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[Steve W.]

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
>>
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>> Mike Sloane
>> Allamuchy NJ
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>> 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.