(ET) RE:

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

The Wheel Horse & New Idea tractors were actually built on the SAME LINE as
the GE.  
ALL accessories are interchangeable.  Only the electronics and controls are
different.  

As far as I know, the E-20 has quite a different control system than the
other GE's.  
First off, it is a foot speed control to compete with the hydrostatic
controls of the 
time.  Secondly, it has wider tires (although I have seen some E15's with
wide tires) 
front and back.  Third, it has the same cast front axle as the E15 (the E12
has a 
square tube axle) which weighs a bit more than that of the E12.  Someone
with an E12 
will have to tell you more about the differences.  The controls on all the
WH and NI's 
are different as I recall.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: sf bright net [mailto:sf bright net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 7:43 AM
To: elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu
Subject: 


Hi fellows,

A few questions to help me choose a tractor:

Did Wheel Horse and New Idea [or anyone else] build tractors duplicating
the Elec-trak E-15 and the E-20?

Are they considered on par with the E-traks [again I'm focussing on the
largest models of E-trak]?

Are mechanical parts interchangeble?

I notice that the E-20 has a wider track than the E-15 plus and extra 50#
weight and 2 more hp.  Are there other significant differences?

thanks,


Steve F.