On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:28:32 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:03:58 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm, Mark
& Juanita quickly quoth:

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:31:14 -0700, Mark & Juanita
wrote:

Let's try that with a live link: www.mklange.cnc.net

Taht's better. g

Yeah, that www thing does it every time.


Say, how many chillens can you fit on that Child's Bookshelf?
Those look a lot cheaper and easier to make than beds. gd&r

Why your disdain of Ford 9Ns, Mark?

Not so much disdain for Ford 9N's so much as for my selection of *this*
9N. Let's just say that I missed a few essential things in inspecting this
tractor before purchasing it. I knew the guy selling it had done the
Krylon can "new paint job" on it when I bought it, that didn't bother me --
he even painted over the caked on oil rather than scrape it off. I also
knew he was selling me a tractor that needed a new battery even though he
tried to hide that fact. What I missed were things like a small crack in
the block and other indications that this tractor is going to be in need of
a major overhaul soon. On this class of tractor, the serial number is on a
small boss at the back of the engine block (yep, the identifying part of
the vehicle is on a component that could changed out fairly regularly --
Thanks Mr. Ford). On this tractor, that boss was rusted away by previous
engine leaks. When I first bought the other tractor, I thought about
selling the Ford (with full disclosure of course), but decided I couldn't
get out of it what I have put into it, so this tractor will become a
project and that won't be a bad thing. Our son needs to learn a little bit
about things mechanical rather than all that stuff that glows on a CRT and
is controlled by a joystick. He's not quite 10 yet, I think it will be
about a year or two before he is ready to fully understand and help. In
the meantime, the Ford is running the chipper/shredder to take care of yard
waste (amazing how much even a small yard in the desert produces).

Probably my biggest beef with the 9N is the fact that the 3 point has
what is called draft control rather than depth control. My personal
opinion is that this design "feature" was incorporated because of the power
limitations at the time the tractor was designed; I can't think of a single
practical reason for having this other than to keep from lugging down the
tractor and killing the engine. Draft control regulates the depth of the
implement you are pulling to maintain a relatively constant engine load and
rpm. What this means when using something like a blade to pull dirt for
grading is that the blade is constantly being raised and lowered by the
draft control in order to keep the engine load constant. That's great for
the engine, but kind of screws up one's ability to grade a level roadway. I
was constantly trying to anticipate the direction the blade would be
adjusted and change the depth accordingly. Someone has come up with a
mechanism to overcome this and give these tractors depth control, if this
one had been in better condition I would have explored that possibility.



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