Lord Ferguson Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Well look no further... it's all here in text and pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Knew you didnt have that when i saw it mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Knew you didnt have that when i saw it mate yes indeedy.. thanks mate... it's a lovely brochure as well... pity about the bullet wounds down the side... but a cracker none-the-less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Its a good read i must say is that a 35 in one of the pics then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 I think it's the American 35 mate... itr refers to just the 35 and Super 90 \ The brohcure is a British print though \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 interesting info. there Marky! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Nice bit of stuff there Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Interesting so why did it not catch on then. Would there not be a week link in the welds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 Interesting so why did it not catch on then. Would there not be a week link in the welds? well... it did.. kind of catch on.. I think the weak part was the pressed steel centres - they went to cast ones at some stage... I think it could be described as a fashion thing really... at one or more points in time the majority of 100 and 500 series tractors around my way were sold with PAVT's - then again... for some time you would not see a single new tractor sporting them.... strange really \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Trying to up your brochure totals then? :D I think in 'those days' most people just altered wheel settings once and the wheels were like that for life, so they were useful but not used to their full potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 Trying to up your brochure totals then? :D I think in 'those days' most people just altered wheel settings once and the wheels were like that for life, so they were useful but not used to their full potential. Thats interesting John... so would it be fair to say that in the "olden days" wheels were less likely to be changed (for width setting) than in more modern times I would have thought (not sure why)... that it would be more common to change wheel settings in the good old days... well... more than it is today \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudding Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 PAVT wheels were a bugger when someone had not tightened the nuts properly etc, they used to wear the square rails and cause the wheel to buckle, then ya either build them up of set ya wheels out, but once buckled it was hard to get them back on the flip side, cast centres gave the tractor more weight where it mattered gone are the days of adjusting wheels in and out every 5 minutes too...........(the te-20 days) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I think I have seen a similar looking set up on a Ford 8000 and that was an American tractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I think I have seen a similar looking set up on a Ford 8000 and that was an American tractor. I think you'll find power adjustable Wheels were invented by , or at least first available on, Allis Chalmers tractors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I think you'll find power adjustable Wheels were invented by , or at least first available on, Allis Chalmers tractors. Didn't know that allis8550... what models out of interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Didn't know that allis8550... what models out of interest? The first AC to feature what Allis called "power-shift" wheels was the 1948 Model WD, they later became an option on all the range except the model G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Ah... you see in December 1947 Harry Ferguson invented the....... Nar... I'll stop there... it's not fair for us Fergie lovers to keep pinching the limelight... we'll let you have that small, insignificent victory Allis... SO LONG AS YOU STAND UP AND TELL THE CLASS MASSEY FERGUSON ARE BEST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Ah... you see in December 1947 Harry Ferguson invented the....... Nar... I'll stop there... it's not fair for us Fergie lovers to keep pinching the limelight... we'll let you have that small, insignificent victory Allis... SO LONG AS YOU STAND UP AND TELL THE CLASS MASSEY FERGUSON ARE BEST Fair comment Marky , Massey Ferguson are the best, but so often Allis were the first, first PAVT wheels, first production turbo diesel tractor, first production 100hp + tractor, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Fair comment Marky , Massey Ferguson are the best, but so often Allis were the first, first PAVT wheels, first production turbo diesel tractor, first production 100hp + tractor, etc. :D ALLL RIGHT ALL RIGHT.... :o Stop going on :D :D Were they really the first turbo tractor people - what year was that... out of interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGEL FORD Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 PAVT wheels were a very expensive optional extra at a time when the average farm seldom changed track widths. Most farms that needed to change track widths usually had tractors that stayed on the relevant track widths all year or perhaps only changed once/twice a year and didn't want the extra weight or cost of the pavts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 :D ALLL RIGHT ALL RIGHT.... :o Stop going on :D :D Were they really the first turbo tractor people - what year was that... out of interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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