The Triple A Farmall

RG | 08/15/2015 | Farmall / International, Tractor Photos, Tractor Shows, Wrenching with Rachel | 3 Comments

Here’s a neat find – a Triple A Farmall, custom fabricated by Buddy Woodson from Eagleville, Tenessee.

I caught up with Buddy at the Red Power Round-Up in Missouri and got the inside scoop on how his AAA works.

You can run the tractor with just one engine or all three. If Buddy starts just one engine, he puts that engine’s transmission in gear and the other two in neutral. If all three engines are running, then he puts all three transmissions in the same gear.

Buddy drives the tractor from the center seat, which has three pedals. One pedal controls the center tractor’s clutch. The next petal controls the other two tractor’s clutch plates – this allows him to drive the tractor with all three transmissions engaged (and change gears). The third petal controls all of the brakes (because this is a show tractor, Buddy goes without turning brakes). All the other pedals on the tractor are dummies.

The tractor shares one electrical system and one battery. The center tractor’s dash contains a start/kill switch for each engine and a choke lever for each engine as well.

Thanks for sharing, Buddy!

3 Comments

Don Lilleman 08/17/2015 Reply
I saw them there. My restored 1947 A Farmall was parked to the left of the Triple A’s In the front of the row. Had lots of Steiner parts on it. He also had a Triple Cub there also. Great to see the picture on Facebook!!!

RL Stromberger 08/18/2015 Reply
The Triple A tractor shows a lot of thought and work gone into the project. BUT it seems a waste of three good tractors to me.

Gilberto Garza 06/30/2018 Reply
I saw this tractor today in Classic Tractor Fever. Nice.