F12 or 14

James Williams · Oct 30, 2008

Has any one seen the comerical of old timmer knives showing either a 12 or 14,I was looking at the tractor and didnt notice what it was,It was on one of thoes hunting channels

jimmy

GeneMO · Oct 30, 2008

The quickest way to spot an F-12 is that it's steering column is parallel to the gas tank, while an F-14 runs up at an angle. Basically they raised the steering post up to make it more comfortable for the driver.

Gene

John M · Oct 30, 2008

I was thinking a 20 or 30?

Bob Kerr · Oct 30, 2008

yep and they also put on longer hand brake levers on the 14. I have to say the short ones on an F-12 sure can be a pain to reach when running through the woods in hill country.

LenNH · Oct 31, 2008

I'd guess those short brake levers were put there "just in case," but with the original steel wheels there wasn't really any need for brakes. Remember the original Farmall and F-20 that had only one brake lever, and that for parking? They probably figured that the automatic turning brakes would do the job most of the time, and you could reach for the parking brake if you really needed it. You could get rubber tires for tractors easily by about 1936, but it seems manufacturers are slow to make changes, especially those that cost money. I spent years and years and years on F-12 both steel and rubber, and on a Farmall and an F-20, both rubber. Even on rubber, you didn't need a brake handle very often, although on rubber if you don't cut the throttle soon enough, the tractor can roll more than you want. I resorted to an expedient that worked, but which was super-ugly: I put a piece of pipe over the F-12 right-hand brake lever! I never used the hand brakes for steering, because the turning brakes worked very well.

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