Posted by LenNH on March 01, 2009 at 15:25:58 from (71.235.191.159):
In Reply to: Favorite Farmall! posted by IHStandardMan on February 20, 2009 at 09:09:55:
My "newest" Farmall was a '54 Super M that I got to spend some time with on a relative's farm over the past few years, so I can't comment on the newer and bigger stuff. From about the age of 12 on, I spent quite a lot of time on an F-20 and thought that was just about "it"--such a torquey brute, a rough-rider, needed a firm hand on the wheel sometimes (makes a scrawny kid feel about 6 feet tall!), great barking sound that probably didn't do my hearing any good. Then my father acquired a couple of Hs in succession. Loved 'em for being much easier on the bod, but wasn't too happy with the small amount of torque available in hard spots. Still, they were almost as "handy" as our F-12, useable for any number of light chores as well as the heavy field work, easy to drive, far less kickback in the steering than with the F-20, comfortable seat and platform, pretty nice placement of controls (but not perfect--I thought the gearshift was in a clumsy place if you had to shift very often, and I didn't like having to reach way forward for the throttle if you were turned around looking at something behind you, like a combine or a mower). With a muffler, fairly quiet. Overall, much more refined than the F-20. I also had quite a few occasions to work with a neighbor on his A, and I now think back on all the tractors I've used and would have to say that the A was a real delight: Great platform, comfortable seat, excellent steering-wheel position, controls "to hand," as the car mag writers say, wonderful vision, smooth, snappy engine, very good gear ratios for having only 4 speeds. But how can you pick just ONE, when they won't all do the same work? If I could use a small tractor right now, I'd opt for one of the A thru 140 series, just because they are so comfortable. For nostalgia, of course, it would have to be an A, because it would take me back to my callow youth in the 40s. The newer variants would actually be more useful, thanks to the hydraulics.
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