Posted by Bill(Wis) on October 02, 2008 at 16:29:40 from (71.249.198.251):
In Reply to: Flipping Fordson posted by Judy Wearing on October 02, 2008 at 11:31:27:
About the only thing left to relate that hasn't been covered below is my bachelor uncle's experience. At some point in the little bit of evolution the Fordson saw, Henry Ford, in an attempt to prevent the back flips the fordson was famous for, installed the big fenders that stopped the tractor from going completely over on every Fordson sold. Prior to that they had been an option for $50 or so extra. My uncle was able to get one of the last new ones without that option. He was quite pleased that he had saved $50. The Fordson was not without it's little quirks. One of them being hard to start when hot. Another was having no brakes. Another was that, while idling, they had a bad habit of jumping into gear all on their own. Farmers who came in at noon for lunch and left them running would sometimes see them going across the lawn all on their own. My uncle had his Fordson sitting in the yard idling while he was working nearby. The Fordson, true to form, jumped into gear and headed straight for the silo. My uncle couldn't catch it before it plowed into the silo, climbed right up the silo and did one of it's famous back flips and, in spite of being made almost completely of steel, caught fire and burned beyond recognition. We all had a good laugh about that. My uncle went into town and bought another tractor.
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