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Franklinton, LA | I know Gotcher made the Ford conversion kits in the early 1950s as well as flame cultivators and cotton trailers. I do not recall seeing kits for other makes of tractors. KBH got started in the 1960s and Gotcher slowly imploded. Maybe some of the older people at KBH in Clarksdale can answer your question.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s Tom Barrentine at Barrentine Mfg. Co. in Greenwood, MS made a high clearance sprayer. Some of these sprayers used a 4-cylinder Continental engine plus a car transmission, differential, steering gear, brakes and other parts from local junk yards. It seems that Mr. Tom preferred function over style! His equipment always had a lot of character.
When I visited the Barrentine plant about 1975 Mr. Tom was building a 4-wheel drive tractor with a 3-point lift on the back, middle and front. He also had hydraulic outlets on the back, front and middle. He either died or retired before he completed the tractor. | |
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8N FORD HIGH CROP?
