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Post by Bryant » Thu May 05, 2022 7:13 pm

I love them, do you? Here’s a place for discussion
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Here is my 1944 Ford/Ferguson model 2N. I play with it every opportunity I get! Let’s see Um if you got Um!
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Re: Ford Tractors

Post by Mark Nunn » Thu May 05, 2022 9:01 pm

I had a 9N for 14 years. I don't think I have a photo. It had an overdrive that made it more useful for many tasks. I sold it because I needed a heavier tractor for plowing snow.

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Re: Ford Tractors

Post by A Whiteman » Fri May 06, 2022 5:33 am

Sorry, I drive green ;-)
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Re: Ford Tractors

Post by Lessumner » Fri May 06, 2022 7:31 am

I left out in the rain and it shrunk.
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Re: Ford Tractors

Post by Bryant » Fri May 06, 2022 7:44 am

Lessumner wrote:
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I left out in the rain and it shrunk.
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that’s cool, what did it start as? Or all homemade?
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Re: Ford Tractors

Post by Bryant » Fri May 06, 2022 7:48 am

Mark Nunn wrote:
Thu May 05, 2022 9:01 pm
I had a 9N for 14 years. I don't think I have a photo. It had an overdrive that made it more useful for many tasks. I sold it because I needed a heavier tractor for plowing snow.
My 2N has a Sherman step up. It was an early model with a cable to engage it.
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Re: Ford Tractors

Post by Mark Nunn » Fri May 06, 2022 8:04 am

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My 2N has a Sherman step up. It was an early model with a cable to engage it.
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My Sherman had a shift lever on the left side. I saw a cable-actuated version once. I hope your cable never breaks. You would have to split the tractor to replace it.


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Post by Bryant » Fri May 06, 2022 8:17 am

When I bought it the cable was frozen solid. I wasn’t sure what it was until a Fordson tractor club was getting ice cream at the farm one day and informed me it was an early Sherman step up. Later that year it broke inside and was stuck in neutral. There really easy to split I’d say. I made linkages to make it work again. That was 15 years ago! I saw you can finally get replacement cables somewhere so maybe one day… in high gear she gets about 15 mph Wound out!
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Re: Ford Tractors

Post by Mark Nunn » Fri May 06, 2022 8:28 am

This is the '41 that I sold.
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Re: Ford Tractors or heck! any tractors so all can play

Post by dlmyers » Fri May 06, 2022 9:08 am

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Part of it used to be a tractor.
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Post by TXGOAT2 » Fri May 06, 2022 10:21 am

The 8N-T Bucket is very nice. I'd like to have one with a Lincoln V-12 engine and Sherman transmission.


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Re: Ford Tractors or heck! any tractors so all can play

Post by Bryant » Fri May 06, 2022 6:34 pm

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here’s one of me and my boy about a year old. He loves tractors big time!
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here he is last weekend now 4 driving the 1973 John Deere 140 H3 around the yard. He was in high heaven :lol:
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Re: Ford Tractors or heck! any tractors so all can play

Post by Oldav8tor » Fri May 06, 2022 9:55 pm

I've had a Ford Jubilee for 25 years. I use her to mow the grass, plow snow, etc. Except for one time when she tried to pull my foot off she has been pretty good.

A few years ago she broke an axle and things look grim. My friend was going to put her down but couldn't so we relented and found a new axle. Now she is back at work.
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Post by Bryant » Sat May 07, 2022 7:37 am

Oldav8tor wrote:
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I've had a Ford Jubilee for 25 years. I use her to mow the grass, plow snow, etc. Except for one time when she tried to pull my foot off she has been pretty good.

A few years ago she broke an axle and things look grim. My friend was going to put her down but couldn't so we relented and found a new axle. Now she is back at work.

