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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
So I googled it AFTER I wrote that. I was going from memory of reading a biography of Henry Ford, which as I remember stayed Mr. Henry invented the 3-point. The internet says Harry Ferguson patented the 3-point hitch. Apparently Ferguson had to convince Henry to adopt the 3-point as the design element of the N-series tractors. It memory from a book I read probably 35-40 years ago, so now I have to double check. Lol. The book is Ford, the Man and the Machine.
More to follow. I can say that most of Ford's tractors we actually built in Ireland... (If I have that right too  ) |
I always thought it was Harry Ferguson with the "Ferguson system" but even the interwebz says the idea didn't originate with him, so who knows.
