Re: Ford didn't build a bigger tractor - why not ?

Posted by Bill(Wis) on November 29, 2005 at 17:41:27 from (141.155.129.187):

In Reply to: Ford didn't build a bigger tractor - why not ? posted by Way Up Here on November 29, 2005 at 13:45:54:

Posts below are correct inasmuch as it was Henry I's goal to relieve the 60-80 acre farmer of as much drudgery as possible with a tractor that would outwork a team of horses. Henry's competetion was always the horse. Henry thought that if a farmer finished his work a little sooner with less hard work the farmer would have more time to be with his family. Was the farmer satisfied with that? NO,NO,NO! Once he saw he could do more work in less time he bought out his neighbor and then the next neighbor. And then, guess what? He asked for more power. Ford tried to give the farmer more power (a little bit anyway) by putting thinner steel sleeves in the 8N. That didn't work so well because most of them self destructed in one season. They fixed that by boring out the block and putting in cast iron sleeves. Most 8N's have had that done and they work fine. In 1955 Ford came out with the 800 series with a 172 cu in engine and 45HP. By 1961 Ford introduced the 6000 Commander which was an attempt to power up and go ultra modern with it's well named but ill fated SOS transmission. Parallel to that, they shipped Fordson Majors over to try to keep up with the horsepower wars. I watched it all happen.

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• Re: Ford didn't build a bigger tractor - why not ? Dan 06:22:20 11/30/05 (1)
  • Re: Ford didn't build a bigger tractor - why not ? Bill(Wis) 08:25:57 11/30/05 (0)

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