LOL Fords of the '50s were puny little things. The advantage they had was the
3pt hitch well before anybody else had it. The ability to lift implements from
the hitch was an advantage for smaller farms but no real use for the huge
western farms.
-Curt
On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 8:55:24 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
A lot of the farmers I worked with as a kid had the old Ford tractors - the
ones that were red and gray (N series?) I can recall driving more than my share
of those around, and they seemed quite bulletproof and strong. A few of the
more prosperous farmers had the blue models. I don’t know if they were any
better, but they seemed to be nicer in some respects from what I can recall.
> On Apr 29, 2020, at 8:49 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> wrote:
>
> Beware of leaking injectors or feed lines on JD's that have them inside
> the engine itself. My Dad's 'new' JD was basically a lemon, and ended up
> filling the crankcase with diesel fuel before needing expensive engine
> work. It was also somewhat puny compared to the older tractors he was
> used to.
>
> He would have been far better served buying an older, bigger JD with
> a more traditional engine construction. The lemon was turbo'd. Lots of
> horsepower (on paper), but in practice fairly underwhelming for a lot of
> uses.
>
> It's my brother's problem, now.
>
> Nothing we had pulled/grunted like the old Moline UTS. Heavy, redline
> at 1200 RPM. 40-odd HP, but torque that would rip things in half. And
> an appetite for gasoline to match!
>
> -- Jim
>
>
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