Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-11 | Page 24 | New Addition to Ford Family

I iEMITl ! ; TO FORD FAMILY i 7 Although the Ford motor car Is l probably the best known car in the) l world, and the different types of Fords j It the nfost commonly seen, there Is ono j member of the large and ever growing Ford am My that has never been seen i outside tho Ford factory In Detroit I ' and that Js a small tractor. This small I I member of tho Ford family has a I power plant consisting of a model T I motor and docs much of the hauling I j around tho parent factory- I j As it is constructed with a spoclal- I i ly short wheelbase it is capablo of n turning in an eight-foot radius. It I has a drawbar provided with a spc- cial arrangement so that tho driver Is able to both attach and detach his ! load without having to leave his seat. I r In front of the tractor Is a bumper, I j enabling It to push as well as pull, I , wlth this and lt3 short wheelbase tho I tractor Is capablo of turn Ins a- train I - of trucks-In a narrow aisle and bump- I Ing pasti;any other trucks that may I I happen' to. be in Us way. 1 : To Uol'd. it- steadily Von th"o ground T" the rear wheels are weighted down by I' a large box of sand directly under the ;l driver's seat and over tho rear wheels. mm. This sand is made to serve double pur- IB pose, as a pipe is placed in it leading jlQwn to a point before the rear wheels 1 which enables the driver to deliver Hy the sand to any slippery s'frot en route. IT These tractors dally haul trains of ! from six to ten trucks, carrying from j twelve to fifteen tons of stock from ', the foundry and other places in the J factory. Sometimes, when demanded, the tractors go down to the tracks and i haul the freight cars Into position. J Ford officials point with pride to this f smallest member of the Ford family j as a shining example of what the I Ford motor is cajJiblo of.