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Posted by Theman on March 20, 2000 at 10:33:28 from (204.149.23.2):
In Reply to: Road Bands posted by Bud on March 19, 2000 at 06:43:56:
Some manufacturers made road bands for their steel wheeled tractors and some did not. I had to have some for my '23 Fordson and couldn't find anything commercially. I had a sheet metal shop roll me two out of 3/8" X 6" flat steel. I added angle iron brackets to attach to the cleats. To keep the bands from slipping (almost lost it off of my wooden trailer ramps), I glued rough-top baler belting to them with a two-part belt lagging adhesive that I bought at a bearing supply store. The bands work great and smoothed out that back-breaking bouncing around. I also added 1/4" X 2" bands to the front wheels and added belting to them. I can drive it anywhere and life is good.
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