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Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:46 pm
by A Whiteman
Many of us like all sorts of things 'old and mechanical'. So here is a chance to share with us your old tractors,
Cheers
Adrian


1939 Farmall F14
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1936 JD AR
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1954 David Brown Cropmaster
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1946 Farmall M
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Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 7:27 pm
by HPetrino
It was never mine, but I grew up with it. This is my maternal grandfather on his Caterpillar Two Ton. This particular tractor was a Cat, not the earlier Holt. Holt made the "Holt Caterpillar Two Ton" from about 1919 until 1925. In 1925 Holt and Best merged to create Caterpillar. This tractor was produced sometime during or after 1925 and before production of the Two Ton was discontinued in 1929. This photos date to about 1957.


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Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 11:19 pm
by Lgitts
Here's some of mine;

1901 Russell 6hp steamer and 1928 Allis Chalmers 20-35
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1937 John Deere AOS. In the background, there's a 1939 Allis Chalmers B (on full steel),a 1920 Titan [IHC] 10-20 Kerosene tractor, a 1926 John Deere spoker D, and a 1929 John Deere General Purpose.

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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 1:11 am
by Duey_C
Heck, I'd like to see the 50's Jubilee that nearly took one our friend's leg off.
Holy cats! A Russell 6? What a little sweety! Good friends have a Russell 30-90 and that's a real sweetheart too!
That AOS JD? Cool.
Ooh la la. A Two Ton Cat! It's a tractor after all. Cool. :)
Oh man, this world is too small. An M?
An H's seat frame once saved my life. I love the H and M.
My pitiful offering at this time. He's in no state to be photographed quite yet.
Lucky. Early 1929 #2 PRODUCTION is coming along and nearing a new life. :)
I'd potty my pants if I told about how exited I get about machinery of all sorts.
Thanks Adrian.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:22 pm
by tdump
mine are not so big! :D
Some not as old! But some are kinda scarce.here is a few

First 1 is a John Deere Electric model 90.36 volt.1975 I think.
Second 1 is a T70B Panzer 1960 Best I can tell,has 1 of the first Aluminum block Horizonal engines that were updated and the parts made NA shortly theraftor.Hard to find stuff for the engine.Took me about 10 years off and on to find everything to make it correct.
The tractor is very awkward to operate,only 2 speeds, fast and to fast to do much.And that is a Plymouth rearaxle narrowed and 1 brake pad removed.They used this design up to 1980 for rear axles!
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The 2 walking tractors are a Choremaster and a Page.The Page is 1948 and the Choremaster is about 1950?

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:49 pm
by JohnM
This is a ford 601 I believe about 1957. It has been one of the most reliable and trouble free machines I have had.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 1:47 am
by Duey_C
This OK Adrian?
Keep 'em coming gentlemen. We are T yet we tractor! Neck deep or worse here. Bloop, bloop, bloop. (over the head)

My Baby Twin-Cam Boys. 1928 17-28's. #26038 Grey on the right and #26068 Rusty on the left. Yep! Blessed to have 30 serials apart.
What a crummy pic.

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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 5:07 am
by A Whiteman
Sounds like both sold locally by the same dealer maybe?

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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:56 am
by Duey_C
I wish Adrian! :)
Grey 038 likely came up the Soo Line rails on a flat car, got rolled or driven off the loading dock in Kensington and lived/worked out side of town until I got him. He's about 20 clicks away from there now. Nice tractor. Tossed a rod once too. Life got in the way with him but working on it. Wish I'd never painted him.
Rusty 068 went to Nebraska. Then back up to northern Minnesota in modern times, out to South Dakota, back to northern Minnesota again and now to central Minnesota. My Twin City dealer's old girlfriend's tractor so he was ready to part with it.
They're 2 hours from where they were built in Minneapolis (city of water if my translation serves).

465. Another Twin City 21-32 from the seat. #5297 off the line. No major collector but I have 9 of my favorite brand here. :)
Not running yet. :)
1 JTU
1 early KT. 283 engine.
2 later MTA's. 283 engine in wide row crop. These became the U MM.
2 17-28's. 340 Twin Cam, 16 valve engines,
3 21-32's. 381 8 valve engines until larger bores, then 403's. My money pit #2 is a 413 now.
Waiting for the right time for #10. A 641 Twin Cam, 16 valve Monster. Top of the rad looks me in the eye and I'm 6-2.
And the bloody Farmall's are growing... That F-14 (silly things), F-20 and an F-30 (283 also). Oof.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:30 pm
by Rich Bingham
1947 Case Model D plowing with a 17” two bottom IH “tumblebug”. Gone but not forgotten!

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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:25 pm
by Billy Vrana
'42 John Deere H cultivating soybeans today
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:00 pm
by A Whiteman
OOh, I can hear the pop pop now all the way down under...

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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:34 pm
by Junk poor
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:10 pm
by Lgitts
Is that a 20-40 G, or 16-30 H? Very nice. I like those heavy weight Oil Pulls.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 9:34 pm
by Junk poor
It’s a 1920 16-30.

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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 12:54 pm
by Dallas Landers
Not as old as the T but a good old tractor. Restored about 25 years ago. The birds like it in the old corn crib also. I have the original lights but I can see at night with these.
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 1:19 pm
by Fordwright
Personal gripe: I think the category of "antique" is too broad. I go to vintage tractor meets to see Hart-Parrs and Rumely Oil-pulls, but their sounds are often drowned out by the 50-year old diesel tractors roaring around the grounds, showing off. I have nothing against the more modern tractors, but I think they should have their own meets.

