RE: [CBQ] Re: Wheel

["John Hagen" <sprinthag@yahoo.com>]

Said it before and I’ll repeat; this wheel is too small and too lightly built to be from a tractor. I also doubt it to be an idler for a tracked vehicle as the rib is not as defined as any track idler’s I’ve seen.

 

That said, I am rather certain it is an agricultural wheel. Someone had mentioned a planter which would seem plausible. Of course so would be a wheel on a plow, rake, or just about any farm implement other than a manure spreader (again too small). The reality is that we are doing a lot of speculating but the chances of find a definite use for it without unearthing a photo of some vehicle or other of the same size and design on it we will never be certain.

 

John Hagen

 

From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dieselpop1
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 3:02 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Wheel

 

 

Definite possibility there. The rib would keep the tracks aligned.
W. D. Hoy

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Jan Kohl <j.kohl@...> wrote:
>
> Unlikely. Most front tractor tires were not one-piece cast:
> http://transport.castlegraphics.com/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=7
> http://transport.castlegraphics.com/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=9
> http://transport.castlegraphics.com/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=10
> http://transport.castlegraphics.com/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=14
>
> The only one-piece cast front tractor tire I have ever seen is this one: it is
> not identical or even close. However, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
> http://transport.castlegraphics.com/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=18
>
> What I suspect is that it is an idler or roller for a tracked vehicle, such as a
> vintage dozer.
> http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3653/3371336842_0d6d43d088_o.jpg
> http://www.publiquip.com/photo/1533107891.jpg
> http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6169/6170407786_9bd5c2704c_o.jpg
>
> Cheers!
>
> Jan Kohl
> castlegraphics.com
>
>
>
>
> On 7/13/2012 8:29 AM, Douglas Harding wrote:
> > Looks like the front wheel of a steam tractor. Most had a center rib on the
> > tread.
> >
> >
> >
> > Doug Harding
> >
> > www.iowacentralrr.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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