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That’s funny! Fortunately fords seem to be pretty easy to fix and parts are plentiful. I love those rear tires!
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Re: Ford Tractors or heck! any tractors so all can play

Post by Herb Iffrig » Sat May 07, 2022 2:47 pm

I feel that I should tell the story of this tractor.
Out of Highschool I had a job working for a local contractor. His name was Roy Hillmann. He did concrete work. He was a good guy. I learned a few things from him but moved on after a while.
Back then we had a neighbor up the road who was my dad's cousin. His name was Louie Stahlschmidt. He was a good guy. He moved back to the farm he had been born on after he retired. His daughter Linda and her husband actually lived in the old farmhouse that Louie had grown up in. Louie and his wife Grace lived in a mobile home behind it. Louie was always down the road at our place to see what was going on. He mentioned that he wished he had a tractor to mess around on.
One day I met my old boss Roy and got to talking with him and found out he had a Freguson tractor he wanted to sell. He had used it to mow lots that had not been built on yet, so it came with a bush hog type mower. The engine was stuck, he wanted 75 dollars for it. Sounds like something I should tell Louie about. Louie found Roy and bought it.
Louie had his inner sanctum on the farm that was where he had all of his stuff, but there was room for the Ferguson in it. When I found out he had got it I told him I would help him take the head off and see what was wrong with it and get it unstuck. Oh no we are not going to do that! He would have to buy a new head gasket if we did that! So, we did it his way and took the spark plugs out and squirted oil in the holes. Louie said, "Just every time you walk by it, grab the rear wheel while it is in gear and rock it", and that Is what we did. That went on for a while and I didn't have much hope until one day I heard a noise in the driveway and saw my brother Phil towing that tractor with Louie steering it. They both had a smile on their faces. It had come loose! Well, he got it to run later and really enjoyed that tractor. He did an amateur restoration on it and had it in the local parade every year, always with a smile on his face.
Time went on and Louie was no longer with us. Roy passed away. Linda got remarried and moved across the creek.
One day Linda come to me and said she bought a new tractor and didn't have room for "Fergie" any more would I like to have her? And I ended up with it. I had high hopes of getting it fixed up again, but that was really on the back burner.
One day my friend Jim Kraut came by and saw the tractor and said that he had grown up on a tractor just like that one and would like to have it to fix up and put in a parade. I told him the story about Louie and he smiled. Well, he was saying all of the right things and I knew what he was capable of as I helped him a little bit get his 1912 REO truck restored. It won people's choice in a REO show right about then. So, Jim ended up with it.
I won't go into detail about everything he did to it, but he did everything he could to make it original.
So here are some pictures of it:
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After it was done we loaded it on a trailer and took it by Linda's place. She walked out of the house looked at it and cried. It was a good happy cry.
Just yesterday I was talking to Jim about the Ferguson and this thread. He said he would send me these pictures, that is why I have them here.
"Yea" he said "last time I ran that tractor it didn't seem to have enough power, I might take the head off and give it a valve job" "Don't you dare " I said "Louie wouldn't be happy!" He said "Yea you are right."


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Post by Dallas Landers » Sat May 07, 2022 4:04 pm

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Well lets throw in another color. 1951 Super C. Its been my farm tractor for 23 years. I took it in on the deal when I sold my 27 Chevy roadster. I just purchased a newer JD 870. Not sure what to do with old Red now.

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Post by Oldav8tor » Sat May 07, 2022 9:22 pm

Bryant,
Those are used Turf Tires I bought from a local sod farm. In the winter I put chains on them.
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Post by D Stroud » Sun May 08, 2022 4:55 am

Dallas, I'll trade you a '23 TT for it. Oh wait, that ship already sailed. Dave :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by TFan » Sun May 08, 2022 9:54 am

This was my 51 8N that I sold several years ago. Good tractor but cantankerous to start. Jim
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Post by Bryant » Sun May 08, 2022 7:32 pm

Herb thanks for the story! Tractor looks great 👍
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Post by Bryant » Sun May 08, 2022 7:42 pm

TFan wrote:
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This was my 51 9N that I sold several years ago. Good tractor but cantankerous to start. Jim

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Jim that looks to be an 8N (1947-1952) Henry split with Harry Ferguson and built the 8N which became America’s most popular tractor on record. Nice red belly 🤗
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Post by Bryant » Sun May 08, 2022 7:50 pm

