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Tractor Testing; PTO Test; Jeep
No full text"Willys Jeep being tested at Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory." Willys-Overland Motors Jeep CJ-3A Universal is shown inside the tractor test lab. After WWII, with many jeeps being surplus and a lack of tractors, the Jeep as well as the Dodge Power wagon were touted as a solution. It turned out that the transmission cooling was insufficient for sustained heavy drawbar work. Image of PTO test
Tractor Testing; Data Checking
No full text"Checking drawbar data for test 366. M. Hansen (John Deere representative). C.L. Zink (Nebraska Tractor Test Lab director). Red Lammert (John Deere representative). J. Schnitter (Nebraska Tractor Test Lab)." The John Deere B is towing the Adams test car. J. Schnitter is driving the tractor. He is looking back at M. Hansen, C.L. Zink, and Red Lammert, who are standing beside the test car and looking at test data on a clipboard. The old tractor test lab (today the Larsen Museum) is in the background
Workshops and Classes; Tractor Maintenance
No full textRefilling transmission. 4-H club leaders training course at the Department of Agricultural Engineering and Nebraska Tractor Test Lab in 1949. Les Larsen (3rd from right) is showing course participants (in white coats) the steps in the proper maintenance procedures on a Ford Ferguson tractor
Demonstration; Drawbar Test; Waterloo Boy
No full textDemonstration at the Tractor Test Lab. This Waterloo Boy's manufacturer was bought later by John Deere. "Waterloo Boy by John Deere on kerosene was the first tractor tested at the University of Nebraska in 1920." The Waterloo Boy tractor is shown on the dirt test track during a drawbar test demonstration towing the Adams test car and a load tractor
Tractor Testing; Belt Power Test; Massey Harris
No full text"Test no. 401. Massey-Harris Pony. R. Valentine, H. Hartz, E. Dahl (factory representative), H. Mizner, V. Hitt." They are standing behind the Massey-Harris Pony tractor inside the tractor test lab. Note the RPM counter on the front of the tractor and the time clock on the side of the tractor
Tractor Testing; Belt Power Test; Caterpillar
No full textCaterpillar D4 diesel during belt test. Caterpillar D4 diesel crawler inside the old tractor test lab with a belt running from the rear of the tractor to the dynamometer inside the control room
Tractor testing; Belt Power Test; Massey Harris
No full text"Test no. 403. Massey-Harris 22RT." Belt test of Massey-Harris tractor is shown at the tractor's rear. The drive belt extends toward the dynamometer. A factory representative is standing at the front of the tractor and a technician in a lab uniform is watching from the doorway. Note that the rear wheel revolution coumters have been attached in preparation for the drawbar tests
Tractor Testing; Inspection; Massey Harris
No full textMassey-Harris Pony after-test inspection.Image of a photo shoot inside the tractor test lab. Two men are on the right of the image focusing a camera on the side of a Massey-Harris tractor. On the left of the image the Massey-Harris tractor is shown from the rear. A technician stands beside the tractor, and spotlights throughout the lab are aimed at the tractor
Tractor Testing; Belt Power; Oliver
No full textOliver HG during belt power test. Front three-quarter view of Oliver HG crawler tractor inside the tractor test lab during test 434
Tractor Testing; Drawbar; Caterpillar
No full textLeft side of Caterpillar Challenger 65 Diesel. The Caterpillar Challengers were the first series of rubber-tracked tractors to be tested at Nebraska Tractor Test Lab
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