[AT] Different TO-20

[Dave Merchant]

There is a rather beat dk gray TO-30 on a dealer's lot nearby,
with the front bumper that won't let the hood open all the way.
It's so tight at the sides that the axle can't rock very far
without scraping the tin.

Tried opening the hood, you can just barely get a look in the radiator.
Workable, but really awkward.

We are still working on how to fuel the new Wagner loader 8N
without spilling gas all over the nice paint. The loader frame
has a crossbrace that keeps the fuel door from opening all the way.
Looked at transfer pumps at TSC, but only the real expensive ones
are listed for gasoline.

Dave Merchant


At 01:35 PM 9/15/2009, Indiana Robinson wrote:
>I'm doing a little surfing while I sit out what I expect to be another
>couple of days of a presumed severe gout attack in my left knee. I ran
>across this TO-20.
>http://medford-oregon.olx.com/antique-ferguson-to-20-tractor-iid-3807356
>While I have seen a lot of 9N's and 2N's painted like an 8N (or the
>blue and gray ones) and my father and I years ago (I was not a
>collector then) painted our TO-20 to match our MF-165 I don't recall
>seeing a TO-20 painted like an 8N. I also noticed that this one does
>not have the original front wheels  (neither does my Allis C but that
>is another story). The thing that really jumped out at me though was
>the aftermarket front bumper. I tried to buy one like that recently at
>auction but it went too high. I knew though that if I bought it I
>would have to modify it to use it on my TO-20. As that tractor sits
>you cannot get the hood open far enough for fueling and especially to
>service the radiator...
>I know of a place where I might be able to buy an original Ferguson
>bumper with the little cut-out to clear the grill when the hood is
>open. I need to wait for some $$$ to appear first. :-)
>As son Scott likes to say: " I could have bought the one at auction if
>the other guy had not kept bidding"...  ;-)
>
>
>--
>Have you hugged your horses today?
>
>Francis Robinson
>aka "farmer"
>Central Indiana USA
>robinson46176 at gmail.com
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