Dallas Farmall super C’s are tanks! I sold one a few years back and we have three more on the farm. We ran one when I was a kid to scrap manure alleys in the dairy cow loafing barn. It was all about timing because the brakes never worked 😂. (Probably groomed me for model T ownership) ha! I swear those C’s run without oil in them. Ah memories 👍
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Post by Bryant » Sun May 08, 2022 8:11 pm

here is my Teramite mini backhoe machine. Probably mid seventies. I haven’t dated it yet. Used to be yellow. I used it to dig the footers for the garage housing the Tudor. Good little work horse!
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Post by TFan » Sun May 08, 2022 11:06 pm

Bryant, Thanks for letting me know, I knew better but my fingers did not. I have corrected it. Jim
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Post by Bryant » Mon May 09, 2022 10:05 am

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The tractor of the day is a 1937 Farmall F-20 these are one of my favorite red tractors. I like to rake hay with it every year if time permits. It tops out at 4 mph so I end up hauling it to the field. Couple acres on this baby and Iam finished😄 but it keeps it in a running state.
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Post by tdump » Tue May 10, 2022 10:25 pm

les Summers mini 8 N appears to be a early to mid 60's lawntractor made by Quick Industrys,normally sold under the Springfield name or Wizard or Montgomery Wards,who ever they got a contract from to build machines.
Great little tractors and as you can see,make a good base for custom work.Usually not very expensive if you find 1 in restorable shape..
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Post by tdump » Tue May 10, 2022 10:35 pm

Here is 1 of my many odd balls that have not been restored yet. Still in as found condition.
This is a 1970 General Electric ElecTrak E 20.
runs on 36 volts DC . There was many accessory for these things, hedge clippers and chainsaws that plugged into what literally was a repurposed 220 volt dryer outlet.Hey GE already had the design,and owned the patent so it saved money to go that route.I have a total of 12 electric lawntractors in various stages of repair. and many other gas burners. My preference is the 2 wheel tractors made by Page back in the late 40's.
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Post by Bryant » Wed May 11, 2022 9:59 am

Love those electrics! Love to see more
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The tractor of the day is this Ford 8N. This would be my dream lawn mower! 😃 not mine but wish it was! Woods belly mower, big floater turf tires! What a dream…
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Post by tdump » Wed May 11, 2022 11:54 am

Ideal job for that ford,the hydraulics don't have to work much! :shock:
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Post by Rich P. Bingham » Wed May 11, 2022 1:30 pm

Not the best view, but my favorite. My 1947 Case Model D, similar vintage IH "tumblebug" plow, two 17" bottoms. Starter, battery and generator were too much baggage and expensive to maintain. I always hand-cranked it to start on the magneto. Model T experience has paid me back in many ways through the years !
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Post by Duey_C » Thu May 12, 2022 2:26 am

Nice 20 Bryant! My son would like that image with rubber "Municipal" cleats. Tough design but near impossible to get on and off.
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Nice D and Tumblebug Rich!
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Post by JohnM » Thu May 12, 2022 10:23 am

I paid three grand for this 600 twelve years ago. I've used it for landscaping, grading the drive, brushhoging, dragging logs and hauling firewood without failure. It has more than paid for itself. If and when I decide to sell, it will bring very close to what I paid. I think that's a GOOD DEAL!
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Post by Bryant » Thu May 12, 2022 4:23 pm

And it looks like a good deal to! Very nice 👍
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Post by Bryant » Thu May 12, 2022 4:33 pm

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The tractor of the day is this 1920 Fordson F it was made in Cork Ireland. I have never heard this one run but it still turns over. It has been hiding in a barn on the farm here for many years. Waiting for love. I just love the front steel wheels! Heavy. The backs are cut offs that have Lost the battle with calcium. Maybe one day she will run again….
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Post by JohnM » Fri May 13, 2022 10:13 pm

Bryant, there certainly must be a story why that tractor is in the states. I suspect shipping from Detroit would be less than shipping it from Ireland. That would be cool to have! The homeland of my roots.


