"The Fitch" Model 15-26 Four Drive Tractor - 1917-18


Model 15-26 Fitch

Model 15-26 Fitch drawing


Motor

Beaver 4 cylinder vertical

Frame

5"- 9 lbs, steel channel

Size (bore x stroke)

4½" x 6"

Radiator

8 gallons, Perfex frost-proof

Oiling System

combined pressure and splash system

    radiating surface

465 sq. inches

Governor

Lauson special

Magneto

Dixie High Tension impulse starter

Fuel

kerosene

Carburetor

Byrne-Kingston

Tank capacity

25 gallons

Application of power

all four wheels

Diameter Belt Pulley

14"

How applied

live axles

Width Belt Pulley

8"

Reduction gears

nickel-steel, heat-treated

Wheel base

7'2" (74")

Front differential

Bevel; Brown-Lipe-Chapin

Width

5'9" (69")

Rear differential

Timken-Detroit; worm and worm gear

Total length

10'10" (130")

Axles

chrome vanadium, heat-treated

Total height

5'11½" (71½")

Bearings

11 Timken roller, all automatically oiled

Rear Wheels

42" w/12" face

Transmission

Special Cotta tractor design

Front Wheels

36" w/12" face

Drive of transmission

Three speeds, Direct on intermediate

Turning radius

4'8"

Reductions

Tractor Rating

Draw-bar 15

     Low

80 to 1; speed 1½ mph

Belt rating

26

     Intermediate

50 to 1; speed 2½ mph

Weight

6,000 lbs

     High

32 to 1; speed 4 mph

     Reverse

82½ to 1