[AT] f-farmalls

[Steve W.]

This beast is a first year F-20. My grandfather bought it as a first 
tractor. My father got it from him and now it belongs to me. One of 
these days I'll blast it and give it some paint. Have the same plow as 
well. Did you make a platform for the draw bar or just stand on the 
steel? Ours has a wood deck with a toolbox on it. Makes a handy step to 
get in that "comfortable" seat. No foot brakes just the hand levers.
Neat tractor to show but they are a pain to haul because they are so 
W-I-D-E.

Steve W.

CEE VILL wrote:
> 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>
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>> 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)
>>
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