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Indiana Robinson robinson46176 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 3 14:55:35 PDT 2017


I finally found a picture of that Sherman steering anti-kickback unit we
had. Look on this Ford page about 2/3rds of the way down the page. The old
ad with the green ink.
http://www.ntractorclub.com/cgi/viewit.cgi?fb=nhistory&th=2732


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On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 4:12 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Regarding wheelstands, Fordsons were notorious, I think that is because
> they actually pulled the implement, instead of "pushing" as most
> drawbars I have been around are pinned to the tractor in front of the
> rear axle. The Farmalls, Deeres, and Case machines of the 50's, probably
> not so much unless you were pulling a subsoiler or plow. Now if you are
> in an area that doesn't have LARGE rocks or ground that develops "tight
> spots", then it wasn't a problem. I saw dad pull the front end up twice
> while using a single shank tow type subsoiler behind a 4020 Deere--and
> this was in our garden! My experience here is with 3pt equipment, plow,
> subsoilers, chisel plows---all of which will snatch the front end
> skyward before you can snap your fingers. But, this is larger equipment,
> pulled much deeper usually than what would have been typically used
> behind 50's era machines. Let me  put it another way, the muscle era
> tractors around here had quite a few damaged front ends. Dads 4020 is
> tricycle (2wheels) and it has had a couple repairs. The other 4020 was
> wide front and had to have the axle welded. The 4430 snapped a spindle
> off--we pulled that tractor so hard we kept a full rack of weights on
> the front end. Now don't get me wrong, we didn't abuse our stuff, we
> just operated in tough field conditions. To prove my point, when the
> wide front 4020 was sold in 91, it was 22 years old, with around 7,000
> hrs and sold for $500 less than my grandmother paid for it in 69. Worked
> hard yes, well maintained likewise.
>
> John Hall
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