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Paul Singleton

12-06-22 19:32

Repurposed gun tractor winch

I saw this on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...2237205075390/

m606paz

12-06-22 19:33

Good adaptation...
Idea?

Bruce Parker (RIP)

12-06-22 20:54

When the grain and seed silos down the street from me closed down and were being dismantled, there were three or four Ford axles (CMP if I know anything about CMPs) that they had been using to drive conveyor belts.

Paul Singleton

13-06-22 00:16

Ford axle

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Originally Posted by Bruce Parker (Post 287064)

It seems that several industrial suppliers used the Ford style axle assemblies for industrial applications. Forty years ago I remember seeing Wayne street sweepers using something similar to drive the gutter brooms.

Tony Smith

13-06-22 15:59

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Originally Posted by Paul Singleton (Post 287069)

It seems that several industrial suppliers used the Ford style axle assemblies for industrial applications.

Quite true.

This 2 foot gauge Sugar Cane Locomotive was built in Sydney using a War-surplus Ford Differential.

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