[AT] naa aux tranny / howard

[Mike Sloane]

That is pretty impressive. I thought my 2N with both a Sherman step down 
and Howard was slow, but Baumann has me beat! 
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/1946_ford_2n/howard.html> is an 
image taken of the tractor when I brought it home (the green color is 
moss - it had been sitting in a field for at least 15 years).

At one time I spoke with an older gentleman at Howard, and he was kind 
enough to send me copies of stuff from his personal files relating to 
the Rotovator itself and the auxiliary transmission. If anyone needs 
them, I will dig them up and scan them in.

Interestingly, the Rotovator does not hook up to the tractor's three 
point hitch, but bolts directly to the PTO housing and is raised and 
lowered by a lever that still sits on my right fender. Mine has two 
broken tines and a broken drive chain, the result of the PO lending the 
machine to a careless neighbor. Mine also is set up for the smaller 1 
1/8" PTO shaft, and the PO converted the shaft to 1 3/8", leaving the 
Rotovator something of an orphan.

Mike

George Willer wrote:
> While I was watching this thread I thought of Marvin Baumann's fleet of
> beautifully restored Fords.  He has a barn full of beauties!!!  Just now I
> found his web page and focused in on his slowpoke. I knew it had a Sherman,
> Howard, and a Hupp, but I didn't know what the 4th tranny was.  At idle and
> in all the lowest gears it travels one FOOT/HOUR!
> 
> This link will be a start...
> 
> http://www.marvinbaumann.com/fourtrans.html 
> 
> George Willer 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
>>bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Chris Britton
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 1:54 PM
>>To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>Subject: [AT] naa aux tranny / howard
>>
>>it's worth a try to contact howard.. but i wouldn't hold my breath.  I;m a
>>mamber at a few other lists and fellow members have tried to contact
>>howard
>>reguarding literature or parts only to be told that the co doesn't even
>>have
>>'records' back to the 50's and 60's.. etc..
>>
>>Go figure.
>>
>>Also.. i agree.. the howard is not a stump puller.. it is just to make the
>>tractor slow..
>>
>>Soundguy
>>
>>
>>>From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>>>Subject: Re: [AT] Ford NAA with aux tranny??
>>>My experience with the Howard unit in my 2N is that it would say
>>>"Howard" somewhere on the outside. It may be that there is enough
>>>difference between the N Fords and the NAA that Howard redesigned the
>>>unit, and that resulted in a operating lever on the left. I have a
>>>
>>>>Howard unit in one of my Farmall Cubs, and the operating instructions
>>>
>>>are pretty clear in stating that the low range is for rototilling only,
>>>not to increase the power.
>>>Howard Rotovator is/was still very much in business, so you might want
>>>to try contacting them and see if anyone there might have some old
>>>manuals. Unfortunately, their Website appears to not be working.
>>>
>>>Mike
>>
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Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
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Images: <www.fotki.com/mikesloane>

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
  Joaquin Setanti