Posted by LenNH on November 20, 2009 at 07:29:43 from (71.192.137.159):
In Reply to: Old Tractor posted by cellardoor on November 19, 2009 at 09:41:27:
When I was a young-un in the early 40s, I thought the H was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Actually, I still think it is one of the most perfect designs (talking of style) of all time. When I finally got to use one seriously a few years later--my dad bought a used H--I found that it was much more comfortable than the F-20 we had been using, more agile, more "civilzed" in some ways, but that it lacked the brute force of the older tractor, which (on rubber) would run rings around the H with a 14" plow. Still, the H would do a good days' work with a 2-bottom plow or a 7' harrow, but only in second gear (the F-20 was in second gear also, but on 36" tires, it was a good half-mile-per-hour faster than the H in second, and because it had a much bigger engine, it had gobs of torque to pull through thick-and-thin). The H is a nice "chore tractor" just because it is comfortable and easy to steer (and it doesn't have as much tendancy to kick back through the steering as the older tractor did), not hard to get on and off of, is fairly quiet with a muffler. It replaces an F-12 or F-14 in a lot of light chores, but can do good heavy work within its capacity, too. Its extra ground speeds make a nice change from the F-12/14, which can seem snail-like when you have to go a mile or more at 4 mph. Lots of farmers are still using an H for all kinds of things. Wish I had some use for one. Every time I get a chance to drive an H or an M owned by somebody I know, I go back 60 years right on the spot. Nice.
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