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| joe
11-30-2002 20:00:18
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Do you know those 4wd county tractors (if not see the tractor pics on this site). I was wondering how do they steer?? They have front tires the same as the back but are on a standard (I think ford) tractor. It doesn't look like the front wheels can turn much at all as they are located so close to tractor itself. Do they skid steer? Just got to know......
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| Geoff Penn - Ex County Tractors
02-10-2003 07:14:24
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Re: county tractors steering in reply to joe, 11-30-2002 20:00:18
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| Hi Folks,
Just to clarify, the County has only one funtioning Differential, located in the rear transmission. Let's differentiate (!) here between a 'Differential'and a Bevel gear. There is a bevel gear set on each rear axle shaft to take drive forward to the Front Stub Axle assemblies. In here you will find a Crown Wheel and Pinion set which delivers drive to the Front axle Shaft.
The single transmission Differtential, when locked, will therefore lock up the entire drive ensuring tremendous adhesion.Application of the independent Steering Brakes provides a crawler like-skid steer. The Power Steering system on most models was fully hydrostatic. Hope this helps.
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| pudding
12-04-2002 19:38:37
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Re: county tractors steering in reply to joe, 11-30-2002 20:00:18
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| | first county super 4 built were skid steer i think they had big wheels and poor lock sure, but they also had a relatively short wheel base,.....the 654 had a slightly shorter wheel base than the 5000........if i remeber right there is county specs on my website www.puddingsworld.com laters pudding
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| Brit. 1
12-01-2002 16:58:04
199.3.123.68
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Re: county tractors steering in reply to joe, 11-30-2002 20:00:18
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| Joe, On every county tractor there are five diffs, apart from the main one in the back end there are two more on the output shafts on the rear axel these take the power forward via drive shafts to the other two diffs attached to the front axel in a wishbone arrangement.By this design the independant brakes are retained to assist in turning.The tractors were based mainly on modified ford units but a batch of about fifty international british 634 tractors and some leyland models were also produced. County exported to many countries worldwide
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| Woodbeef
12-01-2002 12:30:01
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Re: county tractors steering in reply to joe, 11-30-2002 20:00:18
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| They do turn,not just very sharp. A Ford skid unit was used to make the tractors. The placement of cab steps became a very difficult problem in the later days of County,due to the lack of distance between the tires.
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| Chris Tolley
12-04-2002 15:30:18
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Re: Re: county tractors steering in reply to Woodbeef, 12-01-2002 12:30:01
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| The steering lock on County's is very good when you consider the size of the wheels.When ploughing with a 1474 I find I rarely use the brakes to turn on the headlands.The other good point is that if you engage the diff lock,you lock up all four wheels because of the twin prop shafts to the front wheels.
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| wild will
12-18-2002 01:31:54
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Re: Re: Re: county tractors steering in reply to Chris Tolley, 12-04-2002 15:30:18
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| I agree with Chris,i've used an 1164 for ploughing and buckraking a lot.
A poor workman blames his tools,never had any problems with turning
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