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Track Equipment for the Fordson Major Tractor

9th November 1945
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Page 27, 9th November 1945 — Track Equipment for the Fordson Major Tractor
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EQUIPMENT for converting Fordson wheeled tractors L–Ato the track-laying type is one of the specialities of Roadless Traction Ltd., Gunnersbury House, Hounslow, Middlesex. Such equipment is now available for the new Fordson Major, and it has recently been subjec'ted to interesting comparative tests.

In all its essentials the D.G. equipment for the Fordson Major tractor is identical with that used on the old model Fordsons, the main differences being in the method of attachment to the tractor, and the modified types of sprocket hub.

The tracks, sprockets and idlers are interchangeable with those fitted to the old model Fordson. The idler shaft for the Fordson Major is cranked to permit the unrestricted use of the power take-off.

Tested over a dry and rather rough grass surface, the drawbar pull registered with the D.G. equipment was 5,000 lb. in bottom gear, and 3,000 lb. in second gear. The model Fordson Major used was of the standard agricultural type.

Ploughing tests were carried out with a Fordson Major wheeled model, and an identical machine fitted with D.G. equipment. The work was carried out on land which had been previously ploughed and cultivated and it was in a loose and friable condition—about as poor for adhesion as it could possibly be. • The wheeled Fordson Major pulled a two-furrow plough and recorded a consistent drawbar pull of 1,000 lb., with slip on the land wheel estimated at about 50 per cent. Slip on the furrow wheel probably did not exceed 5 per cent.

With the D.G.-equipped Fordson Major, a four-furrow plough was used, operating to the same depth, and the dynamometer registered slightly over 2,000 lb. drawbar pull. The tractor was operating with both tracks on the land, and in the loose-surface soil a small degree of track slip was observable, an indication that, under the conditions, the load imposed was quite sufficient.

Following the foregoing preliminary tests the tractor, as equipped by Roadless -israction Ltd., was sent to the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., for exhaustive performance tests.

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