Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-11-22
HAS INVENTED
FARM TRACTOR

Nels q. Nelson, The Willmar In
ventor, Has Perfected Gasoline
Tractor for Small Farms.
Nels Fl. Nelson Of our city has per-
fected an invention which promises
to fill Il demand among farmers. He
is negotiating now with some eastern
manufacturers to put it on the mar
ket. It is a gasoline tractor designed
to meet the requirements of mod
crate sized farm. There are a num-
ber Of tractors on the market but
most Of them are for larger sized
farms and will not meet the require
ments of the ordinary agriculturist.
This new machine is so designed that
it will not only do some Of the work
on the farm where horses are now
used, but will take the place of the
farm horses all around, which the in
ventor claims no other gasoline trac-
tor on the market today will do. This
machine will take care of the work
on a farm from two to six hundred
acres. This machine is so designed
that it will run thru corn field with
the corn five feet high and not injure
the corn. It has clearance under
the axle and frame Of five feet from
the ground and the space will allow
two rows Of corn to pass under the
machine. It has two double opposed
motors, each Is horse power, and
each motor may be run separately
or they can be all run together like
a four cylinder engine. It is there
fore, not necessary to run the full
capacity Of 80 horse power where Is
horse power will do the work, for
such light work as pressing hay,
grinding feed, shredding corn or 9th
er work where small power is need
ed, and thereby will save half of the
gasoline or oil used. It has speed
Of from six to eight hundred r. p. m.
and is controlled by a governor from
the steering post at the hand Of the
operator. The reverse speed on
the road is l 7-16 miles per hour and
going forward the lowest speed is
two miles and the highest speed five
miles per hour. The transmission
and all the gears are all covered up
with an oil tight gear case so as to
keep the gears we'll oiled and at the
same time free from all dust. The
traction wheels are Z feet in diam
eter with 16-inch rim. The front
wheels are 4 feet in diameter with,
l2-inch rim and wheel base of ten
feet. The draw bar to which all the
different machines or farm tools may
be attached is adjustable to any
heighth from Is to 81 inches above
the ground, so as to give a straight
pull on all loads on different styles
of machines attached to the tractor
and also to give the clearance under
the machine for corn, potatoes or
any other kind Of produce that will
need cultivation. In the operation of
the machine the driver is seated at
the rear end Of the machine in a seat
which is fastened to a platform
which extends all around on both
sides from the rear to the forward
portion Of the machine. The operat-
or may walk around to every part Of
the machine and inspect the same
while the machine is in motion. The
driver may connect one or both of
the engines with the driving shaft
and apply the power to the rear trac-
ton wheels. The engines or motors
are arranged one in front of each
traction wheel so as to bring the
weight down low and at the same
time balance the whole machine and
distribute the weight more evenly be-
tween the wheels. This also helps to
give clearance in the center and un-
derneath the machine. The driver
may at all times see under as we'll as
over his machine when it moves along
the field. The steering mechanism is
built SO that it does not make any
difference how much the front end OF
the machine is thrown or tilted from
one side to the other by uneven sur
face of the ground, for the wheels
will always keep the machine in tht
center line to the will of the operat.
or. The cooling system is by waite,
with positive circulation by means
of a gear draft pump on each engine
The system is so arranged that i
can be drained in cold weather o.
any anti-freezing compound may b.
used. At the rear end Of the coolel
is g. fifty gallon oil tank, which car
ries the fuel for the engine. The to
tai weight Of the machine will b.
5000 pounds, which will be less thai
that of any other tractor on the mar
ket. It will be the most simple trac
tor ever built for the farmer and i
Twill take the place Of the horse fO