2023.03.12 "Extra" Pic

[kcm.MN]

Puzzle: https://jigex.com/Gv3cH

 

[Tgrasher]

Purpose? Any implement would have to be
specialized, Spraying?

 

[Rich'sToys]

Yep! They had a couple of those at LeSueur a few years ago.

 

[710ltd2002]

I dont know about crop spraying but a couple of questions
come up: are those hoses rigid? They look like theyre flexible
and might spray all around unpredictably. Also, isnt any
benefit of the lift negated by what looks like a tank handing
down near to the ground? I guess the ladder could be lifted
on the other two but it doesnt look like it would be. Dave

 

[RayP(MI)]

Looks like would straddle two corn rows. Anything hanging from the middle would be between the rows. Ladder was probably retrievable.

 

[sjh]

They look like tractors used for grape harvesting. ford and now new holland make them.
harvester

 

[flying belgian]

My father in law had one. He said it worked good. Sprayed hundreds of corn acres with it every year.

 

[710ltd2002]

Yeah I can see that. Thanks Dave

 

[K Effective]

I don't think they are tall enough or robust enough for grape harvesting.
The first Chisholm Ryder grape harvesters I saw were based on the Ford 5000 series. National Grape.com website indicates Cornell prototype from around 1963, well after the 9N/8N/2N tractors.