[AT] most uncomfortable to drive tractor

[charlie hill]

I've actually spent a good bit of time on a MF 35, even as an adult.
I'm 6'1 with size 11 XW  feet.  I guess it's because I am used to them
but I never had much problem with foot room.   It's tight but after a while
you learn how to dance your feet around those pedals.   There is certainly
room for improvement though.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mattias Kessén
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 3:29 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] most uncomfortable to drive tractor

I vote for all without a heated cab. And yes something like 20'' of snow
this week and temperatures frov32 F to - 5 F. But we've got our first lamb
today and hatched some chickens this week (they're now in the boiler room).
So did I stick with the subject? No. But åt least I didn't rant about the
the forbidden things.
Before I bought the Boxer I looked at a MF 135. And since I'm not 5'2" and
wear women's shoes that is my vote though it had a cab.

Mattias
Den 24 mar 2013 20:12 skrev <jtchall at nc.rr.com>:

> Either the list is dead or March Madness has everyone glued to the
> boob-tube.
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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:
>
> 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.
>
> 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)
>
> 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.
>
>
> I vote for the 8N Ford.
>
> John Hall
>
> 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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