[AT] Dearborn post hole auger

[Dave Merchant]

What prevents adapting it to a newer tractor?

I didn't think there is any difference in mounting, other than the smaller 
PTO shaft(?)

If I had one I'd sure hang on to it, of course I never sell anything,
you can tell by looking at my place...

Dave


At 10:03 PM 11/28/2006, you wrote:
>         I have a good Dearborn posthole auger that was built for an N 
> series Ford
>or TO series Ferguson. It also fits a number of later Fords and Ferguson's
>but I'm not sure of the stopping point. I did make a couple of adapters that
>allowed me to use it on the Massey Ferguson 65 but it just won't adapt easy
>to the MF-165. It also won't adapt easily to anything else I own. I need to
>get some horse fence built and I don't really want to get tied up
>redesigning it to fit another tractor right now. I am thinking about putting
>it on Ebay and buying one of the new ones from TSC etc. They are not as well
>built as the Dearborn but should do the job OK. I don't follow Ford stuff
>that close, does anyone here have any idea about what those things are
>selling for? I would hate to put it on Ebay without knowing and not get near
>what it is worth out of it. It and I go back about 53 years.   ;-)
>
>
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