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Post by Bryant » Sat May 14, 2022 10:09 am

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Bryant, there certainly must be a story why that tractor is in the states. I suspect shipping from Detroit would be less than shipping it from Ireland. That would be cool to have! The homeland of my roots.
There is also an England model in another barn. I believe it is a 1925 model F. They where purchased as a pair years ago. The owners of these own the farm I work for and they bought them off a relative. There are pictures somewhere of them driving in a parade in the 70s. They said they used one in a wedding to pull the married couple around in a wagon. If I talk to the right man I could figure out more. He’s nearing 90 but still works doing excavating work 😃
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This is the tank. I have got that tractor to run before but the tank is pretty much toast. The Fordson house sells new tanks with no script on them. Basically you remove your tank script an Epoxy it to the new one. Maybe one day…..
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Post by Bryant » Sun May 15, 2022 10:43 am

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Todays tractor is this 1956 John Deere 820 Diesel. this tractor has pulled a lot of Hay rides since its restoration. very fun to start! has a V-4 pony motor. get it revved up, watch for oil pressure and release the compression lever! it has ballast in it rear wheels and weighs in at 10,500 lbs!
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Re: Ford Tractors or heck! any tractors so all can play

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Last summer during Amish Farm Day going past my place. He turned around in my drive to back it down the hill.


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Post by Bryant » Mon May 16, 2022 5:45 pm

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All the steam power made me think of this. all wood thrashing machine! this was purchased in South Dakota some years ago. Has some patent dates from the 1800s. every thing still turns but I think I would be scared to put it under a load. :?
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Todays tractor is this 1937 Oliver Hart-Parr 70 this iron horse is fantastic! Steel all around. I just love the front steel wheels. Like little Rutters for soft dirt. Unfortunately she is has a cracked block. Another tractor that’s been sitting around here waiting for love for a long time…
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Post by Kaiser » Fri May 20, 2022 3:34 am

Look at how narrow that Oliver is, you don't even have to open both barn doors to get it in, one would be enough and still it's out in the weather :lol: :lol:
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Post by Bryant » Fri May 20, 2022 7:48 am

I here you! I should shove it back in a barn somewhere. It came out as a display for a farm festival a while back and never made it back in. :oops:
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Post by Bryant » Fri May 20, 2022 8:12 am

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Todays tractor is this 1954 John Deere R. Fresh from the paint shop! Another 2cyl Diesel with a pony motor, this one a horizontally apposed 2cyl. sounds like a weed eater running until you let that compression lever go! another fun tractor to putt putt around on ;)
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Post by Bryant » Sun May 22, 2022 10:48 am

Years in the making this 1972 Case 442 is coming back together. The boy declared that it is his tractor now!
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my reply was if you help get it together it’s all yours ;)
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Post by Bryant » Tue May 24, 2022 5:49 pm

That’s a nice one! Love the tricycle conversations
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Post by Tim Moore » Wed May 25, 2022 7:37 pm

1963 Farmall. I have had a few and this one for 25 years. I mow with it, push snow and garden. Fun little tractors.

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Post by Tim Moore » Wed May 25, 2022 7:53 pm

Ford Goolden Jubilee. The "Golden Jubilee" was the 50th year celebration of the Ford Motor Company. Basically this tractor was also known as the NAA and the same in 1953 and 1954.

This particular "Golden" is a bit unique because it is serial # NAA 00018 and the earliest Jubilee known. I looked a long time for one of these and didn't realize what it was when I bought it. They were originally grey and red but when traded into Ford they were repainted blue to look like the newer Fords.

I have put in new axles, seals, bearings, hubs and brakes on the rear end. The front end came out to straighten the radius rods and did all bearings from hubs in and center pin to get the goofy steering fixed along with the steering box. New manifold, ignition system (still 6 volt). If you don't like buying tires for your Model T you would really dislike what these new rear Firestones cost with tubes and rims filled with rim saver.
The hydraulics have been a nightmare and the latest was lilft plate and pump rebuild. This tractror came with an optional remote valve so I added a 2-way cylinder on the back for power angle on the rear blade. That was an experience to fabracate the plate to move the blade.

A quick hitch on the back makes it easy to switch implements and I also use this to mow. The cub is my "trimmer" and the finish mower on the Ford knocks it out in a couple of hours. I haven't had to split this one yet but have split the Cub a couple of times for clutch work.

