[AT] N-series Fords and TO-series Fergusons

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Tue Nov 11 06:06:16 PST 2008


Farmer a TO 35 or 135 is about as handy and as my daddy would have said, 
smart,  as any tractor I've ever driven.  You just flat can't beat it for 
doing box blade work and it's hard to beat for 2 row cultivating.  Of course 
you already know that.

Charlie
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From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [AT] N-series Fords and TO-series Fergusons


>I love the TO-35s and 135s but a decent one is more $$$ than I want to 
>spend.
> There are only a few practical reasons I am buying one...   :-) I
> certainly don't need more HP, I have HP coming out of my ears... If
> you look at my list of implements I mentioned you will see that I
> didn't list any that needed any amount of HP above what one of these
> has. Trust me, I have enough experience with these things to know
> "exactly" how they operate and what they will do and not do. As an
> example I would never consider using one to bush-hog heavy brush. They
> simply were not designed for the job, those mowers came along in the
> mid to late 1950s. On the other hand I would have no qualms about
> hanging my 5' finish mower on one and "clipping" my mowed trails.
> If you are careful you can get the tough bush-hogging job done with
> one but it should be done in several passes.
> As George has pointed out in the past they were not designed for heavy
> loader work either. You can do that work with them but you have to not
> try to move half the planet at once like most of us are prone to do.
> That doesn't mean that you cant use one to load manure or the odd rock
> or bit of dirt but an industrial earth mover they are not.
> I'm retired... I'm looking at this as a "handy" little tractor that is
> light to haul, will do what I want it to and a series of tractors I
> grew up with and liked. They were not antiques when I grew up.   :-)
> I'm retired... I don't have to be practical and damn well don't intend to 
> be...
> :-)
>
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
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>
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