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From: John_H on 7 Aug 2010 00:08
D Walford wrote:
>On 7/08/2010 9:41 AM, Jason James wrote:
>
>> Makes you wonder what sort of top-speed it had...
>
>Some of the Chamberlain tractors I used to work on could do over 70kph.

The Redex tractor was specially geared and supposedly good for 60mph
(100kph)....
http://www.tailendcharliethetractor.org/Tail%20End%20Charlie%20History%201957.html

Note the claimed 18,000km in 19 days.

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John H
From: D Walford on 7 Aug 2010 01:40
On 7/08/2010 2:08 PM, John_H wrote:
> D Walford wrote:
>> On 7/08/2010 9:41 AM, Jason James wrote:
>>
>>> Makes you wonder what sort of top-speed it had...
>>
>> Some of the Chamberlain tractors I used to work on could do over 70kph.
>
> The Redex tractor was specially geared and supposedly good for 60mph
> (100kph)....
> http://www.tailendcharliethetractor.org/Tail%20End%20Charlie%20History%201957.html
>
> Note the claimed 18,000km in 19 days.
>
Must have been interesting at that speed.
They were prone to breaking an "e" clip that locates a valve in the
power steering so it would be fun to have one fail at 100kph.


Daryl
From: John_H on 7 Aug 2010 06:15
D Walford wrote:
>On 7/08/2010 2:08 PM, John_H wrote:
>> D Walford wrote:
>>> On 7/08/2010 9:41 AM, Jason James wrote:
>>>
>>>> Makes you wonder what sort of top-speed it had...
>>>
>>> Some of the Chamberlain tractors I used to work on could do over 70kph.
>>
>> The Redex tractor was specially geared and supposedly good for 60mph
>> (100kph)....
>> http://www.tailendcharliethetractor.org/Tail%20End%20Charlie%20History%201957.html
>>
>> Note the claimed 18,000km in 19 days.
>>
>Must have been interesting at that speed.
>They were prone to breaking an "e" clip that locates a valve in the
>power steering so it would be fun to have one fail at 100kph.

I'd be surprised if it had power steering in 1955. I tend to think of
power steering as mid 1960's technology in tractors, a little later
than that for cars.

Could be wrong though.

I'd also doubt if it ever did 100kph on a public road. I can recall
seeing it once and it was travelling at around 60 - 70kph on a good
bitumen road with no speed limit (those were the days). I'd suspect
that their 18,000km in 19 days would've involved a 20 hour day with
several drivers.

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John H
From: D Walford on 7 Aug 2010 20:21
On 7/08/2010 8:15 PM, John_H wrote:
> D Walford wrote:
>> On 7/08/2010 2:08 PM, John_H wrote:
>>> D Walford wrote:
>>>> On 7/08/2010 9:41 AM, Jason James wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Makes you wonder what sort of top-speed it had...
>>>>
>>>> Some of the Chamberlain tractors I used to work on could do over 70kph.
>>>
>>> The Redex tractor was specially geared and supposedly good for 60mph
>>> (100kph)....
>>> http://www.tailendcharliethetractor.org/Tail%20End%20Charlie%20History%201957.html
>>>
>>> Note the claimed 18,000km in 19 days.
>>>
>> Must have been interesting at that speed.
>> They were prone to breaking an "e" clip that locates a valve in the
>> power steering so it would be fun to have one fail at 100kph.
>
> I'd be surprised if it had power steering in 1955. I tend to think of
> power steering as mid 1960's technology in tractors, a little later
> than that for cars.
>
> Could be wrong though.

Most of the ones I worked on would have been later models and usually
industrial versions that all had ps, its quite possible older ag
versions didn't have it.
>
> I'd also doubt if it ever did 100kph on a public road. I can recall
> seeing it once and it was travelling at around 60 - 70kph on a good
> bitumen road with no speed limit (those were the days).

I've driven one at almost 80kph slightly down hill (speed checked by
following car) and that was scary enough.
The most interesting trip I did driving a Chamberlian was from the old
CRB (country roads board) depot in Syndal in Melb's SE back to our
workshop in Port Melb, it was actually a tractor based articulated
mobile crane which was steered by hydraulic rams which made it even more
interesting at speed:-)

I'd suspect
> that their 18,000km in 19 days would've involved a 20 hour day with
> several drivers.
>
I wouldn't like to spend more than a couple of hours driving one of
those especially on bad roads so you would need lots of drivers.


Daryl
From: John_H on 8 Aug 2010 00:40
D Walford wrote:
>On 7/08/2010 8:15 PM, John_H wrote:
>> D Walford wrote:
>>> On 7/08/2010 2:08 PM, John_H wrote:
>>>> D Walford wrote:
>>>>> On 7/08/2010 9:41 AM, Jason James wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Makes you wonder what sort of top-speed it had...
>>>>>
>>>>> Some of the Chamberlain tractors I used to work on could do over 70kph.
>>>>
>>>> The Redex tractor was specially geared and supposedly good for 60mph
>>>> (100kph)....
>>>> http://www.tailendcharliethetractor.org/Tail%20End%20Charlie%20History%201957.html
>>>>
>>>> Note the claimed 18,000km in 19 days.
>>>>
>>> Must have been interesting at that speed.
>>> They were prone to breaking an "e" clip that locates a valve in the
>>> power steering so it would be fun to have one fail at 100kph.
>>
>> I'd be surprised if it had power steering in 1955. I tend to think of
>> power steering as mid 1960's technology in tractors, a little later
>> than that for cars.
>>
>> Could be wrong though.
>
>Most of the ones I worked on would have been later models and usually
>industrial versions that all had ps, its quite possible older ag
>versions didn't have it.

What you worked on were probably CJD (Chamberlain John Deere). John
Deere acquired Chamberlain in the early seventies and kept the name
until they ceased Australian production in the mid eighties. The
later models badged as Chamberlain were essentially Australian built
John Deeres.

AFAIK the original Chamberlains were all agricultural tractors,
although they may have added a loader bucket and sold them as
industrial tractors in some instances. :)

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John H
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