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 422
awnscraper when a heaviercut is taken than canbe carried through byhorses. When a tractoris used for road workthe character of thework is always betterthan when horses areemployed, becausethere are no irregular-ities in the cut as areinvariably presentwhen a scraper is drawnby animal power. The… … 416 The Modern Gas Tractor owning and operating a gas tractor state that theweekly expense when using six horses on the road machinehas been $84.00 per week (including two-horse teamhire at the rate of $4.00 each per day). They state thatwhen operating the scraper by means o^ the tractorthey…
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