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Dave 2N

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Hark back a moment, if you will, to that conversation a couple of weeks ago about Super C's and H's, that post that got your "Speedo" in a big knot.

First of all, I'm a Farmall guy--raised on an M and if I could have only one tractor, it would be my Super C.

Anyway-do you know what two tractors are generally acknowledged to have been most influential in the development of the modern tractor? Answer- The Ford N series (three-point hitch, depth control and open platform) and the John Deere 4020 for many obvious reasons.

A further bit of info. that I'll pass on to you with not tuition charge-(that means for free.) The engineer who was most influential in the development of the Ford N's was a guy named Harold Brock. He started with Ford in the Henry Ford/Thomas Edison and oversaw the development of the N's. Then he left Ford and went to JD where he was involved in the delvelopment of the JD "New Generation" tractors. Too bad I-H didn't have him around to address the 560 final drive issues before the model launch, huh?

Cheerio!
 
First of all, I did not get my speedos in a knot. I was laughing the whole time at the statements that the other guy was making, funny as heck. Your right, he was involved with the development of the 4020. But I get a kick out of the people who think the JD powershift was a spin off of the Select O Speed (SOS) trans. First off the SOS was a joke, nothing but trouble, sure some people got a lot of hours out of them, but I know a few people who converted them to 5 speeds.They were junk, to sum it up. Brag about a C all you want but in a good hard pull on the farm, the H will win.
 
No debating the SOS; it was a piece of crap and that's the main reason that Harold Brock told Ford it was a piece of crap and they didn't want to hear it.

BTW-my Super C is the handiest woods tractor; a lot more handy than the Super H and can pull logs just as easily.
 
The ONLY thing I dislike about my C, is how light it feels. It always feels so bumpy and light in the front end, when going through the field or through the woods, where as my heavy M stays planted and firm feeling wherever I go.
 
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