Re: Worst tractor you ever drove

Posted by samn40 on August 05, 2012 at 16:16:10 from (217.43.59.156):

In Reply to: Re: Worst tractor you ever drove posted by oldtanker on August 05, 2012 at 09:23:32:

Never had a small ford but I still do have a small Ferguson TE20.
to be honest if you have been used to a live drive then you do
miss it, but we have to think back beyond the invention of these
tractors, not many PTO machines about then and absolutely no
bush hogs to "drive you on" Harry Ferguson's design of the 3
point linkage was an achievement and nearly every other tractor
that is mentioned on your 'best drive' has some type of copy of
that design. Another thing I have noticed (and I live in Britain but
have travelled in 26 states studying the way you all farm!) is that
you guys did not get all the Ferguson designed implements or
even implements made by other manufacturers for the Ferguson
design of lightweight tractor. You mostly use 4 wheel trailers,
Ferguson type tractors were meant to use 2 wheel trailers with
the wheels right at the rear to give the tractor traction and an
'automatic pick up hitch ' to ease the burden of hitching such a
trailer or muck spreader. Nearly all the other implements were
linkage mounted and were very safe and stable if mounted
correctly. In USA all your implement manufacturers designed
implements for trailing so they were adapted for the
ford/Fergusons, In Britain ours were designed for the Ferguson
and adapted for everything else! So to knock these tractors when
using them incorrectly is wrong or to judge them against
something more modern is also wrong . They may not have been
the best drive of your life but they sure done what they were
designed to do and as a testament to how good the design
was....well look carefully at every regualar tractor today, the rear
end is similar, the seating and dash is similar, you get on in front
of the rear wheel etc, only difference is some new tractors have
cabs and fancy gearboxes and PTO drives, but the basic design is
the same as Harry Ferguson designed back in the early 30s and
not at all like any other tractor from that period. The Ferguson is
not my 'best drive' as I have driven many more MODERN tractors,
but it sure would be my best choice from the period it was built!
Sam

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• Re: Worst tractor you ever drove Spook 17:45:51 08/05/12 (0)
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