor 293 front frame member. The…
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