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Hi Luke! What is the brand name of the tractor attachment in your first photo? Chico newspaper? It looks like an "L.A." Glenn

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Hi Billy! Your wheels for a 20th Century/FondduLac are similar yet different. Tracford wheel centers are smaller in diameter and shaped different at the inner hub end. That upset of the spokes thru the rim has a "star" pattern while Tracford's are like a rounded button. If you look at the photo in t...

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Hi Steve! the brochure on Ebay is 1917 and has some photos of the 1916 model. It also shows an early 5-tooth roller pinion. several different attachment mfg. companies used roller pinions. They are not hard to make by machining down a T wheel hub, welding on a round plate and drilling holes for the ...

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Hi Steve! There is good and not so good news. Great new photos. Your wheels are from a 1917/18 "Tracford" built by the Standard Detroit Tractor Company in Michigan. The company started manufacturing ''Tracfords'' in 1916 but at first used different wheels that they made. The company went bankrupt in...

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Happy to help! Hard to tell by the photos but looks like 10x36 inch wheels with 16 spokes. Bull gears look like they are one piece probably 56 teeth with 8 angle brackets rivited to the wheel rim and using 5/8 bolts. If I've guessed wrong so far or if the bull gears are actually segments let me know...

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Thanks for posting your photos! Was the T tractor for sale or being displayed?

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Did you get any information off the nameplate on the frame? I have seen two others with the same wheels and pinion sprockets and both are missing nameplates. Sure would like to know what company was the builder. Did you get the name of the owner?

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It has been many years since i have been there but I believe the Ford Library in Dearborn has a complete set of these as well as "Ford Power Age''.

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Does that mean there were 169856 engines produced as replacements? I am a a Model T tractor and equipment buff and have done a lot of research. Some of those engines were sold to companies that made tractors, combines. construction equipment etc. after 1927 before the Model A and later the Model B i...

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Nv Bob- I believe the front fenders were removed because they do not have the support where they would meet the aprons and runningboards. Also because they really would not be needed as fenders. Maybe removing the fenders also gave a better view of the skis. What extra parts do you have? If you need...

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Nv Bob- Are you building two vehicles or are you using Snowflyer skis and spindles with a Snowmobile idler axle? if so, what are you using for a rear axle? What brand of track?

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Nv Bob- Is that original paint on your skis? How about some photos of the back half and underside of your Snowflyer?

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in one of the sales brochures, Snowmobile referred to the material the belts were made of as ''Balaka''. I do not know if that is a special material, a type of heavy canvas or a name Virgil White made up for advertising purposes.

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Tom- Is this your first Snowmobile? Glenn

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Tom- Both were a bargain but the one that had the skis and track as a separate lot was ridiculously cheap. I bought several items online including a nice set of tracks cheap. Wish I could have gone to the sale but I did get some great items including a ''Maxfer'' truck attachment that still had enou...

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Tom- Did you get one of the snowmobiles from the Smith sale?

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Bob- Who made your rear wheel wood? They sure did a nice job! Glenn

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The early White built ''Snowmobiles'' wood skis were not painted as were the metal cleats on the Balaka belt tracks. I have seen later original parts, the same parts like springs, that had either traces of red or black original paint. I have not found any original track that had paint on them. I wou...

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For Rich. Your truck unit may be a Maxfer. Maxfer developed the "Bell" style hub which saved buyers of conversion kits the added time and expense of having to remove the backing plates from the T axle tubes. Some smaller companies copied the idea. The best way to identify most any kit is by comparin...

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For Gene. What type of rear end is under your truck unit? A Torbenson, Russell or some other brand? Glenn

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Steve. Sounds like you have a mixture of parts. Which brand are you trying to put together? Any of the four major brands would just use the truck rear end for a TT. A Ruckstell is not needed but of course would be desired. The geared Snowflyer hubs were only sold for T rear ends and later Model A's....

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Bob. What brand are you using on your TT, Snowmobile, Snowflyer or Snowbird? Glenn

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Steve. Are you planning on building a Snowflyer Superpower? Do you have the front ski assembly, the track and the idler axle assembly? Glenn

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Steve. Flipping the axle over without the Snowflyer super hubs installed is the same as not flipping it because the Ford castings on the ends of the stock rear axle tubes have been removed. flipping the axle over is before the Superpower hubs are installed. The Snowflyer hubs are installed with the ...

