Never had a small ford but I still do have a small Ferguson TE20. to be honest if you have been used to a live drive then you do miss it, but we have to think back beyond the invention of these tractors, not many PTO machines about then and absolutely no bush hogs to "drive you on" Harry Ferguson's design of the 3 point linkage was an achievement and nearly every other tractor that is mentioned on your 'best drive' has some type of copy of that design. Another thing I have noticed (and I live in Britain but have travelled in 26 states studying the way you all farm!) is that you guys did not get all the Ferguson designed implements or even implements made by other manufacturers for the Ferguson design of lightweight tractor. You mostly use 4 wheel trailers, Ferguson type tractors were meant to use 2 wheel trailers with the wheels right at the rear to give the tractor traction and an 'automatic pick up hitch ' to ease the burden of hitching such a trailer or muck spreader. Nearly all the other implements were linkage mounted and were very safe and stable if mounted correctly. In USA all your implement manufacturers designed implements for trailing so they were adapted for the ford/Fergusons, In Britain ours were designed for the Ferguson and adapted for everything else! So to knock these tractors when using them incorrectly is wrong or to judge them against something more modern is also wrong . They may not have been the best drive of your life but they sure done what they were designed to do and as a testament to how good the design was....well look carefully at every regualar tractor today, the rear end is similar, the seating and dash is similar, you get on in front of the rear wheel etc, only difference is some new tractors have cabs and fancy gearboxes and PTO drives, but the basic design is the same as Harry Ferguson designed back in the early 30s and not at all like any other tractor from that period. The Ferguson is not my 'best drive' as I have driven many more MODERN tractors, but it sure would be my best choice from the period it was built! Sam
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