I would like to do some paint work this summer to make it red and grey again but never seem to have time. This tractor probably should not be at work but be in Greenfield because of the low number.

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Post by Bryant » Mon May 30, 2022 5:28 pm

Love the cub and the golden jubilee Mr. Tim!
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Mowed down some hay today! So todays tractor is this 2015 NewHolland Speed rower 220 Discbine. NEF Iveco 210hp turbocharged in-line 6 diesel. 15 ft cutting width. This was my office cubicle for today :lol: I hope everyone is enjoying this Memorial Day and GOD bless America! 🇺🇸
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Re: Tractor Talk

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Post by Bryant » Sun Jun 05, 2022 8:32 am

Nice hunk of rusted iron mark!
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Post by Bryant » Sun Jun 05, 2022 8:52 am

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Post by flatbroke3 » Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:16 pm

well here is my 1912 40 h.p. case "tractor"
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Re: Tractor Talk

Post by Rich P. Bingham » Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:53 pm

Not a tractor, but "vintage" - Massey two-bottom one-way plow was intended for a little Ford or Ferguson circa 1937-54. Did great on the garden spot.
I plowed a half acre with it a couple of years ago and it felt like I'd never get done ! Then there was that "dead furrow". :lol:
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Post by Bryant » Sun Jun 05, 2022 4:01 pm

flatbroke3 wrote:
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well here is my 1912 40 h.p. case "tractor"
That is wonderful! I’ve heard of tractor companies making cars but never really seen one. Apparently yours is quite rare. Do you have any more photos? I’d like to see under the hood! Thanks for sharing
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Not a tractor, but "vintage" - Massey two-bottom one-way plow was intended for a little Ford or Ferguson circa 1937-54. Did great on the garden spot.
I plowed a half acre with it a couple of years ago and it felt like I'd never get done ! Then there was that "dead furrow". :lol:
I had a Ferguson two bottom disc plow about the same era once. It really spun the dirt out when you got going!
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Post by Bryant » Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:20 pm

Tip of the day! Be aware of farm equipment on the road! Todays tractor is a 1978 John Deere 4430 power shift with sound guard body.
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after round bailing the operator was leaving the field headed for the farm. An on coming truck took the pickup heads dolly wheel an sheared it of the bailer. The pickup head is now junk due to a bent frame. Note the missing wheel (arrow)
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the pickup truck is now also junk. After searching 20 minutes for the missing bailer wheel we found it lodged in the trucks front suspension. (Arrow). The truck driver admitted to being on the cell phone and crossing the center line. Everyone is ok. Be aware of farm equipment and other slow moving vehicles. (Model T’s) :cry:
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Post by Bryant » Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:36 pm

Anyone like garden tractor pullers?
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these guy were tearing up the track! Do I need another project?🤔
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Post by Duey_C » Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:56 am

Good thread!
Never know. Perhaps that Hart Parr is sweet runner. Or a rust hole. Mark?...
I doubt I'll ever paint anything again. Glad for you that do! :) I like pretty too!
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Thanks duey! I had a Bolens years ago. I was young and it was pretty much a hot rod mud bogging tractor :lol:
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I’ve always liked these. Allis-Chalmers G 1948-55 Continental 1.0L 4 cyl 10hp tool carrier style garden tractor. I could imagine the garden enthusiasts would love to have for there multi acre garden. Definitely on my tractor bucket list 😃
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Post by Bryant » Thu Jun 23, 2022 4:21 pm

Here is a wild one! 1948 ford 8N with a 7.3 power stroke diesel. Sign me up!
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7.3L and a 25-HP transmission. What could go wrong?


