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 407
r. Atthe other hand if the brake is not adjusted sufficientlytight a full movement of the operating lever will notapply the brake tight enough to stop the tractor. An important point to observe when the wheels areof the built-up construction is that the spokes arekept properly tightened, as one or… … a The Modern Gas Tractor 401 lock nuts, is shown at Fig. 168, and to tighten thesemembers the lock nuts must be slacked up and thethreaded end of the spoke screwed into the hub moretightly with a Stilson or pipe wrench, then locked inplace with the lock nut. Tractor Hitches.—The use to which the…
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