Triple Tractor Hookup

Triple Tractor Hookup TRACTORS Conversions 17-4-23 One of the most amazing antique tractor collectors and rebuilders in the country has done it again. Harry Lee, Elnora, Ind., has just completed his latest new project - a first-of-its-kind, side-by-side triple tractor hookup. Lee owns some 50 rare and unusual antique tractors, all in excellent condition. But what makes him really stand out from all the rest of the collectors in the country are the unique tractors he's put together himself over the past few years, including a prototype of the fastest Farmall ever built which he built from scratch using a photo as a model (featured in FARM SHOW's Vol. 17,No. 2) and a double tractor hookup with two Farman F-20's mounted side-by-side that runs like a factory-produced model. Now the 72-year-old Lee is wowing crowds at antique tractor shows with his triple tractor hookup. He mounted three Farman F-30's together on a frame with a single front axle and a single set of rear wheels. The tractors include models from 1937 to 1939. "I had one tractor already and I bought two more to junk out for this project. All engines run and there's just one transmission and one major clutch for all three as well as individual clutches on each engine. These Farmall's had an overbuilt transmission so I'm not worried at all about it being overworked. It can easily handle the extra stress of the three engines," says Lee. The triple tractor is 7 ft. wide. Lee bolts the rear ends together, leaving one steel wheel on both outside tractors. The seat and steering were left on the center tractor. Lee mounted a double sprocket on the center engine with number 60 roller chain running to each of the outside engines. "It's not meant to be a hot rod or pull tractor. It's just a day dream I had and decided to build," says Lee. Contact: FARM SHOWFollowup, Harry Lee, Box 119, Elnora, Ind. 4752 (ph 812 692-5216).

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