953 nut 56,693 #1 Posted May 6, 2024 Today’s letter is “D” and we will look at a distinguished tractor that disappeared from detection. Detroit Tractor There are several obscure tractor brands out there and this is one of them. The Detroit tractor is a bit of a forerunner of the skid steer. Edward Grace who had worked for Ford Motor Company decided to build a modest sized four-wheel drive tractor for light duty farm work. Weighing only 1,660 pounds the Detroit Tractor was only half the weight of most small general-purpose tractors but twice the weight of garden tractors. It was about the weight of a Farmall Cub or Allis-Chalmers “G” but with four-wheel drive could no doubt outpull either one. The tractor is powered by a Continental N62 four-cylinder, 16-horsepower motor with 62-cubic-inch displacement and was produced in 1947 or 1948. Information on these tractors is very sketchy at best. The engine is coupled to a transmission with clutches on both output shafts. Open Chain drive to sprockets on the four wheels transfers the power and serves as a speed reduction mechanism. There is no information available about the clutches or the transmission but it appears to be the same as used on a caterpillar type tractor. The Detroit Tractor appears to be ruggedly built from its cast aluminum hood to its diamond plate fenders, it is unfortunate that we weren’t able to learn mor about this fine machine. 4 6 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davem1111 2,073 #2 Posted May 8, 2024 I wish it was fairly easy to make something like that out of a pair of WH hydro tractors.... or I wish I was younger, had more time and energy and a machine shop... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,915 #3 Posted May 10, 2024 On 5/8/2024 at 8:24 AM, davem1111 said: I wish it was fairly easy to make something like that out of a pair of WH hydro tractors.... or I wish I was younger, had more time and energy and a machine shop... Stigian built a 6x6 with two hydro's and a 20 Onan. The tread still there,but all the pictures are all gone they were highjacked by photobucket.. There still a couple if you search 6x6.on Redsquare and scroll down to the bottom. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
