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Posted by DFZ on February 17, 2008 at 10:16:38 from (75.164.251.212):

Don't get me wrong. I love my antique tractors. But sometimes I wonder what the engineers were thinking and what took them so long to figure some things out?.. Such as..

Why did it take International so long to put a dipstick on the engine?

Why didn't any company ever think to put a dipstick on the transmission?

Why were they content to stick with a 3, 4 or 5 speed transmission for so long?

How are you supposed to steer and brake with hand brakes at the same time?

Why couldn't they come up with a live pto sooner.

Why did Ford never come out with a bigger tractor until 1950's.

I look at a tractor like our Farmall Super C and see that long tube between the transmission and engine and just wish they had stuck another transmission in there. If a company had a 12 or 16 speed transmission back in the 40's, and advertised how much time it could save a farmer to do work at the optimal speed... how much could they have sold?? When was the first 12 speed transmission? My '47 co-op only has 8, and still can't find the right speed for some applications. I can't think of farming today without our 16 speed transmission. And yes, we do use most of the gears.

How many old transmissions were destroyed because it was such a pain to pull the level plug to check oil level?


Just wondered if anybody else had pondered these questions? These arn't all that I have ever thought of, just those I remembered this morning.

Doug


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