[AT] f-farmalls

[CEE VILL]

Our shifter was marked correctly.  I am not positive now, but I think 4th 
was on the foreward side below reverse, while 1st was the near side across 
from reverse, 2nd, near side bottom across from 4th and 3rd near side middle 
between first and second.

>From: Ed Stewart <edstewart1 at verizon.net>
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>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:45:16 -0400
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>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
>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>>Allamuchy NJ
>>><mikesloane at verizon.net>
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