[AT] most uncomfortable to drive tractor

[Ron Cook]

Any model of Allis Chalmers, followed closely by the 9N/2N Ford. The 8N 
is worlds better than those two.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 3/24/2013 2:07 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> Either the list is dead or March Madness has everyone glued to the boob-tube.
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> I drove an 8N Ford yesterday as well as a 135 Massey. I couldn’t help but thinking they are very uncomfortable tractors to operate.  My biggest complaint is difficulty getting off and on as well as no where to put your feet where you can quickly and easily access the pedals. The brake pedal arrangement on the 8N was the worst. Maybe these tractors would be comfortable if you are 5”2” with a size 8 shoe.
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> Since traffic is low, let’s hear your vote for most uncomfortable to drive old tractor. Just a few rules to keep us on track:
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> 1) No body cares how reliable your grandpas 30hp tractor was running 25 hrs a day 8 days a week farming 15,000 acres (not including double crop acres). The question is was it comfortable to use.
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> 2) Most early (primitive) tractors in my opinion were uncomfortable to drive without question. About the time styled tractors came out around 1940, things were beginning to get standardized. So lets go back no further than the Farmall letter series (or your favorite paint colors equivalent models)
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> 3) Nothing newer than 1980. By then AC units in cabs were becoming reliable, cabs were roomier, and air-ride seats were coming onto the scene.
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> I vote for the 8N Ford.
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> John Hall
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> PS, to the Ford and Massey owners on the list, those tractors are still too popular and sell for too much money as chore tractors for you to take any offense to my comments, unless your basketball team has already been sent home and you just need to vent.
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