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Re: Why Farmall's geared the way they are!
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Posted by Well explained on September 03, 2002 at 10:21:16 from (65.57.21.2):
In Reply to: Why Farmall's geared the way they are! posted by Ty on September 03, 2002 at 06:50:51:
Ty: I used to catch heck for degrading our '45 H back in the '50's. I'd call 1st the "1 mile per hour gear" and 2ed the 2-mile-per-hour-gear etc 3ed=3mph gear, 4th the 4mph gear.. and 5th the down hill only gear. Father didn't like any smart talk. But it was true. That was a carry over from the 1930's when everything was slow geared. I still feel it was stupid gearing. I like your way of explaining it. Gene
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