Story of the Automobile Its History And Development From 1760 to 1917 With An
Story of the Automobile Its History And Development From 1760 to 1917 With An
Herbert Lee Barber
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The tractor industry is, comparatively, in its infancy, but it has already assumed substantial proportions. It seems destined, in one form and another, to surpass the commercial car industry. Eecently one of the Ford Motor Company's leading engineers secured a patent on a device to convert an automobile into a tractor. This is done by substituting tractor wheels in place of the rear wheels of the automobile, and by reducing the power transmission gear so that the power of the motor will be used... in pulling a load instead of giving speed. In other words, the car in the form of a tractor will be run very slow and the power saved in this way will be applied to pulling the load. The wheels may be changed in a few minutes from pleasure to tractor, and from tractor to pleasure. With this device the farmer can have his car for pleasure and business trips, and when he gets ready to do farm work he can [148] INDUSTRY AS INVESTMENT convert it into a tractor to do the work of half a dozen horses or more, and at very much less expense.
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