Posted by LenNh on November 28, 2009 at 14:36:38 from (71.192.137.159):
In Reply to: Super A vs. 8n posted by Mark W. on November 24, 2009 at 07:21:20:
These forums certainly go off topic sometimes. Anyway, my two cents' worth (probably a quarter with inflation). The A and SA were certainly not easy to climb onto, although I didn't have any trouble when I was a whippersnapper. They were delightful to drive, and FAIRLY comfortable, even by today's standards. As to power, well, they were designed for SMALL farms, or to do light chores on larger farms. There is no end to the chores we used to do with an F-12 or an A, things that would have been done with horses before they came along. Back in the thirties and early forties, we even used tractors like that (on a SMALL farm, like I said) for plowing and disking, but they also ran cornshellers, pulled a corn binder or grain binder, small combine, baler, mowed and raked hay, pulled a wagon to pick up loose hay and later bales. I even used one of these to pull the hay fork up into the barn, after the ancient one-lung engine on the winch decided it didn't want to help out anymore. I've mowed in the zig-zag of rail fences, too. As to ancient versus modern, I would NOT want to do much work today with a steel-wheeled F-20 or 10-20. I've still got a backache from my years on those things from the late 30s to the early 50s. Even on rubber, they were no joy to ride on. Exciting, though--torque, torque, torque, and LOTS of noise to bang up your eardrums. Would love to have them to goof around with, but that is about all. I'm a realist, and don't entertain many romantic ideas about riding one of these beasts all day long.
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