[AT] f-farmalls

[CEE VILL]

That sounds a lot like our old Regular, Steve.  Three speeds ahead and steel 
wheels with spades.  They sure gave you a treatment on hard ground.  We had 
an area of Marrow ground along the edge of one field.  If it was a little 
wet during spring plowing, one turn of that steel wheel and the drawbar was 
in the ground.  Those spades were a great excavator.  More than once we had 
to jack the tractor with building jacks sitting on planks, then put railroad 
ties under the rear wheels to climb out on.  When it was out, we would snake 
the plow out with a chain.  Those were the days...............Little Genius 
plow with two 14's by the way.  I think that plow was sold new with the 
Regular.  The next field to that one had a lot of stones along one side.  
Seems that plow would hit a stone about every 30 feet, and trip and unhook.  
I used to ride on the drawbar when my older brother plowed, just to reset 
the plow hitch and hook it back into the clevis.  Ah yes!  Those were the 
days.


>From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
>Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
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>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] f-farmalls
>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:09:58 -0400
>
>Lucky you. The F-20 I have was one we used in the woodlot and it was 
>originally a steel equipped tractor so no road gear. We would drive it to 
>the lot in the early spring and bring it home at first snow. The drive was 
>about 7 miles one way. That is a LOONNGG way on an F series. Once you got 
>used to the throttle and spark advance you could really pull with the 
>beast. Since we pulled the trailer on the way up and back I rigged up a 
>couple batteries to power some flashers and a pair of headlights. No radio 
>though....
>
>
>CEE VILL wrote:
>>
>>
>>Hi Mike.
>>
>>One exception to your statement.  When I was 13 or 14, Dad bought a used 
>>late F-20 (I think 1938).  The old Regular was pretty well used up.  
>>Anyhow, 4th on that tractor was really a road gear.  I am not sure of the 
>>top speed, but maybe around 12 mph.  Not as fast as the later M, but as a 
>>kid I thought I was a top dog driving it in 4th on our farm lanes.  It was 
>>a good strong old tractor with just the 90 degree elbow on top of the 
>>manifold pipe.  I loved to hear the governor open when the throttle was 
>>pulled back to that last notch in 4th.
>>
>>Charlie
>>>
>>>
>>>And when you put the Howard  and the Sherman in "low" and the 
>>>transmission in 1st, the tractor will barely move at idle. I could win 
>>>almost any "slow tractor" race, unless I was up against any of the F 
>>>Farmalls (in almost any gear). :-)
>>>
>>>Mike
>>>
>>>--
>>>Mike Sloane
>>>Allamuchy NJ
>>><mikesloane at verizon.net>
>>>Website: <www.geocities.com/mikesloane>
>>>Images: <www.fotki.com/mikesloane>
>>>
>>>Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious
>>>enemy justice can have. -James Baldwin, writer (1924-1987)
>
>--
>Steve W.
>Near Cooperstown, New York
>
>Pacifism - The theory that if they'd fed
>Jeffrey Dahmer enough human flesh,
>he'd have become a vegan.
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