[AT] most uncomfortable to drive tractor

[Grant Brians]

I agree with the comment about tractors and implements. We use most of our
tractors as farm tools except when we do the Christmas or Horse Show parades
in town. I would also say that the biggest changes for most people about
getting on/off and also operating a particular tractor are related to
fitness not age. I.e. weight gain or loss, exercise level, diet that causes
joint disorders or arthritis etc. This is not to say that some tractors are
not simply poorly designed for ease of operation as some certainly are.
Also, for me the Oliver tractors post Hart-Parr are easy to operate because
most are sized for a taller person and I love the layouts from the
Fleetlines onward for the operator. They also are tall, which I like.
     My Allis C even though small is good for its purpose - irrigation pipe
hauling tractor with racks on it. Would I like it for some other things as
much as the Olivers? NO. The Farmall A/100/130/140 are terrific cultivating
tractors but impossible for me to operate myself. The many smaller
Caterpillars I have operated are easy for me, but I have never tried a
pre-hydraulic steering assist (my D8 has that - 1953 after market) big Cat.
          Grant Brians
          Hollister, California Vegetable, Nuts and Fruit farmer

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Rob Wilson
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I think with most older model tractors, and owning both an Allis-Chalmers C
and WD-45, they weren't designed to drive around the yard or in parades but
working. Mine are very easy to get on and off of with implements attached.
Step up and the plow and right into the seat. Getting used to the offset
position of the WD-45 took a little bit but after that not bad at all.
Rob

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I always felt the 8n was easy to mount and dismount.



I think the toughest is the allis c or b. Once you are mounted its fun to
drive, but getting on and off requires some strength and flexibility. They
must have been designed with the rider affixed to the seat.



The Wd and WC are a little easier to mount, but you must do it from behind
the seat. Once mounted  I just don't feel like it was designed for a driver.
Almost like AC management called R&D  and said "great tractor, now please
put a seat on it."



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From: "Chuck Bealke" <bealke at airmail.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 5:15:45 AM
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Y'all,

'Tis indeed vexing how tractor mounting and other stretch exercises wane
with age.  The light and bouncy AC B and the Farmall A mentioned here as
hard to mount are in fact that way, but when I wuz a teen, didn't think a
bit 'bout bending, climbing or stretching to get on either one. Climbing up
to view gas or water level on a Farmall H was a bigger stretch.  Compared to
now, was part squirrel back then.

Chuck Bealke
Dallas
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