Iseki SX tractors?

[eppie]

So, it is like the Belarus axle, with a vertical transfer shaft?

[Woodbeef]

Yep, pretty much the same idea from what I've seen.

[Fred]

Were the rear axles portals, like Zetor and David Brown . The DB ones could be turned to give a high clearance tractor, you just fitted loger front stub axles.

[pudding]

hey guys, yes it did have a bevel gear front axle like the kubota, no it wasn't completely like the belarus, the belarus was adjustable width, the iseki was not

our sx75 had the front diff lock as well as rear on separate pedals, and with the design of the front axle, turns with front difflock in was not as hard on the axle as others, our sx75 did a lot of loader work (a HEAP) and due to the acidic nature of the material, also dust, the front axle would eat the seals in the bottom of the pivots in the axle

front diff lock was my favourite! could hold you front end on the hills better....

hey woodbeef, our sx95 had a cab, and you are right it was well speced (i think, i was only 7 when dad brought it, i know it did have electric mirrors, and supershift

the doors also opened the wrong way?!

fred, nope, i don't know of any iseki with the rear axle you described

the highclearance iseki 6500 may have them, but the are a RARE breed (white 2-65? or earlier iseki) with equal size tires,

interestingly the HC 6500's in NZ (2 of them i am told) were imported second hand from japan, was told they were used for airport duties cause of there mudding ability

there is still one in the area my father farms in at home, it is a skid unit for a mud eating brocolli harvesting machine (all isekis that age had a good standard creeper box)

you can harvest mud in axle deep mud, just hope the workers don't get stuck!

laters

pudding

[eppie]

Fred:

Zetor could turn the portals more to the front, to achieve higher ground clearance, but also downwards to achieve a low overall height, and low center of gravity for fruit gardens and steep hills.

[Fred]

renze

Good point about lowering height. I didn't know you could increase the height on a Zetor. Always room to learn something hear.

[pudding]

i have driven a lowered david brown 880? before, and a high clearance 850

its a good idea

that is also how FIAT makes the 80-66HC

[kenjar]

There were some David Brown's fitted this way for more ground clearance, they had different spindle assemblies for the front axle.

The smaller Hesston/Fiat models had these types of rear axles. 66 series I beleive.

[pudding]

ya the white and orange david brown 850HC i drove had the longer spindles,

the lowered one had a cut and steped axle (thats how we lowered our iseki 4451 too )

the 70-66DT fiat i drove had the portals, twist them round, put another front axle and wheels under it and you have a High clearance

i think they only offer a 80-66 high clearance thou (has the bigger iveco 3908cc motor........70-66 had the 3613cc) (same block/motor in the JX and JXu red machines)

laters

pudding