From: D Walford on 8 Aug 2010 08:10 On 8/08/2010 2:40 PM, John_H wrote: > 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. :) > Most definitely Chamberlains, I worked for Queens Bridge Motors who were a big Perkins diesel dealer so because Chamberlains all had Perkins diesels we sold and serviced them. As you no doubt know Chamberlain tractors were different in that they had a separate chassis instead of using the engine trans as a chassis so there was no mistaking what they were. Most had of the larger models had Perkins 4.236 engines but in the mid 70's they bought out a smaller model which used a 4.212. I remember the 212 well because the first one we sold "dusted" the engine because of the poorly designed air filter hose which rubbed through, I was given the job of designing and making a new part and then drove all over the State fitting them. Daryl
From: D Walford on 8 Aug 2010 08:18 On 8/08/2010 7:27 PM, Toby wrote: > On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:40:17 +1000, John_H posited in: > >> 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. :) > > Crane conversions were the go. > Until they tipped over which they were prone to doing. Daryl
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