International 5488

[Espeefan]

Very cool, Travis. I'm also a huge International tractor fan too. I used to collect a lot of the Case IH / IH / Caterpillar Ertl replicas when I was young and growing up, but I sort of lost interest in them after I realized it was more fun to have models that moved on their own, rather by me pushing them around. That and a guy starts to run out of room after a while. I still have all my Ertls, and I've recently started collecting some of my favorite IH Ertl Precision tractors. The 5488 is one of my all time favorites, so your build is really cool. I'm curious how you worked the FWA axle gearing out with the smaller tires. Also, where did you find the tires?

[fhhhstix]

Espeefan the trans has an open dif so one output can spin faster than the other. The tires and rims came from a toy show we used to have at Lafayette IN now it is in Indy but still called the Lafayette farm toy show but almost all of the toy tractor parts venders have them.

[SmallHaul]

Cool tractor Travis!

I almost bought one to convert this weekend but, decided to wait.

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by fhhhstix

Espeefan the trans has an open dif so one output can spin faster than the other. The tires and rims came from a toy show we used to have at Lafayette IN now it is in Indy but still called the Lafayette farm toy show but almost all of the toy tractor parts venders have them.

Cool, Travis. I suspected a differential in the transmission. That's about the only way a guy could pull off an AWD tractor like this. Unless he truly did have a way to disengage the front axle, with a shiftable transfer case. I've seen aftermarket front wheel assit units spin the front tires faster then the rears, when the front axle is engaged, but these days it seems most factory FWA spin the same speed.

[rc_farmer]

Travis, I lke the build on ur IH, do you have anymore conversions planned? Hope you are able to get to Indy and bring it with you.