TRACKSON (sur base FORDSON)

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pour le plaisir des yeux voici une série sur les Fordson trouvée justement sur le net pour l'occasion

Fordson Trackson 1922



Fordson Trackson 1925


Fordson Trackson 1928


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1940 FORDSON Roadless Half-Track 4cylinder petrol/paraffin TRACTOR Reg No: PAF 977 (expired) Serial No: N/A The Air Ministry placed a large order for Fordson Roadless crawlers during 1936. The tractors had been distributed to various airfields by 1937. However, the RAF encountered some problems with the tractors pitching when travelling at speed. To overcome this, Roadless introduced a fore-carriage arrangement in 1938. The front axle turned the crawler into a half-track, and the front wheels now controlled the steering, the half-track was more stable and easier to drive. The fore-carriage arrangement also provided a platform for other attachments such as the chain-driven Hesford winch fitted to this machine. Such tractors provided sterling service with the RAF throughout the war years and were used for mowing airfields, aircraft recovery, hauling fuel bowsers and bomb trailers, and even sweeping the runways clear of snow. The E-type (elastic girder) rubber-jointed tracks had rubber blocks that acted as flexible joints between the metal plates. They were silent in operation and Roadless claimed that the frictionless joints were more efficient and required no maintenance; the rubber blocks eliminated shocks and the wear was said to be negligible. This excellent example is finished in green drab.