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The Ferguson System Explained

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T-Mo

BTW, when Henry Ford and Harry Ferguson made their famous handshake in 1939, the Ferguson system was what Harry Ferguson brought to the table - Henry Ford was impressed.  So, the Ford Ferguson 9N had this system on it, as well as the next Ford tractor models.

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Lane Ranger

We visited Omaha, Nebraska in the Special Olympics Basketball 🏀 finals several years ago. During the trip we made a visit to the University of Nebraska tractor test facility and museum.   The original Ford tractors were not named or made by Henry Ford.   This is why Henry Ford’s first tractors were named Fordson.  
 

The Nebraska Test Facility noted in the post above Jim made on the handshake deal by Ford and Ferguson was created by the State of Nebraska to test the safety of the original Ford tractor which had a problematic history. 
 

 

see more here: https://history.nebraska.gov/publications/tractor-testing-nebraska

 

 

more on Ferguson and Ford :

https://irishamerica.com/2004/02/a-tale-of-two-henrys-their-tractors/

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Herder

A 1946 2N with the Ferguson system, it still works.

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pfrederi

Case Eagle hitches work pretty well also:P

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T-Mo
5 hours ago, WHX24 said:

You got me wondering about that handshake deal T-Mo so I found this....

Ford-Ferguson Tractors during the 1940s (livinghistoryfarm.org)

When Henry died in the mid-40s, his grandson, Henry Ford II was in charge and he broke the handshake deal.

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