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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:15 pm
by fschrope
It's hard to believe that the 4020 John Deeres are 50+ years old.............and my old A is 71. Wow, I'm feeling old.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 5:29 pm
by Dennis Prince
My old tractors are a 29 Farmall regular that has been put on rubber.
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46 Case VAO orchard model with the faring removed.
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52 John Deere A
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Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:30 am
by Kaiser
This old tractor thread reminded me of this :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HF0s-pXOHck
gave me a good chuckle, hope you tractor afficionados appreciate !

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:35 am
by HPetrino
Leo,
I have a little grandson who is 6 1/2 now. When he was about 3 he would watch that movie ("Cars") as many times a day as his parents would allow. He has all the toys and loves McQueen! Makes me smile.

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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 11:39 pm
by Duey_C
Leo, that's still one of the funniest scenes in that movie! Owen and Larry were great! And the sound affects!
The oil running down and then... :lol:
What a wonderful thread!
Ooh, I see an old GM pickup in the single front-wheeled A pic Dennis! Care to show it?
Still have a G down in the woods with a bad pto and a jug kit..

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:08 pm
by Dennis Prince
Duey, I think it might have looked better in the first picture, it is a 67 with 250,000 miles on it and all stock, 6 cyl, 4spd, 4x4 manual steering, a real plain jane, it hasn't even gotten a radio (yet).
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:03 pm
by Dallas Landers
Now thats a real truck ! No power, no leather or heated seats, 2 doors, 8ft bed and no carpet. Wish they still made a real truck.

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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:59 pm
by Duey_C
Gorgeous pickup Dennis!
The 69 Heavy-Half posi 2wd here is so rotted out. It has Consumption. What they used to call cancer as it consumed.
Heavy-Half's carry some heavier GMC parts on the drive shaft and a four bolt main 350. We used parts off my 68... even the dash with windshield wiper switch where it's supposed to be...
never mind. ;)
Whoa. A 4x4 with a six...
It's a blessing to see old pickups that are salt free.
Thanks!
Staring/working with the butt-end of serial 2 all the while this evening. That poor platform mount...
Edit: Wait a second. Doesn't affect that worn down-cobbled up draw bar mount.

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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:56 pm
by HPetrino
Years ago I had a '68 Ford F-250 that Dennis's truck reminds me of. It had a very similar lumber rack too. That old truck was indestructible and unstoppable. It had a 390 cu. in. V-8 with a 4 speed granny manual transmission, a Posi traction rear end, AM radio and a heater. The darn thing would get 10 mpg gong uphill with a full load or downhill empty. It didn't seem to matter. It would pass anything but a gas station.

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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:34 pm
by Michael Peternell
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Part of our collection.

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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:40 am
by Kevin Pharis
Hey there Michael, did that ‘ol reed venturi Tillotson downdraft ever work out for your dozer?? Or maybe just good for a few parts? Hope it went to good use...

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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:34 pm
by Nathan Pederson
Michael, Impressive group!!! Albany Pioneer Days is really something to look forward to.


My Grandpa's 27 D and sawmill.
This year I did some sawing on the 4th.
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:18 pm
by Lgitts
Wow, that line up is what tractor collector's dreams are made of. I think I can identify most of them.

Here goes, from front to rear;

30-60 Rumely Oilpull E
30-60 Rumely Oilpull E
30-60 Hart Parr
45 Mogul
30-60 Aultman & Taylor
30-60 Aultman & Taylor
Twin City 40
40-80 Avery
30-50 Flour City
35-70 Minneapolis
45 Pioneer (not sure, hard to see) other guess would be a Gas Pull

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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:33 pm
by A Whiteman
I was just looking at my Model D 1930 sales brochure. Sadly I am missing the middle pages but here are a few below:
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:40 pm
by A Whiteman
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:52 pm
by Pep C Strebeck
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1952 Farmall Cub

Not that old, nor that big but it has always done what I have asked of it.

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This was during the throwout bearing replacement;
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:51 am
by Duey_C
Adrian, I think Pep's Cub will qualify eh? Pep, that's even smaller than a louse! Friend's used to call their A The Louse.
Adrian, neat brochure!
Les, you're pretty close. I used to parade on the 35-70's steering wheel until I got drafted to babble on the microphone.
Been on most of those footplates.
Nathan, I really need to pester you someday. You're right, it is a good show. Great pic!
This is what Nathan and I have to deal with up here. Water almost everywhere. Beautiful? Yes.
Michael, glad you showed this! Some highlights for the brain: We know that Rumely's say duptup, duptup, duptup, duptup...
The Hart-Parr says Phanumph-phanumph, sha-weeweewee, phanumph-phanumph, sha-weeweewee, phanump, FOOM!
Phanump-phanumph...
My fingers are tired now... ;)
Heck, I was happy to turn 2 around with the skid loader per Maw's request tonight...

