[AT] Plowing in Ohio/Long

[Francis Robinson]

    Apparently you Allis guys  :-)   never  grew up using the original 
"Ferguson system"...   It too was far from perfect but was in my mind far 
superior to the Allis system (I have owned both). The true Ferguson system 
with the top link never did wheelies with the plow in the ground. The only 
wheelies were when lifting the plow out of very tough ground and that was 
quite rare. With the true "Ferguson System" 3 point with a top link the 
draft control tended to lift the front of the plow first in tough spots and 
and steered it up out of the ground rather than to try to yank it up back 
end first. A lot of folks that never used the early Fords and Ferguson's (or 
never learned how to use one correctly) liked to bad mouth them and they 
were a light tractor but with a good properly sat up 2 x14" mounted plow I 
could about plow rings around many of our neighbor's heavier tractors. The 
lighter weight was only a reletively minor problem using pull type tillage 
implements. The tractor and hydraulic system were designed to work together 
using almost all 3 point implements including disk other harrows in addition 
to the plow.
    I was a little disappointed in my WD plowing with a snap hitch plow. I 
love Allis tractors but that thing could have used a couple of more 
adjustments and a front end weight to hold it down. I kind of liked the snap 
coupler hitch but always liked the IHC fast hitch a lot better.
    These observations are based on daily working tractors and don't really 
matter that much when collecting and playing...   ;-)   I just love them all 
for that.
    BTW, my Allis WC is missing a few little parts (only Scott Pike can 
appreciate that one).
    I also really miss my old 8N...
    I did love plowing with the IHC 300-U with a 3 x 14" fast hitch plow.



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"farmer"

Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net