Reversed tractor

flying belgian · Oct 28, 2021

Local craigslist has a reversed WD with loader. Looks put together real nice. Never thought about it. How do they reverse the tractor?

matthies · Oct 28, 2021

Flip the differential/ring gear assembly over.

DoubleO7 · Oct 28, 2021

Some can allow the ring gear and carrier to be pulled and installed with ring gear on otherside of pinion.
The pedals and steering can be quite a rube goldburg configuration.

flying belgian · Oct 28, 2021

So how would you do that with a wd with that drop axle?

PopinJohn · Oct 28, 2021

Back in the 1950s, some of our neighbors
bought IH Farmall cotton pickers that were
mounted on Super Cs, or Hs, or Ms. The
ring and pinion had been reversed to allow
usual transmission operation.
Dad bought a John Deere #1 one row picker
which we mounted on our 1951 JD G. Since the
G had a hi/lo Reverse, all we had to do was swap
the rear tires from side to side and it was ready.

SVcummins · Oct 28, 2021

You just flip the ring gear and carrier

Janicholson · Oct 28, 2021

The axle drives are out on the ends of the axle housing, the differential is in the pumpkin in the center. The engineers used to make things symmetrical, so everything could be assembled with the ring gear on the opposite side which reversed the direction of rotational flow. Jim

Dieseltech · Oct 28, 2021

Here's my Cockshutt 30 I reversed years ago. With the differential flipped over it now has eight speeds and two reverse opposite of how the tractor was built.

Keith True · Oct 28, 2021

It was a common enough thing to be done.A sawmill here has a JD utility turned around.It looks to be based on something like a 300 utility.I know one was made based on a turned around 2010 too.The JD dealer I worked at had a turned around International.A scrap dealer had a turned around Ferguson.I had an old Lull Forklift,I guess we call them telehandlers now that is a turned around Oliver 770.I can't recall seeing anything made that way from a Ford,doesn't mean they weren't made,just means I naver saw one.

Bill(Wis) · Oct 28, 2021

Quite common going back to the WCs. I remember driving with my Dad to central Wisconsin where they were buck raking peas with WCs reversed with buck rakes on the rear going backward quite fast, drivers faced to the rear of the tractor.

jal-SD · Oct 28, 2021

Reversed tractors were very common in the Nebraska sand hills during the late 40's on into the 70's. They were primarily used to push hay sweeps for harvesting prairie hay. The hay was generally put up in small stacks and used to winter cattle. There were no big round or big square bailers in those days. The most efficient method of harvesting prairie hay in the sand hills was, and in some areas still is to make small stacks that can be moved to sheltered areas with hay sleds for wintering your herd. AC & IHC models were mostly used because the ring gears were probably the easiest to reverse by simply turning them over. I have never seen a reversed Case, but Case rear ends were often used to build hay sled winches. The chain drives were robust and it was easy to increase pulling power by reversing the sprockets.

Rich'sToys · Oct 28, 2021

There used to be a number of different people around our area that had reversed Allis Chalmers with loaders on them. I think most were WD's and/or WD-45's. Not sure if any of them are still around or not. Don't get out and around as much as I used to.

Tony in SD · Oct 29, 2021

The farm I live on belonged to my uncle. He always found a better way to do things. In the 60s he had a reversed Cockshutt he used to feed his cattle. I watched him drive though mud/ice/snow with a load of hay in the grapple. Barely slowed him down. We would have been stuck with our SC Case. I called it a backwards tractor. He said it wasnt backwards, the weight is on the big driven tires where it belongs, instead of the small non-driven tires. Mute point now days since most farms have at least one loader tractor with FWA.

Bruce from Can. · Oct 29, 2021

I remember the AC dealership near us had a reversed AC WD with a forklift attachment. I have seen it in operation many times. Seemed to work just as well as a purpose built forklift.

DIM · Oct 29, 2021

Reversing tractor NO problem with my tractor just reverse the seat 180 degree and your good to go. Here is picture of it with forks on 3 point lift

JWinIndiana · Oct 29, 2021

(quoted from post at 04:34:15 10/29/21) Reversing tractor NO problem with my tractor just reverse the seat 180 degree and your good to go. Here is picture of it with forks on 3 point lift
<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto106318.jpg>

I like, just never could afford.

in-too-deep · Oct 29, 2021

Friend of mine has a reversed Farmall M. Kind of a cobbled together mess. JD gas tank, Oliver pedals, JD flywheels for counterweight, Swartz wide front(rear), etc. It's not pretty but it has faithfully fed ALOT of beef cows through Minnesota winters.

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