A number of companies produced four-wheel-drive kits for converting Massey Ferguson and other tractors into four-wheel-drive. One of these companies was 4 Wheel Traction.
Four Wheeled Traction Ltd was a firm that built a few 4-wheel drive conversion of tractors and other vehicles. The Firm was based at 15 North Audley Street, London. Basically little is known, the firm supplied Kits of parts for dealers to convert tractors to 4-wd, using a sandwich transfer box that added 6″ (150 mm) to the tractors length and a new front axle, assembly with steering links and a Prop shaft to provide the drive. The conversions were supplied as a complete kit for the Dealers to fit to new or used tractors. The company made the 4-WD axle conversions for tractors to fit Massey Ferguson 100 series tractors, 165, 168, 175, 178, 185, and 188, and the later Massey Ferguson 500 series 565, 575, and 590 models, from 1976.