Re: f12 f14 f20 some??

Posted by Bob Kerr on July 20, 2007 at 07:11:31 from (64.12.116.73):

In Reply to: f12 f14 f20 some?? posted by buzz36 on July 19, 2007 at 21:21:59:

My F-12 drives like a go cart.on a hard turn the inside wheel brake is automaticly applied and it turns on a dime. It will do a 360 in a 2 car garage. It may do it in a 1 car garage! but I never tried that. It handles nice, is easy to load, starts good (most of the time, but has its moments)I have a Heisler road gear for it I put on and made it go about 6-8MPH, but the bearings are bad in it so I took it back out. I have a single front tire for it which is kind of hard to find, but put on dual front tires so I could steer better in mud since I still work with it and you should see that little thing drag a 2.5ft dia x 12ft long log up a hill!. I gave up on the wide front years ago. I don't need it anyway and it does make it harder to store. Loading mine is easy with just 2 ramps. I come at the trailer at an angle , get the front wheel up as the rear starts up I swing the front over and up she goes. It is my personall opinion that the little F-12 may have saved IH from going under in 1933 (33 was the worst year of the depression and many factorys closed and all of them cut way back on production). 35 F-12s kind of have a mystery about them as far as grey or red paint. You will see a lot of them with either. IH went to red in 36 for all tractors. An F-14 is baisicly the same thing as a 12, but They might be easier to drive if you are tall. The steering was raised higher, the hand brake levers are longer. They have slightly more power. but they only made them 2 years F-20s are good too, but the only problem I have seen is they are just so dang wide in the rear. Narrow treads are out there but you just don't see many of them. Parts are fairly easy to get for all of them. May pay for you to go look some over bfore deciding. Go to a show that is featuring IH and you may get a good side by side comparison. Good luck in your search!

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