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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:20 am
by RichardG
HERE IS MY BEST FRIEND, THIS IS A 1955 MASSY HARRIS 50, WILLING AND ABLE ANY TIME TWENTY BELOW OR 100 DEG ITS WILLING , IT HAS THE HI LOW TRANSMISSION, ITS WORKED ON MY FARM MANY YEARS ,NO REAL PROBLEMS.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:47 pm
by Michael Peternell
Kevin Pharis wrote:
Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:40 am
Hey there Michael, did that ‘ol reed venturi Tillotson downdraft ever work out for your dozer?? Or maybe just good for a few parts? Hope it went to good use...
going to have time this year to try it. We cancelled the show a couple weeks ago! This covid thing is maddening. I do so appreciate you helping me out! A couple of friends also were helped for a cover pattern.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 10:54 pm
by Michael Peternell
Nathan Pederson wrote:
Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:34 pm
Michael, Impressive group!!! Albany Pioneer Days is really something to look forward to.


My Grandpa's 27 D and sawmill.
This year I did some sawing on the 4th.
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Very nice! As used, displayed is , is the best!

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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:06 pm
by Michael Peternell
Just saying. Any of the gentleman that are members are more than welcome to pick one to drive. Just have to show up the second weekend after labor day.. if you really want to come and play , there is a definite a adopt a play option!

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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:51 am
by R Rathert
Hey Mike bet John won't let the Pioneer get adopted! Rudy

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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:32 am
by Michael Peternell
You're right Rudy! Don't think dad would let that one be adopted just yet!

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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:04 pm
by R Rathert
Hey Mike maybe I should trade him my case for the pioneer for a day! Rudy

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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:23 pm
by Michael Peternell
I know I can swing that! Dad would love it!

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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:33 pm
by Michael Peternell
Lgitts wrote:
Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:18 pm
Wow, that line up is what tractor collector's dreams are made of. I think I can identify most of them.

Here goes, from front to rear;

30-60 Rumely Oilpull E
30-60 Rumely Oilpull E
30-60 Hart Parr
45 Mogul
30-60 Aultman & Taylor
30-60 Aultman & Taylor
Twin City 40
40-80 Avery
30-50 Flour City
35-70 Minneapolis
45 Pioneer (not sure, hard to see) other guess would be a Gas Pull
Almost nailed it. B . . . 25-50 . . . 35-70 , Pioneer

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:46 pm
by Michael Peternell
I know I can swing that! Dad would love it!

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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:11 pm
by A Whiteman
Well, once this virus is resolved (when/if) a trip to the US will be on the cards (my daughter is engaged to a Texas based chap). I would love to take up the offer to drive those tractors, even just up the track and back. So what show and where do I have to plan to come to? (Even though it may be "years" away I would like to pencil that it in :-)

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 3:04 am
by Duey_C
That'd be Albany Pioneer Days in central Minnesota Adrian! :-) This particular year may be that once in a lifetime tho.
Just pretend you're a member...
I'd like to be on the levers of the...
But other than the proper parades during regular years, the guys also have early evening parades about the grounds, for testing of course and at the very least you should ask to ride on the foot plates when you get here! You must stop in the Corliss Building and ask where Duey is...
Some years ago we had a real Irishman drive a tractor thru the parade and I tried to make the most out it!
We also had Hank. Santa in the summertime! Where's Santa when not at the North Pole? Right here at Albany Pioneer Days! Was this guy's babble, off the cuff and on the mic.
A New Zealander? Oh, we'd try to make sure you know you were here...
I'd love to fill you full of Hamm's beer to set your mood... When sawmill Ed was 92 or 93, He'd stop by, I'd grab him a stool and say,
Hey Ed, ya want a COLD Hamm's? He'd set down and chat (BS) with us guys.
If ya don't drink, no problem! We'll get you some of Eric's coffee to perk you right up...
One time those XXXXXXXX's put cedar shavings in the coffee pot. Not a good cup. Rascals.

I'll never show this pic over in a tractor world.
Poor ol' 2 looks the worst for wear right now. He should, he's got about a million hard-earned miles pulling plows under his belt.
Super-odd Farmall F-30 wheel, meant for duals on this side for the moment, Steering out, transmission cover unbolted again, two empty railroad pails of fire snake (from a nephew) full of rear end "oil" plus I need to go digging in the tranny for errant bits broken off during his life so they do not come UP into the gears during use. It's 2. He deserves it.

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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:48 am
by Duey_C
Not an old tractor per say but very closely related. Hope it's OK.
Mid/late 30's Twin City 21-32 Clockwise Power Unit engine just came in tonight.
GEB engine (different #'s from the GE type engines in the tractors too) , GEU complete power unit.
NOT General Electric, just a progression in Twin City (Minneapolis, MN) part numbers.
Very glad to have Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Company's (still holding the trusted Twin City name), engine here.
They also built counter-clockwise engines...
:) Carry on.

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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:57 am
by Michael Peternell
Very cool power unit Duey!!

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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:37 pm
by TBH
1948 Ford 8N used for brush hogging and food plot work.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 2:44 am
by Duey_C
Thanks Michael. Very happy to have this power unit injected into this puzzle. :)
Of course it doesn't run. Stuck. Valves are all loose tho.
Rod, nice 8N. And a working tractor! :)
I think I can dare post this... Last piece in my very centric puzzle. "Eccentric" if you're like me. ;)
Early 20-35 Twin City (notice my twisted theme yet?). Not home yet but paid for.
5-1/2 x 6-3/4, twin cam, 16 valve, 641 cu in engine in an 8100 pound tractor running at 900-1000 rpm's.
A similar tractor, purportedly ten units newer (we'll see) was able to pull more than half its own weight in the October 1920 Nebraska tests (test 067). Gotta study the test report again.
46.88 hp maximum load test on the belt.
A brute. He doesn't look me in the eye, he looks above me and I'm 6-2. :twisted:
And aluminium pan and valve covers. Drool...
He ain't perfect but he's ours.

