[AT] f-farmalls

[Ed Stewart]

Hi Mike and Charlie. My story is about the same, my dad had a old 
regular till it was worn out and then he traded it in on an F-20 on 
rubber, it was weird in the fact that as marked on the tranny cover 
third was the road gear, maybe 12 mph. forth gear was slower, Ed

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
>>
>> CEE VILL wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>>>> Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
>>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
>>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Ford 9-n and a Cub
>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:02:37 -0400
>>>>
>>>
>>>> I have a Ford 2N that has both a Sherman and a Howard unit, giving 
>>>> me the equivalent of a 12 speed Ford N. 
>>>> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/1946_ford_2n/>
>>>
>>> _____________________________________________________
>>> Sure couldn't do much work with that one, Mike.  It would take the 
>>> better part of the day just trying to decide which speed to run in. 
>>> Lets see now---(9 th will be a little faster than 7 th, but might 
>>> not give quite enough power so I had better use 6 th, or maybe 5 th 
>>> would be just right.  Oh heck. I can't decide.  Guess I will use the 
>>> 340 today instead.  (grin)
>>>
>>>>
>>> Charlie
>>
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Mike Sloane
>> Allamuchy NJ
>> <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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