[AT] Ford 1520

[Indiana Robinson]

Tractor Names

I'm sure I likely posted this here before, too many groups to keep track of.
My father bought a new 9N that was still on the dealer's floor in early
1942. It was the first tractor anyone in the family ever owned. Until then
it had always been horses. It would have stayed horses but my paternal
grandfather never owned a car let alone a tractor. My father on the other
hand truly disliked horses and had left the farm rather than use them. He
always said the he spent so much time on a cultivator behind a horse
growing up that when someone said the word horse that view was what always
popped into his head...  :-)
Here I refer to that first tractor as a 9N but we "never" called it that.
It was always called "the Ford Ferguson". To start with it was called "the
tractor" because he only had the one.  :-)  Then after he added a McCormick
10-20 just after the war it was referred to as "the 10-20" and the 9N was
"the Ford Ferguson". That still applied after he added the Ferguson TO-20
about 1949. It was never the TO-20, it was always "The Ferguson". When we
moved to this farm in 1951 the 10-20 was traded for a car since it had
largely fallen out of regular use, replaced by the much faster and more
useful Ferguson.
The John Deere MC crawler and the John Deere 40 Crawler that replaced the
MC were both just always called "the crawler".
The "Ford Ferguson" was traded for a new Ford Jubilee (NAA) which became
"the Ford". We never called it a Jubilee.
The new International 300 Utility that was added a couple of years later
became simply "the 300".
In 1961 or 62 "the Ford" was traded for a new Massey Ferguson High Arch 65
Diesel. Since it was our only  diesel it became "the diesel". That was with
a purpose, it was to help keep us from accidentally using the wrong fuel.
About 1971 the 65 was traded for a new MF High Arch 165 diesel which was
also "the diesel".
What follows these is a string of various brands and models of used
tractors but I need to stop here and get something done so I don't get
fired.  :-)




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On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 11:30 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Ford of UK was selling their tractors as Fordsons until the 1960s.
> Interesting point. When Harry sold 9Ns into the UK it likely was through
> his own distribution network. Harry's design group were making the drawings
> for the TE20 while they were still selling 9Ns. Harry was not caught flat
> footed. Ford had only themselves to blame for the creation of Ferguson
> tractors.
>
> [Dean VP Snohomish, WA 98290] James, That is why I suggested there may be
> a European Bias. The article was discussing the handshake agreement between
> Henry and Harry. Those tractors made and sold in the US were called Fords.
> The tractors sold in Europe probably were called Fergusons.
>
> [James Peck] Those experts were right. The 9Ns were manufactured by Ford
> but sold by Ferguson. They had a Ferguson logo on them as well. The modern
> term might be “joint venture”.
>
> If we can call a tractor designed and built by Shibaura a Ford or a New
> Holland, then we can call a tractor partially designed and sold by Ferguson
> a Ferguson.
>
> [deanvp at att.net] <snip> Even the “experts” make errors such as the
> tractors sold in the US by Ford with the Ferguson System starting in 1939
> were called “Fergusons”.   <snip>
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Francis Robinson
aka "farmer"
Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com
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