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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:07 am
by A Whiteman
Nice one Duane. My JD is a bit smaller. Just picking him up now.
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 11:36 pm
by Duey_C
That's your AR! Gawgeous! Running OK?
Sweet!

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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 4:46 am
by Wayne Sheldon
I really enjoy looking at all the old tractors! Wish I had one to share pictures of.
When I was really little, we used to spend part of the summer at my grandparent's ranch in Modesto during the peach harvest. I was too young to be allowed to do much work, although I often accompanied my dad or grandpa while they worked. I "helped". I loved the tractors and so many other things around the ranch. By the time I was four, I was sitting on a lap, working the hand throttle (probably part of why I feel so at home in a model T!), and steering the tractors. By the time I was five, I was shifting the gears in the transmission, dad or grandpa had to press the clutch. When I was six, I showed them I could press the clutch, and do the whole shift myself. Dad or grandpa would stand behind me, and watch me closely for awhile. I did so well, that by the end of that harvest, I was driving some of the tractors solo, and even pulling trailers out of the orchards in the evening after the migrant workers had stopped for the night.
We mostly used the three 8/9 Ns he had, but my favorite tractor was the big old McCormick. I sure wish I knew which series it was? I often asked, but they usually just said it was old and they didn't even know what year it was (one time, they told me they thought it was a 1938). Usually only dad or grandpa drove the McCormick, because they had to rebuilt it a couple times after hired help flipped it. The McCormick had braking on two levers, each one working one of the rear wheels. If not used carefully, it was easy to flip the thing.
I drove it quite a few times, with dad or grandpa riding along. I really liked that one. I also drove the Clark forklift a fair amount, sometimes by myself, often with my "accompaniment". I never had a problem with rear steering, then or now. I was also working the levers to lift and load pallets loaded with peaches. All that at the age of six. A few years later, and grandpa semi-retired. The ranches and tractors were sold. I sure wanted that McCormick.

I keep looking at McCormick pictures. I have seen hundreds. But never seen one quite like the one I grew up with. I am sure it was altered some over the years, how much I do not know. The seat had been removed (it sat in a corner of one of the tractor barns!), there was a small rear deck big enough for one adult and a child to stand and drive the thing. It had typical rubber tractor tires front and rear (don't know if it was that way new or not?). I sure loved to drive that beast.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:34 pm
by Michael Peternell
Duey_C wrote:
Wed Aug 05, 2020 2:44 am
Thanks Michael. Very happy to have this power unit injected into this puzzle. :)
Of course it doesn't run. Stuck. Valves are all loose tho.
Rod, nice 8N. And a working tractor! :)
I think I can dare post this... Last piece in my very centric puzzle. "Eccentric" if you're like me. ;)
Early 20-35 Twin City (notice my twisted theme yet?). Not home yet but paid for.
5-1/2 x 6-3/4, twin cam, 16 valve, 641 cu in engine in an 8100 pound tractor running at 900-1000 rpm's.
A similar tractor, purportedly ten units newer (we'll see) was able to pull more than half its own weight in the October 1920 Nebraska tests (test 067). Gotta study the test report again.
46.88 hp maximum load test on the belt.
A brute. He doesn't look me in the eye, he looks above me and I'm 6-2. :twisted:
And aluminium pan and valve covers. Drool...
He ain't perfect but he's ours.
That's a beauty! I don't think TC ever came to the table with small onions!

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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:45 am
by Duey_C
Wayne, that was fantasticl! Thank you! I appreciate it!
An F series I'd bet.
An F-12/14 is still naughtier than an 8 or 9 perhaps. Hahaha! NOT.
Maybe an F-20 or 30... :)
As time passes, we sure have stories to tell don't we!
You learned quickly. I was slower then but look out now! Ya right...
So glad the site allows these gross diversions! I tell/show things not for the tractor world.

Michael, "Built to do the work, not to meet a price." was MS&M's motto way back for the Twin City tractors.
Minneapolis Steel and Machinery.
Perhaps as early as 1911. Not certain on the origin. Repeated on January 1st, 1929 for the introduction of the 21-32.
Here in Minnesota, we were expensive yet very tough!

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Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:33 am
by Duey_C
Doggone it, are the very few of us the only??? Perhaps there are more but don't come down here much. ;)
A short utub clip of #26038, a 1928 17-28 Twin City brought back to life with help from the F-14.
Some broken-down ol' man hand-cranked him back to life!
Ya, I twisted his tail/windmilled him to get him thru his old troubles. Guess I had the ZR-4 magneto timed OK.
I'm doing OK! I can still walk! Check this dork for more clips of this adventure. It really was fun. In a twisted way. :)
duron700r or look for Duey-C on smokstak only IF ya wish.
I couldn't care less about subscriptions or numbers of views. Just trying to spread the simple joy of old engines running.
And the babble of a Twin City, twin cam, 16 valve, 340 cube 4 cylinder engine in a tractor.
And it made me 20 some years happy. That sweet boy has been patiently waiting for a long time.
He lives!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3TVSy_GQvM
Ohh wee! No "in your face" video! Ya gotta click on it to see it! I like that!
Happy.

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Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:09 pm
by A Whiteman
Nice! The F14 has a distinctive sound too.

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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:50 pm
by Duey_C
It's funny Adrian, a camera cannot capture what our eyes and brain see but that F-14 sure does sound great in the videos...
Little snot.
Better than when I hear it.
Huh? Whajja say?

