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Richard L 01-04-2013 19:28:06 71.90.139.15 Report to Moderator	One correction the TO 30 you drove was a four speed. [Reply]   [No Email]
Richard L 01-05-2013 05:44:55 71.90.139.15 Report to Moderator	Re: 6x2 TO-30 in reply to Richard L, 01-04-2013 19:28:06   1 3 S Ferguson Shift pattern 2 4 R S is for start. If you are able to blow that picture up that you posted I am sure you can see the 4 straight below the shifter lever. I was going under the assumption you drove a Ferguson TO 30 as in your original post. I believe the 9n and 2n were both 3 speeds not sure about the 8n and if you was on a Ford I am sure they had a starter button in front of the shifter you had to push. [Reply]  [No Email]
Usually_Befuddled 01-05-2013 10:38:40 166.84.1.1 Report to Moderator	Re: 6x2 TO-30 in reply to Richard L, 01-05-2013 05:44:55   45 years ago, it was the TO-30. That's now abandoned in NE Ohio. But recently at a friend's in the Santa Cruz mountains, I was using a menagerie of equipment. Included was a Ford N. (There are actually 3 of them; two running, one with a backhoe...) The link's photos shows some of the fleet, but not the Ford or road grader. What brought the flashback to me was how similar the Ford controls were to the TO-30 all those years ago. But yes, the N was 3-speed & with a starter button. Big Toys[i:5f39b6107b][/i:5f39b6107b] This post was edited by Usually_Befuddled at 11:15:33 01/05/13 4 times. [Reply]  [No Email]
Usually_Befuddled 01-04-2013 23:14:57 166.84.1.1 Report to Moderator	Re: 6x2 TO-30 in reply to Richard L, 01-04-2013 19:28:06   My memory is highly suspect, given this was 45+ years ago, but I recall three speeds. The pattern was the inverse of what I would regard as normal... I think it was: 3 1 2 R But maybe 2 R 3 1 I don't recall 4 speeds. The starter was via the shift but can't recall how. [ Adding to the memory issue, I was on a N, not sure it it was a 2N, 8N, etc. last summer. I was amazed how rapidly it all came back to me: Pump won't run with the clutch in, so Neutral, unclutch, raise 3-point blade, clutch, {WOW does this one sink faster than that one did..] reverse up hill, clutch, drop blade, 1st, go etc. But the Ford has nil brakes and NO "both" peddle so you soon learned the blade was your brake. (And an hour of that made me LOVE the Kubota with hydrostatic F-R peddle. But it had the backhoe attachment installed.) [Reply]  [No Email]