"great inventors and their not so great inventions"
Hwy do you assume the Frodson tractor was a not so great invention? It helped revolutialize farming in the 1sp art of the 20th century.
The Fordson tractor pulled implements much like horse drawn implements before it. Individual implements that needed a power souce may have had a bullwheel, but I am not aware that the tractor had anything like it. The lugs on the wheels provide traction not drive power. The Fordson tractor was very modern in it's sdesign and had an internal transmission drive like a modern car.
There was some danger of flipping a tractor in that time frame if they were not hooked up correctly and an obstruction was hit. This is where Harry Ferguson came into the picture with his eros self regulating plow. This plow greatly reduced the danger of flipping a tractor while plowing. H. Ford and H. Ferguson would later come together and really revolutionalize farming with the Ford Tractor and Ferguson System packaged in the 9N.
But, the Fordson tractor as a not so great invention. I find that hard to believe. It was very sucessful and the first of the modern tractor designs.
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