[AT] Some ads from the 7/16 Lancaster Farming

[George Willer]

Brett,

I won the bid on a 300-U with loader on the ATIS old iron auction several 
(about 6) years ago.  I made a 3 day road trip to retrieve it.  I had 
thought for years a 300-U would be an ideal loader tractor and the working 
torque amplifier and 3 point conversion were plusses, along with the nearly 
new tires.  That thing steered so miserably that I parked it behind the barn 
for a couple years.  When I got a chance, I traded it for a junk Cub project 
and have never looked back.  That 300-U was MISERABLE!  It made my Ford 
641/loader seem like it has power steering.

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett Phillips" <bphillip at shentel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 1:47 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Some ads from the 7/16 Lancaster Farming


>
>
> Utility tractor, IH 300 gas, T-A fast-hitch and 3 pt, loader, weights,
> steers hard, call mornings, Northampton Co. $1600. 570-758-5810.
>
>
> !Ramble alert!
>
> My dad had a 300U from when I was 5 until I was about 10.  As I recall,
> there wasn't anything about that tractor that wasn't "hard" for a 7-8 year
> old tractor driver.  At that time, I was dad's 'hired man', and I did most
> of the raking, and would get bored when he asked me to drive when we 
> baled.
> He still says that I was better than my mother, since she would always try
> to turn left with the baler and wagon in tow.  If the baler started to act
> up, or the windrows were too big, my left leg would get tired pretty 
> quickly
> from the stiff clutch.  I remember standing with my full weight on that
> infernal clutch pedal, and having to pull up on the steering wheel in 
> order
> to get it fully depressed.  Dad knew this, and he never let me run the 300
> in tight quarters, because he knew I couldn't steer and press the clutch
> down at the same time.  For this reason, our JD H was my favorite, and the
> tractor that I raked with.  When the 300 left, I remember shedding a tear,
> but now I wonder why...  I have little desire to own one today.  There are
> plenty of others that I would like better.
>
> Brett Phillips
> Strasburg, VA
>
>
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