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Post by Bryant » Thu Jun 23, 2022 6:26 pm

Time will tell! :lol: I think the ford is up for it. The transmission ,rear and axles aren’t exactly light duty. I’ve seen them with flatheads, in-line 6,s V-12’s and small block V8s before. Saw a flat head V8 8N with a Sherman step up clocking 55mph. The 7.3 has the power to break something Iam sure but it’s not a high Revving engine like the small block V8’s. Some off the stuff I’ve seen in modified stock tractor pulls is amazing. Old tractors are tough! But hey someone needs to experiment and I will love to see the results!
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Post by Bryant » Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:27 pm

Here’s another! Worlds fastest tractor ford 8N with heavily modified flathead V8. Just over 101 mph!
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Post by Bryant » Thu Sep 01, 2022 6:45 pm

Harvest has begun around here. The trenches are being filled with corn silage and this beast is the packing tractor. Back and forth all day pushing silage around running it tight. I love big tractors
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This gave me a good giggle, and then a " I want one" :D
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Kaiser wrote:
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This gave me a good giggle, and then a " I want one" :D
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Last summer during Amish Farm Day going past my place. He turned around in my drive to back it down the hill.
Dallas, you know WHY he BACKED the George White DOWN the hill right? You would.
For those that don't, think water level in the boiler and the crown sheet above the firebox.
Still don't? Ask.
They are allowed tea kettles/portable Bar-b-Que grills? Steam traction engines.
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Post by Bryant » Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:03 pm

Farmers do it all including operating spaceships
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Post by Dallas Landers » Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:15 pm

I was very impressed with how straight the farmer by me got his rows until I found out how he done it. :o
Im from the school that you point the radiator cap at an object at the other end and go. :D

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Post by A Whiteman » Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:32 am

Soon operators will be obsolete
They already are. About all an operator needs to do today is turn on the 'puter'., It can start and operate the tractor from the barn to field to barn.


A pilot friend told me that was all he really needs to do in flying a jumbo across the world! (that was technology over 20yrs ago!)


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Post by Bryant » Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:45 am

Fendt also has these out now. Robotic single unit planters. A fields worth is called a “swarm “ I love them and hate them at the same time :lol: yes I still consider them tractors. I’d like to open one up and see what makes it tick!
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Re: Tractor Talk

Post by Rich P. Bingham » Thu Sep 15, 2022 11:05 am

Dallas Landers wrote:
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. . . Im from the school that you point the radiator cap at an object at the other end and go. :D
Me too !! Got to "triangulate" - line up two points with the radiator cap then go ! :lol: (It's harder with a team until you open one furrow ! ;) )
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Post by Bryant » Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:14 pm

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1950 Minneapolis Moline GTB 6.6L 4cyl 49 drawbar hp.
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Post by Duey_C » Mon Sep 26, 2022 12:20 am

Nice view of your GTB! Only $2400 in '54. AND 58.03 max hp on the belt at 1100 RPM's per Nebraska test 437 in Apr-May, 1950!
By 1955, the GB series was cranking out almost 66 horses on the belt (70 if on LP!) and just over 59 hp on the drawbar at 1300 RPM's.
That beautiful, fairly low production tractor is a direct descendant of the Twin City 21-32 formally introduced in January, 1929.
300 some pre-production tractors prior led to that introduction.
(In March of '29, the papers were signed. Minneapolis-Moline was now an entity.) I have a pre-merger tractor. And maybe a couple post-merger.
On your GTB, there wasn't room left in the transmission for the steering gear anymore so they moved it outside.
The 6.6L/403 cu in engines (4-5/8X6) were introduced in 1935 or so using larger bores from 381 (4-1/2) with kits widely available back then.
Have a version here. 413 now with 4-11/16 bores. Possible to do 425 cubes at 4-3/4.
Same basic engine design from the the mid 20's thru 1959!
Those tractors had an excellent reputation here and west all thru the years. "They just keep pulling". Low speed grunt.
Oop! I wrote a dissertation. Guess I was excited to see your GTB!
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Post by Bryant » Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:25 pm

Found this in the John Deere dealer today while picking up parts! 1937 JD AOS Streamlined
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reminded me of a knight ready for battle ;)
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Post by Poppie » Tue Oct 04, 2022 11:05 pm

Bryant,
Can you please tell me why the rear tyres on the fendt 933 are mounted in reverse (tread pattern that is ) I have an F with a trackson conversion and an F on steels and am not familiar with rubber tyre patterns...love yours and Duey's tractor talk.....n

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Post by Kaiser » Wed Oct 05, 2022 6:20 am

