I fully agree about the RPMs. My dad purchased a Massey Ferguson tractor at auction for $500 in the 1970s.
Having nearly always run Minneapolis Moline tractors that turn less than 2,000 RPMs neither of us could get used to the higher RPM engine of the MF and and lower RPMs it seemed terribly weak. It was a propane version and I used a fuel/exhaust meter to set for proper fueling mixture.
We finally traded it off to the Bud Humphrey dealership for a propane tank to sell along with retail credit at his hardware store totaling an allowance of all adding up to $1,000. Thanks Bud Humphrey dealership!
With the sale of the propane tank dad got a new riding mower and I got it old one. We also get all sorts of new power tools and hand tools and a ladder. Most of which are still in use.
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