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The modified rear axle housings are also listed in the parts manual list. Glenn

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I Believe you could purchase the rear axle assembly from Snowflyer modified and complete with the carrier reversed and the oil fill hole in the correct position. If the buyer was doing the modification themselves they could simply flip the rearend upside down. The need to add oil is minimal as long ...

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On a Model T the rivets for the backing plate ends were driven out and the whole cast ends were removed leaving just the tubes to clamp to. On a Model A since the ends with the shock mounts and the housing itself are all one piece, the ends were cut away and the axle housings which are tapered were ...

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The unit you have is from a "Superpower Snowflyer". In about 1926 or 1927 Snowflyer came out with this unit which replaced the need for a Ruckstall. The model they produced prior to this was continued as a lower cost model and was called the "Snowflyer Regular". The Superpowers also had longer skis ...

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How about an update on how the project is going?

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What a great polo car! Do you have any history about it? Are those original worn golf course spikes on the Staude tractor? The wheels have the golf/turf hole pattern. Glenn

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Rear wheels are from a horse drawn hay mower.

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I have seen two Model AA trucks converted to forklifts like this as well as some model B Ford powered Friday and Love tractors. The reason to run them in reverse was also to put the weight being lifted on the heavier rear end with dual tires or in the case of the tractors the heavier tractor tires. ...

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Is there any information on the back of the photo/postcard of the T with the tractor attachment and the #24 below it?

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Thanks for posting this topic. We were in the area a couple of years back and on an overcast day I did some exploring. Went to an interesting military museum down the road that I believe is now gone and thought since I had time I might as well check out this museum as well. Being out of my main inte...

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Dobro1956 What brand of tractor conversion do you have?

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Besides the six major companies that made complete snow vehicle attachments for Model T's there were several smaller companies that made just the front skis for automobiles so they could be driven through the snow with chains on the rear wheels. These skis might be from of these manufacturers or a n...

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Did anyone on the Forum buy one of the tractor attachments at the Crosby Mt auction? Glenn

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Sowflyers and Snowbirds did not use TT rear axles like Snowmobiles and Eskimobiles. Glenn

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You have a 1931 or possibly 1932 Montgomery Ward "Trailblazer" tractor conversion. Glenn

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Ken Looks like an early Wards Trailblazer. More and better photos showing details would help identify it for sure. Also measure width and diameter of wheels and count number of spokes and bull gear teeth. Do you have roller pinions? Glenn

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No officer, I have not had anything to drink. I was just eating Ice cream!

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Hi Allan Was the conversion manufactured in Australia or something imported? Any photos of the unit that still exists?

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Hi Dave! Is the yellow shop tractor yours or is it in an aviation museum somewhere?

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This view shows the holes on the I-beams where components were mounted. The lower part of the drawbar is homemade. the angle with all the holes was supplied with the attachment. The Pullford I described earlier is how they manufactured when they were built for a T with a body, I am sure later in the...

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Hi Herb! It looks like your tractor has been modified a bit. You are missing a few small castings and u-bolts but you have the important parts. The axle and I assume it has the cast stops at the ends is correct but originally would be mounted on top of the I-beam and behind the T rear end. The I-bea...

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Looks great! Goes good with your Shaw.

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This tractor is a unique homemade tractor but it is not a commercially manufactured attachment or conversion.

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Its hard to see in the photo, but there is a small hitch in the middle of the axle that is part of the attachment. It slips onto the axle before the wheels are put on and can be moved anywhere on the axle between the channels and can be tightened wherever the operator wants it placed.

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The Pullford at the Henry Ford is a "New Pullford ".

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Hi Herb Its a little hard to see your wheel but they look like 36". Pullford used these wheels from late 1916 thru 1929 though the bulk of their sales were pre-1920. In 1930 Pullford came out with the "New Pullford" redesigned with 32.5" wheels and of smaller bull gears. If your wheels are 36" your ...

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