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:35 am
by A Whiteman
Mine had a 'ring' to it in a nicely annoying pitch. It was the pulley drum 'singing' when the tractor ran.
It was soon removed (and kept safe so not lost) and problem went away. I wonder if this explains why so often the pulleys are missing from tractors!

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:03 am
by Duey_C
Ya, we look at that pulley too. It doesn't ring but it's omnipresent.
The bigger F's have a lever, Twin City's can leave the clutch dis-engaged but this little snot is always...
Adrian, would you give an explanation of your technique, starting your little F? Including throttle position.
The governor on this engine needs help and that's obvious but it's doing what I need right now and I'm busy with other things.
I should pull the throttle all the way, two chokes and let her go but I flubbed it again today and just flooded the crap out of it.
Thoughts?
I did post a couple short (yet very important to me) videos tonight of that 17-28 Twin City.
That little snot will be put back to work, helping another F-series wake up, possibly tomorrow!
The 20 is in the queue and almost ready to go. :)
Actually kind of nice down here in the basement of the MTFCA. More personal... :)

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:21 am
by Duey_C
The F-20 was all set today for oiling testing:
Son worked hard on it on Sunday! I was the gopher.
Got bearing clearances set, all rod caps facing the right way :roll: and re-adjusted the oil pan to suit the "new" oil pump.
He even admitted he was shot from HIS down and under the engine and up again.
Oil peeing into the rod troughs even at cranking speed. :) We were happy.
Laid the belt out, got the pickup set to move into place (to adjust and hold belt tension) and put some gas in the 14.
The little BXXXH merely said "Pluhh" a couple of times. I cranked and windmilled her to a great cardio.
She pulled my stuffing out and gave back nothing. She gets this way. Bxxxh.
Tomorrow, we'll see how her little (huge) attitude is.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:57 am
by A Whiteman
Sounds like you are having fun there Duey!
I just sold the F-14 - its off to a new owner in the morning. Had to make room for the JD that arrived the other weeK:
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Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:08 am
by D Stroud
No pictures, but in a past life I worked in a small welding/machine shop in the mid '70's in our small town. We had an F20 Farmall with an A Frame boom over the front with a winch made from a TT Ruckstell, it worked very well. That old F20 would start every time with a couple of cranks with the choke pulled, and then one crank with it open, made no difference if it was 70 Degrees or 10 Degrees, it never failed. Dave

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:16 pm
by Fordwright
John Deere built indestructible tractors at one time. The 2-cylinder Model D was built from 1923-1953, and a lot of them are still working today. That's what built their reputation and why they are one of the few remaining agricultural equipment manufacturers from the original hundreds.
But they have forgotten their roots, now they built disposable tractors with disposable parts. The engineers now kow-tow to the MBAs who demand shorter and shorter lifespans on the parts that they uniquely supply. Some say planned obsolescence is a myth because you can never prove it. Of course not; that's the whole idea.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:13 am
by Duey_C
Greg, I believe that. I still have a 49 G down in the woods with the jug kit waiting for me patiently. A powerhouse that'll outlast us all.
With a blown out PTO...
Hah! That G would be way easier to use than my current fair also. ;)
Dave that simply makes sense. A clean carb and a hot mag = vroom.
Adrian, glad to see you made room for the AR! See ya later F! Damn good tractors for what they are.
IH didn't really hit the mark for usability until the H and M in my opinion.

Seems like the old adage that said "Check the points" is still true. :roll:
TIGHT quarters on a 12/14 but got them pulled out, Cratex VF diamond polished so I could see myself (ack!) and back in/set half axxed.
I had that poor little snot flooded so bad.
Much more cranking. windmilling, cranking, coughing (her) and then lets get to work after warming. I panted. Good cardio again.
If I think about it, she's been giving little signs that something wasn't quite right. ie: The hard starting yet she ran so pretty once going...
Eh hem, even these hard IH cranks have flat spots son found while checking clearances by feel of course on the 20. :cool:
Seems as if the oil control rings are just fine too. I wished for more oil spitting out the plug holes on me like the Twin City 17-28 but no...
Yet the time in the belt warmed the cylinders on the 20.
I call the pic "A conglomeration of shxx". Belt and chains, almost chastity-like but she needs holding down/help to do her work.
The belt is getting a little better too.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:13 am
by Duey_C
F-20:
The belt is put away, the 14 is back in her spot, the pickup is back in his spot and I need to learn more about the Zenith carb.
The F-14 actually started another engine! The little snot could handle this one.
Turns out that worn out 220 engine is easily hand cranked. Three compressions/chokes and vroom!
Even with a Zenith that ain’t right.
All I had spitting out at me with the plugs out earlier, in the belt were old soybeans! Whack!
When that 20 came to life with just a touch of choke, it was running a trifle faster than the 14 and that old belt went wild, flopping around like that windy bridge from the 40‘s/50‘s! My brother knew which bridge.
We did have a good breeze here in the woods. Maybe a French Twist to this ol’ belt if not crossed...
I hollered “The lever.” (the pulley lever) then I hollered louder “The lever!!” To disengage the pulley, after I shut the 14 down.
We had a good laugh just after as that old 20 spit and sputtered along. Ever faithful ol’ bugger.
I didn’t explain a game-plan beforehand about that goofy belt I actually thought was shaping up...
It isn’t. It’s goofy. Nice looking red stripe belt.
Son hand-cranked it readily several times on Sunday after 1st life and cooling down. Good day.
Wonder IF it’ll hold water at all.
The F-14, like the H John Deere has a “backwards” running belt pulley so ya can’t cross the belt for some/most tractors while testing oiling etc...
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F-30
Prep for winter and maybe get time to roll him over with the belt.
Need to drain oil, pull the pan, check the screen and pressure assy on the oil pump.
No oil squirting into the wet troughs while hand cranking.

