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

[Brett Phillips]

George:
Fortunately, Dad's 300U never had a loader on it while we owned it.  I can 
only imagine what a mess that would have been!  A neighbor has one that his 
father bought new, and to be fair, it isn't too bad to run now that I'm 
grown up.  With an implement on the back, it doesn't steer too bad at all. 
Of course there's no loader on it either.
    Another neighbor has a 350U that has power steering.  I've never driven 
it, but I'm sure it's an improvement.  The fact that it still sees regular 
use speaks volumes...
    I think I'll keep my JD 420W with ps...  It's a real sweetheart for 
light utility work.

Brett Phillips
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Willer" <gwill at toast.net>
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Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 7/16 Lancaster Farming


> 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" 
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> 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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