Poppie, we're looking at the rear quarter of the 'thing', it is a three wheel with rear steer so the tread is the right way around (Fendt should know) ;)
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Poppie wrote:
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Bryant,
Can you please tell me why the rear tyres on the fendt 933 are mounted in reverse (tread pattern that is ) I have an F with a trackson conversion and an F on steels and am not familiar with rubber tyre patterns...love yours and Duey's tractor talk.....n
The fendt has the proper facing tread pattern. These tractors are looking more and more like spaceships so to be clear that is the front. It has a front 3pt hitch and PTO system. Also the operator station spins around in the cab and the tractor will drive in reverse like going forward. This makes it rear steer. This allows a 30 ft discbine head to mow grasses with. Glad you like it!
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here is another picture of a fendt in action. It is a 4 wheeled tractor. This model is a 930 but virtually the same. The chopper is a claas 960 jaguar. It has a 10 row corn head on it. This is a picture of some corn harvesting this year. All the corn silage will feed dairy and beef cows.
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Post by Luke » Wed Oct 05, 2022 4:46 pm

Just to carry on the theme about young lads and tractors, here's my lad + old Fordson (some years back now):

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And, to confirm my Ford credentials, the 4000 after a bit of work:

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BUT, this is how it was done back in the day (down from my valley farm, circa 1900):

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Post by Bryant » Wed Oct 05, 2022 7:01 pm

Very good luke 👍 I love the major! My boy loves all tractors. All the time he’s ready to go drive the tractor :lol: do you know what model the steam engine is?
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Fordson with tracks!
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Post by Bryant » Wed Oct 05, 2022 8:23 pm

What a beauty ! :D yours?
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Post by Duey_C » Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:57 am

Sorry. This is Off Topic Land I think. God-awful Fordson's. :roll: Yet much loved. Neat Trackson professor!
Major: I was utterly impressed/actually flabergasted many years ago with a Major Diesel running a saw rig (bench to our friend's I think).
That little Major was everything the saw rig wanted. A rag-joint injector pump. Slow speed grunt power. Very cool.
Luke, is that a Burrell or Fowler? Those British engines are wonderful!
10 rows on the Jaguar? Whoa. Sure beats two-row choppers don't it? The silage boxes are huge nowadays!
Now, you don't have to raise a fork for silage do you?
Box upon box upon box... Open the Dokken Box rear doors and crumbs fell into the blower hopper or blew away.
Packed so tightly, ya took your 90 degree four-tine fork and started pulling.
Walls of silage fell right off the bat! In your lap sometimes! THEN you engaged the apron!
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Post by Bryant » Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:42 am

Duey. Yes that claas chopper with that head still is barely working. It’s the saw blade type so you don’t have to follow rows. We retired are upright silos this year. Now we have all trench silos. They average 50x150 with 20 ft walls. We have I think 10 of them between 6 farms. The articulating Case tractor with the big blade above packs it in. We use silage facers so we don’t get the piles in our lap :lol:
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Post by Kaiser » Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:08 am

How about this; an old film about deep plowing in Germany with steam and cable winch :
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Post by Bryant » Fri Oct 07, 2022 10:31 am

That is something! The guy riding the plow has a see saw ride :lol: I just love the wide wheels on the steam engines! Music was odd, I think I would have chosen some CCR but that’s just me. Thanks for sharing
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Bryant wrote:
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Very good luke 👍 I love the major! My boy loves all tractors. All the time he’s ready to go drive the tractor :lol: do you know what model the steam engine is?
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Bryant, sorry but I don't know what the Traction Engine was. Possibly a Burrell, and almost certainly owned by a contractor rather than the farmer.

Here's another photo of my Fordson, parked alongside some brand-new later Ford tractors (New Hollands). This is nearby the airfield where I used the Fordson to tow a C-47 that I flew. Somewhere I've got some photos of it with the C-47 behind but not sure where they are now.

Another fun fact, the Fordson was once part of a movie set. I was paid for the rent of the tractor (I think $120/day) and got to rub shoulders in the eatery with the various actors etc, all rather surreal but definitely an experience!

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Post by Bryant » Wed Oct 12, 2022 4:08 pm

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Post by Bryant » Sun Oct 16, 2022 5:30 pm

Fun at the tractor pull today! Various older modified classics going at it
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