[Lurayfarmer]

I think you may be used to present day "power steering" which requires a good deal more effort than the earlier units. Steering effort in my 2011 Ford Ranger is far higher than in my enormous 1958 Buick Roadmaster. My 1961 John Deere tractor really has "figer-tip steering" and it weighs 6,500 pounds! I guess there's a rationale for this but personally I love the old light-touch units.