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inoz

02-02-2007 01:27:48




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just wondering what the advantage of twin wheel trycycles was over a fat single




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CNKS

02-02-2007 13:13:44




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 Re: trycycles ? in reply to inoz, 02-02-2007 01:27:48  
The single is for cultivating narrow rows where the duals would not fit. The duals also give better flotation in loose soil. Contrary to the posts below, on the H I found little difference in ease of steering or turning circle. I spent many hours driving with both configurations.



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KT

02-02-2007 09:39:57




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 Re: trycycles ? in reply to inoz, 02-02-2007 01:27:48  
Cultivating in a listed field the two front tires could be spread out to help stradle the ridge, making it easier to stear.



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NDS

02-02-2007 08:50:12




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 Re: trycycles ? in reply to inoz, 02-02-2007 01:27:48  
About the only real advantage of dual wheel tricyle I can think of is that if you have a tire go flat on dual front you can limp back ts shed to fix it. Have put in thousands of hours cultivating with dual tricle and if the center furrow had been plowed too deep in previous cultivation it was a real pain to steer the duals, single wheel would run in furrow like it was on track.



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Garry in OK

02-02-2007 08:20:35




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 Re: trycycles ? in reply to inoz, 02-02-2007 01:27:48  

Don"t know about the single wheel, but the 2 wheel narrow on the Super H I grew up with would go from straight ahead to locked in about a half second if you hit a hole or plow furrow just right. And of course you always had your thumb hooked behind a spoke where it shouldn"t be in the first place.

I can still hear the sound the steering gear made as it spun the wheel at warp speed.

And I can remember sitting in the field waiting to get feeling back in my thumb and wondering if I should claim it was broken and go to the house.

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Allan In NE

02-02-2007 08:52:59




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 Re: trycycles ? in reply to Garry in OK, 02-02-2007 08:20:35  
Yeah,

But the upside was (on the singles, anyway) that the old bugger would turn around in it's own footprint.

Always liked the way those cultivator tractors could do that.

Allan



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gene bender

02-02-2007 04:56:17




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 Re: trycycles ? in reply to inoz, 02-02-2007 01:27:48  
I your crops were irrigated you would have wanted the single fat one as the crop would have had a trench between the rows and thats where the single tire was best as the double wheels were too wide to fit into that deep pocket. Some liked the single better for muddy conditions also. They did steer a little easier.



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colekicker

02-02-2007 07:12:54




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 Re: trycycles ? in reply to gene bender, 02-02-2007 04:56:17  
I will agree with the single front steering easier. When you are driving and you hit a bump with one wheel and not the other on the 2 wheel tricycle, you sure feel it in the steering wheel. Now when it comes time to turn sharp, the 2 wheel tricycle will do a lot better in my opinion.
The only reason I am giving my opinion is because I switched my Super M from a single front to 2 wheel tricycle. I just liked the looks better. But if I was in a serious farm operation, I would have a single front. Much easier on my arms.

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Hugh MacKay

02-02-2007 02:18:34




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 Re: trycycles ? in reply to inoz, 02-02-2007 01:27:48  
inoz: Nothing to do with advantage, when a farmer ordered a tractor he could order what best suited his operation and the work he intended to do with the tractor. The options were single wheel narrow front, 2 wheel narrow front or wide front. I dare say a lot of them were ordered on pure customer preference.

Advantage would be in the eye of the beholder. I'll bet you could get a lot of arguments on that one.

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