Odd / rare

[3000OH]

Saw this tonite on ShopFloorTalk site - 4000 w/Fabco 4wd. No connection w/poster or seller.
4000 & 4wd

 

[Ultradog MN]

Cool!

 

[usetob]

home-made rig

 

[Tony Jacobs]

Hello Usetob, Sorry , Your wrong not a Homemade Rig . Special built for the California Lettuce Growers , they were built in three cylinder models also . Do your homework , They have been around for a long time even here in the ARCHIVES where no body bothers to look . Thanks Tony

 

[3000OH]

Sorry, didn't mean to get anyone irritated, was just trying to share something I thought might be unique. I guess I must have not done the search correctly, as only Fabco ref I found was in the Fordson board (it did mention the 4000's, though). No ref in photo archives, either.

 

[Fordfarmer]

No idea what I'd do with it... but I want one!

 

[forddoc]

you'd drive it around for the he!! of it, lol.. I'll take one too.

 

[Tony Jacobs]

Hello 3000OH , I'm not irratated , no need to be sorry . I was just saying he should do his homework before he posts about it being a Homemade Rig that's all . They have been posted here on the Discussion Forum in the past , last year I believe there was three of the 3 cylinder versions were For Sale in Colorado . Quite a few years back I even got a chance to speak with one of the guys who built the Fabco's out in California also was not a big seller because of the limited use for it . Thanks Tony

 

[Ultradog MN]

I want mine with a Sherman Over.

 

[Tony Jacobs]

Hello FordFarmer , If you really want one Call Ken Horing at Long Lane Tractor he may still have the info on the Colorado ones , I no longer have it . Thanks Tony

 

[Fordfarmer]

Get me one with a good loader on it, and I'll retire my 4600 from bale feeding duty - during the winter and spring anyway. Maybe it'd be good for chasing whitetails out of swamps?

 

[Fordfarmer]

So you can drive it to McD's at 30 m.p.h.?

 

[Dean]

Now that is interesting.

Built on a row crop chassis, at that.

Dean

 

[souNdguy]

grab 2 and send me one!

soundguy

 

[Stumpy]

Hey Tony,

Did those have an underdrive trans to slow them down a bit?

Stumpy

 

[Brit 1]

I have a couple of the later ones based on the Ford 4000.........in Colorado.

 

[Tony Jacobs]

Hello Stumpy , I never really did much with them since most were on the West Coast but I would assume they would have to slow them down somehow unless the gear ration is super low . You may want to ask Brit 1 in the above post I believe he has the ones in Colorado I was talking about . Thanks Tony

 

[GlenIdaho]

They would definitely have to be able to slow to a walking speed. Having worked the fields of the Salinas Valley, Ca such tractors were used to pull trailers in which the produce was tossed by the field workers. Some would pull trailers with celery seedlings which were bundled. The worker would grab a bundle and then walk the rows using a short handled hoe to dig a hole then shove the seedling in and close the hole. It was back breaking work. Although I don't believe I ever saw a Ford, (but I didn't really pay attention to the make of the tractor), similar models were common. Some tractor drivers would get off the tractor at times as it moved down the row. The large wheels gave them good ground clearance. Fabco had a local shop in Salinas and was very active in fabricating farm equipment. One of their big sellers was the lettuce truck. As workers would harvest the produce, it would be boxed and the boxes loaded onto the flat bed truck as it followed.

 

[Mike (WA)]

After seeing the pic below, you're forgiven for thinking it was homemade.

And I never much cared for homework, either. . .

 

[Brian in MA]

I'm headed to that auction tomorrow. If it's cheap enough, I'll buy it and send it to you.