[AT] most uncomfortable to drive tractor

[charlie hill]

you've got that right Mike.  A friend of mine had a MF 165.  It's a half 
hour job to take
off and replace enough sheet metal to put power steering fluid in it.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 5:26 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] most uncomfortable to drive tractor

Try working on one..... :-0


On 3/24/2013 4:51 PM, Al Jones wrote:
>
>
> I know we were supposed to stop at 1980 but in the late '90s I had the 
> mistfortune of driving a MF 231.  It was even worse.  The foot accelerator 
> required you to thread your feet (I have a size 12 shoe) OVER the brake 
> pedals to operate--it was like the pedal was up level with the top of the 
> hood!
>
>
> Al
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
>> Sent: Mar 24, 2013 3:07 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: [AT] most uncomfortable to drive tractor
>>
>> 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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