cars made in the 50s are very dangerous.. no seat belts, no air bags, no energy asorbing frames and bodys, no crash and safety tests, no energy asorbing dash and knee panels, no head rests, no disc brakes, no antilock brakes, no dual brake system, no radial tires, no anti crush gas tanks, no side impact protection, badly engineered steering geometry, especially with a flat tire, no clutch safety switch, no positive park ingaugement, no collapsing steering wheel, no turn signals, no automatic choke, no electronic ignition, no emergency flashers, and on and on and on..
You can hear on the news today that somewhere in a brand new car, some kids rode on the hood and the driver drove down the street and quess what happens.. so we blame the car??
tree stump pulling from the axle.. since there were more fords out there, and more people were hurt trying to pull from the axle instead of the swinging drawbar.... and since there were many more people hurt with the 10 times more fords,, therefore fords are more dangerous. however a brand new tractor sold today will do the exact same thing if you pull a stump with a chain around the axle. they still have not fixed the stupid human mind.
Everyone who dies was breathing airjust before they died, therefore breathing air will kill you!!!!! true statement.
as to the n series, the 2n(1932) and 9n(1939) were a bit dangerous with no running boards, just food pegs to put your feet on. And clutch and left brake on same side..meaning you could slam on the right brake and turn to the right if you were not careful while stopping... but no more than other equipment of the day. there were lever clutched and one wheel brakes every where.
The 8n(1948-1953) is not much differnent than a low end tractor sold today. add a pto shield and a rops and your pretty much there.
ford sold over 500,0000 of these tractors so they clearly out sold all the other makes hands down. they also dropped the price so that most every farmer could buy one for not much more than a good team of mules cost. Doesnt matter who did what or who invented what or who shoulda done what. History clearly shows the winner hands down. Furqeson was too much into the details, even the very small details, Henry was too much into the bigger picture. so guess who won.
Henry did not invent the automobile, but he massed produced it and made it what it is today. Automobiles went from being in the hundreds of cars, to being in the hundred of thousands of cars in a couple of years..
Same story with the tractor.
safety was not an issue at that time.
An 8n tractor is no more dangerous than most tractors on the farm today. Again, if you add an rops and a pto shield, your there.
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