Son was here and we worked on this ‘36 F-30‘s 283 engine some too.
The north facing original decals are are pretty dang nice! Nice original/ish tractor.
A 36 but red.
Son had sourced a timing rod from Rusty Acres and that was cleaned, painted and ready to install.
A couple drops of 3-IN-ONE oil in a couple places on the mag and points cover and that was cake.
He did a nice job of adjusting the rod. I tested it, found it to be perfect and we grinned.
Played with the brake pedals he found also, noting the work we need to do to the ratchet assembly/quadrant.
I was mostly gopher but did my part setting valve clearances a bit loose if there’s crud on the seats/faces.
A couple valves were a bit sticky/stuck and got them sorted in the process thankfully.
The 30 has a bit of wind still in the cylinders.

The valve cover was sitting far above the gasket surface and we needed to know why.
OK, the mis-matched valve springs ALL have washers under them BUT what we found baffling/interesting was the fact that the four rocker towers had regular 1/2“ washers underneath them all thus holding the cover too high. Reset the towers and re-adjusted the valves.
He cleaned a small mouse-mess from under the valve cover. Me: Tools and charged air tank.
1 Where do we get a oil fill cap for the valve cover?
2 Why the heck would IH put an oil fill on the valve cover anyway? There’s one in the usual place... Duh. To oil the valve felts.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 7:31 am
by Michael Peternell
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Brass era 5-10 Avery. Belongs to my youngest brother.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:34 pm
by Mark Gregush
My brothers John Deere crawler and my F2 on the farm

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:24 am
by Duey_C
Well, by gum!
Thanks Mark!
Yessss!

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2020 4:51 pm
by Dallas Landers
Here it is out of the barn with less
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bird sh.. er ah droppings.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2020 6:12 pm
by Fordwright
I'm so old that tractor doesn't look old.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2020 6:24 pm
by Dallas Landers
The paint is only about 30 years old! :lol:

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 3:21 pm
by A Whiteman
The years roll by.

My 24 Morris car has almost been restored as long as its age at the time it was restored... (1924 - 1973 = 49 years old; 1973 to today = 47 years)

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:32 pm
by Duey_C
A '36 Twin City 21-32 FTA looking far more respectable all shod with "new" shoes all around!
All set for a trip up the hill and perhaps engine un-sticking. #2 cylinder is stuck but the bores look really nice.
Farmall F-30 wheels on the rear and later Twin City 17-28 (older tractor) steel on front.
That big bugger's radiator cap looks me right square in the nose.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 2:44 pm
by Billy Vrana
They always look better standing on their own Duey,
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Here's my latest, 37 JD A, put em to work picking taters last Sunday
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Got a slow leak to take care of,

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 11:25 pm
by otrcman
1948 (or thereabouts) Farmall Cub. Under the silver tarp is another Cub; that one is about 1952.

The sickle bar Cub is used for weed control. Most of the neighbors use modern lawn tractors, but I really prefer the sickle bar for being able to get in under trees and into tight places. The Cubs also handle rough ground better than a lawn tractor. Best of all, the Cubs will still be operating reliably when the Sears and Monkey Ward lawn tractors are long gone.

The Cub under the tarp has a Fast Hitch. The FH is great for a variety of implements, some factory made and some home made.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:22 am
by Duey_C
A Monster on All Hallowed Eve! No goblins tho. Maybe the local grandsons.
Home and dry (Jerry Rafferty) finally. A Green Kansas Crusher back in Minnesota.
God-son said it looked like a tank. He's right.
When this tall fellow needs to step up to lift those sweet early aluminium valve covers off to look at head part numbers, it's big.
Stromberg M-4 carb bolted on. This set of small Twin City tractors is complete today.
Do some work with/on your model T's. :)
Michael, did you know your dad owned this Monster at one time?

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 2:43 am
by Duey_C
Should you dare look at the Halloween Monster here? Did a walkaround for a friend yester.
Final big piece of a 6 piece puzzle. Not interested in numbers from the yutubb for monetary gains.
Get back to work! :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnhnkmpDICU
Blathering knucklehead.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:39 am
by Duey_C
A similar photo was posted near the bottom of page 1 of Herb's wonderful "This was trucking-Old Photos" in February.
Little did I know at that time, the photo is from a batch of the first 25 long-fendered Twin City 20-35 tractors.
Different little things on these buggers. The devil's in the details as they say. ;)
On a model T site we mention the Holley Brothers mixer/carb set-up as they're related, but the doubled up front fender brackets and perhaps the small lettering on the radiator help give it away.
Actually, the Holley Brothers mixer on the Twin City's have been noted to be akin to a beer can with holes to mix the fuels.
Unlike the Vaporizer we know and sometimes love/disdain.
Why mention this?
Two-fold.
1. The tractor I show above that lives here now is one of that batch of 25 I've since learned. About 1920-1921.
Records lost or never kept but there was a fire in 1926 at the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery admin/records building.
2. You guys are fantastic sleuths at finding businesses from long ago. I looked but...
Would you help me? Unless Pullman Engineering had nothing to do with moving machines, this could possibly be my new tractor.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:57 am
by A Whiteman
That is too cool for school Duey!

