Posted by KEH on October 02, 2008 at 16:36:13 from (209.213.17.247):
In Reply to: Flipping Fordson posted by Judy Wearing on October 02, 2008 at 11:31:27:
O K, as a small boy I drove a model F fordson tractor. It's main advantage was that it was cheap. It was hard to steer(at least for a small boy) and hard to start. It did not have turning brakes or any brakes at all except for the brake that worked when the clutch was pushed all the way down. I never saw it in a position likely to tip over. I question if it had enough hp to raise the front end. It was used to pull a Oliver 2 disc plow and a small Oliver smoothing harrow. The belt pulley was used to pull a wood cut off saw to make firewood. As mentioned above, there was no drawbar as such, just part of the rear end casting at the bottom with three holes. The center hole was worn more than the others. There was no other place to hook a load to higher up, unless for some reason you wrapped a chain around the axle, but we couldn't afford a chain anyway. The tractor does not have a high center of gravity and is not light on the front end. There is a large front axle assembly and a massive cast radiator, plus the steel wheels. As for the tractor not spinning out, I remember this one spinning, but by the time I remember it it was probably 20 years old and the cleats were well worn.
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