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Posted by Bill Jones on December 01, 2001 at 18:09:27 from (63.17.133.1):
In Reply to: Re: What Was The Worst Tractor ? posted by Bill from up north on December 01, 2001 at 16:55:11:
The early Fordsons were made with a worm driven rear end.When you hit a hard spot plowing {for example}, the worm drive, because of the high ratio,would "wind" itself around the differential gear and flip the tractor over backwards,at an astonishingly fast rate. Too fast to push the clutch in most of the time,therefore becoming "The Widowmaker" that farmers hated.IHC salesmen would always make it a point to explain this in detail during a salespitch during the great sales war between IHC and Fordson.The Fordsons also,because the worm driven rear end creating excess friction,put the seat on top of the rear end,where all the heat travelled directly to the operators butt,causing extreme operator discomfort.The later Fords{8N,9N,2N} had an improved rear end.Sorry to be so long winded.BillJ
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