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:01 am
by A Whiteman
Reminded me of these pictures:
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Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:14 pm
by Duey_C
Neat pics Adrian!
How the devil do we suppose they got that little Fordson off that TT in the second pic?
Soft boards on the TT with no seat in that 1st pic!
Cool!

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:20 am
by Duey_C
Haha!
I had been searching for info on Oakes cooling fans for the Monster old tractor I have here.
I looked inside: The fan hub assembly had been replaced by the later, in-house Timken type tapered roller bearings yet came from the factory in Minneapolis with an Oakes fan. Crummy, welded and bent all to .... fan.
Oakes: Patent holders to the curved fan blade! Wha?
Good point! The fan on the 24 Crappy Runabout is a beaded flat-blade from something else that I grafted on that engine as I had nothing else. Good fan too. Are your OT fan blades flat or curved?

Dallas should see this. He might get a kick out of it.
By the time 1925 came around the Oakes company had been sold? to......
No. I cannot divulge yet. Ya gotta look.
S-1640. The rad cutter Oakes.
Canvas. Unknown if these were early ball bearing or later Hyatt bearing fans. Neat SMALL pic.
1925..... Piece de' resistance. Look closely. Who now owns a 1910 started private company?
OK, pics are posted backwards. I think I got it! Eehehehe! :)

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:28 pm
by Marv K
Here in Wisconsin, farmers also take their tractors seriously. Sometimes, we'll even find some humor. I believe I've previously shared this with some of my T friends, but also suspect it really fits into this thread:

A couple of my daughters and grandkids have suggested that I write down my 'adventures' before they would get 'lost'....
I hope you enjoy this, even if it is 'Historically Accurate'!
Let's just title this as "Plucca-plucca-plucca"....

"Plucca-plucca-plucca"....
One could say that this is a story of Bill & Irma, happening somewhere around 1955, but it's really about two of their teenage boys named Clifford & Roger. My relationship to them was that we were all cousins, and I was right between the age of their two next-younger brothers. Our home-farm buildings were about a quarter-mile apart, but we were often together. Cliff was a fidgety, hyper, 'Hundred miles an hour' kind of kid. While Roger, on the other hand, was more of a 'Plodder'. Cliff would think of exciting adrenaline-pumping things to do, while Roger would see something as a challenge.

To observe competition between sibling brothers as teenage boys is not unusual, and very often would show up as something quite common with them..... Being farm kids, there were always age-responsible chores we all would be assigned to do, and expected to contribute for everyone's betterment. Spring plowing for the summer crops was one of those tasks. Cliff liked to drive the high revving, high geared, speedy Allis-Chalmers to be his tractored partner, while Roger fit comfortably on the seat of their two-cylinder John Deere.
Instant electric starter for the orange Allis: but you had to spin that hefty green flywheel located on the tractor's side, in order to crank-start that faded-crackle-painted John Deere.... If you've ever been around starting one of those, you'll always remember the sound of it's open compression petcocks upon each cylinder: "Whoosh, whoosh"...., spin it again...., "Whoosh, whoosh"... Maybe one more spin. "Whoosh, whoosh...plucca-whoosh-plucca-plucca!" as it stutters to life. Close the petcocks.

There are many 'chapters' I saw and experienced with and between these cousins that could be told. This particular chapter takes place one sunny weekday afternoon, when Bill & Irma had planned to go into town, informing the boys they would be gone for almost four hours. All plowing had responsibly gotten finished. It was mid-afternoon when I drifted over to their place for a while to ride bikes with the younger brothers....
Ever hear of the comment about 'idle hands'???
Just some normal bickering between Cliff and Roger, then it escalated and became heated... This time it was 'which' was the 'Better Tractor'??? It even reached shouting level... "THE ALLIS!" "JOHN DEERE!" "ALLIS!" "JOHN DEERE!" "ALLIS!"
"DAMMIT! LET'S SETTLE THIS!!!" "Get the logging chain from the machine shed! Draw-bar to draw-bar in the middle of the driveway..."

"I'LL DRAG YA THIRTY FEET! WE'LL SEE WHO WINS!"
"CHAIN 'EM UP!"
"ONE OF YOU GUYS COME OVER AND BE OUR STARTER!"
Stand back!
(Arm raised to give the signal...)
Clutches in... Both gas levers all the way open, engines begin REVVING up to their max!
"GO!"
Pop that clutch.... Smoke belching! Wheels turning! "WAAAAAaaaaaaah....!" "Plucca-plucca-plucca!" Both tractors' rear wheels are turning forward, but the Allis has it's front end up about four feet off the ground, and the Deere is being pulled backwards, even if the wheels say it's meant to be going the other way! Wait! THE ALLIS IS LOSING TORQUE! RPM's are leaving! IT'S SNUBBING OUT! PUSH IN THE CLUTCH! Plucca-plucca-plucca... (Other direction now!) ALLIS IS REGAINING REVS - POP THE CLUTCH! "WAAAAAaaaaaaah!" WHEELIE! "HERE WE GO!" I GOT HIM! NO I DON'T! Clutch... "Plucca-plucca-plucca..." REVS-CLUTCH-WHEELIE - Plucca-plucca-plucca...
Well, this all continued 'back & forth' for what seemed like a very loud eternity... The adrenaline was gushing!!! Meanwhile, two parallel ruts about fifteen feet long were being dug into Bill & Irma's crushed rock driveway...
NOBODY QUITS! Oops! OH SH&&&&TTTT! WE'RE BOTH BURIED TO THE AXLE! The ruts had been dug and now occupied by BOTH tractors during the tug-of war! QUICK! Get the chain unwrapped from the draw-bars before Dad gets home! Get the tractors in the shed!!

