I am not prejudiced. The early Unstyled John Deere B was equally notorious. I remember a neighbor in attempting to plow with one had to hook a team of horses in front of it. The team soon became trained to start pulling when the engine would pull down. My Uncle often would take an old man to the field with a harnessed team to pull the F-12 if it stalled hot. This was after repeated magneto and carburetor overhauls.
By contrast, the F-20, Farmall H and M were some of the finest tractors ever built. I have restored my Father's 1950 H which he bought new to show room condition.
An older friend of mine often tells the story of a prosperous farmer who told the Farmall dealer to bring out a new tractor to demonstrate. The dealer brought out an F-12 and the farmer hired my friend to drive it while he observed. He noticed it barely moving and told my friend to "open her up." My friend said "it is wide open already. The farmer then told the dealer to get the worthless thing off his place. As the dealer and F-12 were departing the farmer asked if they had any better tractors back at the dealership. The next day they brought out a new F-20 and the farmer was amazed at what it would do and bought it after the first round.
I don't need any nonsense from parade farmers and tinkerers about the wonderment of the F-12. Farmers kept them during the depression because they didn't have the money to get rid of them.
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