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

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Wed Nov 12 04:38:12 PST 2008


Phil, as shrewd as Farmer is, if he wanted to he could sell the blade and 
the two bush hogs for enough to get his money back!  Or most of it anyway.

Charlie
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> >From the photos and your description I'd say you stole that tractor!
>
> Phil
>
>
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>>From    : Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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> I went down to Bedford, IN this evening to look at a Ferguson TO-20 I
> spotted on Craig's-List yesterday.
> I ended up buying it for $1600 and will run back down there tomorrow
> (Wednesday) to pick it up along with two bush-hogs and a grader blade
> included.
> It behaved much like a tractor being sold and wouldn't start...   :-)
> They had been using it to move a down tree to get to one of the
> bush-hogs and it had started running poorly. He commented that the
> front end had been jumping up and down as they tried to move the tree
> which was caught between a couple of others. He had tried to fix it by
> installing new spark plug wires, new distributor cap, rotor etc. He
> then decided that it might be the two year old gas in the tank... It
> had been parked in their garage for two years.  He was draining it out
> when we got there and he put in fresh fuel. It still wouldn't keep
> running but I could hear it well enough to ell that it was probably OK
> as it ran quietly and smoothly briefly before it stopped. The tank was
> full of varnish and I figure that the carb is as well. The tires look
> fine and everything else seemed OK. The rear rims have been replaced.
> The antifreeze and inside of the radiator were clear and clean. The
> radiator looks very good. The engine oil was clean with no water at
> all as was the lube in the rear end. The rear axle seals show that
> they have leaked in the past and might yet but I didn't see any fresh
> oil. Those are pretty easy to replace. The steering feels like new
> with no slop anywhere. The right radius rod is bowed which is not
> uncommon on one that has been used to bush-hog in a woods. I think my
> hydraulic pipe bending press will straighten it OK.
> It is missing the two side plates that say Ferguson but they are easy
> to get. There are a few dents to be straightened but not bad ones.
> I'll take plenty of tools and a carb kit along tomorrow as well as
> some carb cleaner. That and a chainsaw to get past that downed tree.
> Here is a link to the ad with pictures.
> http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/913630978.html
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
> "Good clean muck never hurt nobody!!!"
> Morris Moulterd
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>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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