Stupid idea for roading a 450 IHC

While humming down the road, I thought of a idea. Why not put a car rearend onto the fast hitch. Then hook up a small drive shaft between the pto and the car rearend. On level ground, if the ratio was right you could maybe go the same speed or faster with less rpm. This would also save fuel.

I never worked out the details and ratios and such. Just sounded like something fun to try. I'm always building something to make people wonder why/or how did you .

Am I the only person who ever thought of such a stupid idea. Seif.

Sometimes I just dream of gears and making things. I think they call us "gear heads" At least your dad and I thought some alike. Seif.

There were also some photos on here at YT back 2 to 3 years ago. My memory is a little rough on this, but he had a drive mechanism from the belt pulley to the right rear wheel. I've forgotten exactly how this worked, but it seems he had an idler that griped on face of rear tire. And again he was trying to compensate for a tractor without a road gear. Someone must remember this better than I. You might try typing a search in photo gallery, as I have a feeling photos of this are there. Try looking for F-20 or F-30, or W-20, W-30 or W-40. This is gradually coming to me and just may have been a W-30 or W-40. First one I would try is W-30. You might also have a look through Articles on the left of screen as it may be in there.

I saw another idea I wouldn't strongly recomend. I was coming out a side road one day, stopped at stop sign. I could have gone but was curious to have a better look at what I thought I could see coming down the highway. I waited, and yes, a Dodge mini wan with a 2 wheel tow dolly and the wide front of a MH 33 standard, straped in the cradles. I followed at a safe distance and he was making speeds of 60 mph. In the end I followed him 30 miles, didn't think it safe to pass, and heaven forbid that one would ever want to be in front of him and have to slow down quickly. Knowing the front end of those old MH were never the most solid item in the world, I was trying as I drove to decide which would happen first. Tractor separate from front end or transmission-rear end gears bust the castings wide open and be launched in space. He turned of highway at a little town, so I presume he made it safely. I asked later who he was, turns out he was a preacher, I guess the lord must have been travelling with him that day.

I remember pulling one of these with 300. Old guy had built it for his Deere MT. Had retired and sold his farm and tractor, but not the trailer. He wanted me to pull his trailer to bush for his firewood. I told him he better come along and operate this transmission, as I didn't want to bust it up on him. Ground was quite firm and I didn't think we even needed trailer in gear but he insisted. I started ahead and it pulled very hard for 8 to 10 feet. That was the end of that one as the old guy had put the trailer in reverse. I've forgotten whether we striped transmission or rear end on trailer.

The reason I tell you all of this is you could probably gain the speeds you want by using a pickup rear end, which have faster ratios than big trucks and with with 28 or 30 inch tractor wheels. Based on my experience I don't think the pickup rear end will take it. Torque at low RPM is the problem.

Of course, if you put larger tires on the rearend and/or a different gear ratio (such as 2.73:1 ratio) you could go faster.

Could it be done? Yes, but it would take some calculations, work, and $$. In the long run you would be better off to buy a trailer, at least in my opinion...