"AND SHOVELS!!!... SHOVELS!! WE GOTTA FILL IN THOSE RUTS!"

Bill & Irma came home about an hour later, and commented "How nice the driveway looked." Of course, the boys nicely told them that after they finished plowing, they "decided to 'level off' the driveway's high spots and fill in the low spots where there could be puddles...."

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:00 am
by John Warren
Marv, So did Cliff or Roger claim victory, they probably were so happy they both didn't get their A$$ es kicked! Thanks for the story. jw

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:35 pm
by Oldav8tor
In an earlier post Duane asked to see the Ford Jubilee (1953) that tried to take my leg off. Funny thing, I later got my revenge sort of..... Apparently someone in the past installed the left front axle and spindle without the thrust bearing and the spindle broke off from the shaft when I was mowing. I went to make a turn and the wheel flopped off!

I enlisted the aid of a friend (guy with the Glock) to try to recreate the classic Bill Maudlin cartoon of a GI shooting his Jeep which lost a wheel under similar circumstances. We didn't really shoot it....a new axle assembly from Steiner Tractor and I was back mowing a couple of days later. Word to the wise, if Henry put it there a part is probably important.....
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:10 am
by Duey_C
CLASSICS Tim! :) Both iconic images. :) That Bill Maudlin image is forever in my mind. Nicely done!
Shoot, (pun not intended) I needed that smile and laugh today! Ooh, and Gillette style rear tires. That's the offending tractor...
On the dark side: Some companies had specific instructions on how to disable their war machinery if... things went bad...
Drive a pointed steel bar into the...
Marv, that's a great story.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:07 am
by Marv K
-John-
To answer "Who" claimed 'victory', you don't believe that their tug-of-war settled it, do you? They BOTH claimed they had proved their point. Bickering brothers kept at it with their rivalries, some which I've been privy to.... Those are different stories to be re-told.
I hope that some of you may have enjoyed the story with your own visual pictures.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 3:28 am
by Wayne Sheldon
Wonderful story!
Tall tales? People that grew up in the right settings know these things really happened! Who needs fiction? I have dozens of stories I love to tell. Some my dad told for years before, and a lot I saw (or did!) myself.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:10 am
by perry kete
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Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:37 am
by Oldav8tor
Dennis - I wonder why no one ever mentions including a pistol with their Model T tool kit for such events.

Duane - my turf tires had chains on them when the tractor tried to eat my leg. Not much space between tire and fender :cry:

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:12 pm
by WayneJ
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Here is my mother on my grandfather's tractor, about 1941 or 1942. The photo was taken outside of Black Creek, WI.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:14 pm
by Steve Jelf
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My mowing tractor is a 1945 Allis Chalmers Model B with Woods L-59 mower.

I'm partial to Allis because the first thing I drove, other than a tricycle and a pedal car, was an Allis C. When I was ten I drove it around the west field dragging a wooden sled while my aunts Mary and Ernestine stacked on the hay bales.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:24 pm
by A Whiteman
Ah Steve, the wood lot looks so idyllic in spring with the fresh leaves and the nicely mown strips. Maybe when the pandemic thing is over and I get to visit my daughter in Texas I can drop by and enjoy a cup of tea with a 'picnic in the park' :-)

Drought here and no mowing for three months now - not a normal season at all..

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:29 pm
by Dallas Landers
No drought here. Lots of moisture. Just the wrong kind this time of year. I was mowing and picked mushrooms last weekend
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Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 9:11 am
by Ruxstel24
A friend and I picked this 1940 9N up the other day to fix up a little and flip...
Runs and has a 12V alternator on it already.
Needs the front tires repaired and some cosmetic....

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:29 am
by Duey_C
Been putzing.
See what I missed? If ya don't get it after a moment, think colors...
Had a friend come over and put the engine (worth more than my own skid loader) back into production 2's frame from 1929.
Looks like a tractor again instead of a pile of scrap iron.
Son, I and our old skid loader got the rad placed on 2.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:31 pm
by Michael Peternell
Plenty of color friend! Anyone can paint shit.

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 3:16 am
by Duey_C
I actually posted that... The highs.
You hit the nail on the head my friend! This wore out ol' tractor ain't getting a stitch more of paint. There's enough color here.
Maw mentioned paint and wanted to see the original tractor color. Showed her actual factory paint but ignored her request.

Have an internal water leak I'm chasing right now in the rear cylinders. Darn it. The lows.

Colors: I didn't want any leaks in the crooked ol' manifold yet forgot to add red goop to the rear section...

Billy, you have any more A John Deere pics to share?
My friends don't know I secretly like those two cylinder tractors. :)
Shhh, don't tell 'em. ;)
Gosh, what a handy thread! Makes me happy!

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:09 am
by Rich Bingham
Self-driving tractor ? Or "remote control" ?
We've seen some of these "long distance" arrangements before. I think these engineers of yore were a little too used to horsepower that would listen to a "whoa !". The iron monsters are pretty much deaf !