Yes they did. I'll tell you a funny story about them. In addition to flipping over backward they also were hard to start when hot. They also, after getting worn, tended to jump into gear when left idling. They didn't have a parking brake. Henry Ford was very concerned about the back flips and had a set of heavy duty fenders fitted on all new tractors after a certain date. They cost $50 but you couldn't get the tractor without them. They were very effective in stopping the back flips. My uncle managed to get one of the last ones without fenders and boasted that he had saved $50. One day, all four of the Fordson's little quirks came into play. He had the Fordson sitting in the yard idling (hard to start when hot), it jumped into gear and headed straight for the silo. When it hit the silo it climbed right up the side of the silo and then performed one of its famous back flips and landed upside down, caught on fire and, in spite of it being made primarily of steel, burned beyond recognition. After the fire died, he went into town and bought a new Allis Chalmers WC. We laugh about that to this day.
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Today's Featured Article - New Hitches For Your Old Tractor - by Chris Pratt. For this article, we are going to make the irrational and unlikely assumption that you purchased an older tractor that is in tip top shape and needs no immediate repairs other than an oil change and a good bath. To the newcomer planning to restore the machine, this means you have everything you need for the moment (something to sit in the shop and just look at for awhile while you read the books). To the newcomer that wants to get out and use the machine for field work, you may have already hit a major roadblock. That is the dreaded "proprietary hitch". With the exception of the
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