gnappi
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Post by gnappi on Mar 7, 2024 10:05:35 GMT -5
My GF is from Sicily and we watched a travel channel episode set in Italy of "I bought a town" and a Lamborghini appeared. It looks like they used it as a model in the tractor tipping scene in Disney's Cars cartoon movie. She said Lamborghini tractors are common there. I wonder if they're high performance? :-)
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Post by bearskinner on Mar 7, 2024 10:58:09 GMT -5
My old 1937 Allis-Chalmers is now standing as a guardian to the front entry gate. The lower end is gone, and it’s now yard art. A 4X4 backhoe, and log grapple now serve me well for ranch chores.
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sharps4590
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Post by sharps4590 on Mar 7, 2024 11:07:03 GMT -5
I have a 1954 John Deere Model 60, I primarily use it for tilling with a 48” tiller, 2 row spud planter and a 2 row spud digger. When she’s at full throttle it is deafening, I always wear plugs or muffs, if one of the boys wants to ride, they 100% of the time have muffs on. I’ve always been impressed with the power a 2 cylinder, 321 cubic inch engine can produce, and how fast it’ll drain a 20 gallon tank at full throttle That's the next one after the "A" and "B", correct? A bigger "Poppin' Johnny?" Yeah, when you open them up under load, they're loud....which is where they got their nick name I expect.
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Post by blacktailslayer on Mar 7, 2024 15:05:53 GMT -5
We had a JD 60 wen I was a kid, I think my brother has it now. I still have my JD B wide front but it is basically retired and I just putt up and down the road with it now. Had a JD 950 for over 25 years, recently sold it and bought a JD 4310.
See a theme (JD)?
Don D.
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Post by parallaxbill on Mar 7, 2024 16:36:55 GMT -5
My first tractor was a WD Allis. Boy that thing was rough riding. Then I went through several Massey's, An 85 and a 235 oh, and a Ferguson 40. Finally I could afford newer stuff, a 2040 JD and bought new a 383 Massey. I used them until we sold the farm. These days I have a '76 Ford, 3600 diesel. Rough as a cob but it does what little I need done. Dad had a Ford Jubilee and the two farmers I worked for in school, one ran Farmall's and the other ran Massey's. My son has a Ford Jubilee. Runs very well, nice old tractor for his use. Very thirsty on gas compared to my Perkins diesel.
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Post by crobloc on Mar 9, 2024 22:12:58 GMT -5
John Deere guy here. A couple of 2 cylinder B's A 39 and an early 40's Also a 3020 and a 2440. They do my haying and keep my cows fed
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Post by parallaxbill on Mar 20, 2024 14:45:52 GMT -5
I got some much needed tractor therapy in today on my South Carolina place. Nothing much, just needed to be on my tractor on a perfect weather day.
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Post by LeverGunner on Mar 24, 2024 0:14:01 GMT -5
I don't have any tractors currently. I made friends with the old man that ran the tractor repair shop in town though and I spent many an hour over there learning about tractors and life. I helped break a few tractors in half, and I learned a lot of mechanicing stuff. They were mostly IH folks, but anything tractor was welcomed. I particularly like H tractors, but MM look sharp too. Ford 2N/8N are decent old work horses too.
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sharps4590
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Post by sharps4590 on Mar 24, 2024 6:34:39 GMT -5
Those old Minnie's were sharp tractors. Thing was/is, one saw/sees so few here in the Ozarks.
The FFA at our little school used to put n a tractor pull every spring, (they might still, I don't know, we've moved). Anyway, I was always the announcer and back then, 35 or so years ago I'd never heard of a "Cockshutt." I wasn't sure how to approach that tractor's name...lol!
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Post by caryc on Mar 27, 2024 18:03:28 GMT -5
I have two tractors. One is a 1950 Ford 8N and the other is a 1958 Massey Ferguson 202 Workbull. Of course the Workbull is my favorite since it's a three speed with a Hi/Lo shifter and it's got power steering. I need those tractors on my 5 acres. That Workbull is very adequately named.
I have an Woods M5 five foot mower, a six foot roll over box blade, a six foot landscape rake, a regular back blade that swivels for different angles. and a big carryall that fits on the three point hitch. Both tractors have FEL's on them.
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Post by cdf41 on Mar 27, 2024 20:33:40 GMT -5
The farm I grew up on the farmer had a Massey 135 that I drove everywhere! Cutting hay, raking hay etc. If the river was up a little too much for the John Deere 5 wheelerto cross that Massey 135 had no problem crossing! Hated it when he sold it to a buddy of his.
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Post by pete on Apr 4, 2024 1:40:26 GMT -5
My first tractor was a WD Allis. Boy that thing was rough riding. Then I went through several Massey's, An 85 and a 235 oh, and a Ferguson 40. Finally I could afford newer stuff, a 2040 JD and bought new a 383 Massey. I used them until we sold the farm. These days I have a '76 Ford, 3600 diesel. Rough as a cob but it does what little I need done. Dad had a Ford Jubilee and the two farmers I worked for in school, one ran Farmall's and the other ran Massey's. My son has a Ford Jubilee. Runs very well, nice old tractor for his use. Very thirsty on gas compared to my Perkins diesel. I've had a Ford 600 for 30+ years, great tractor. Same as a Jubilee, they're all NAA models/series. I don't feel that mine drinks fuel at all, I find it fairly conservative. I don't run it wide open, more like half throttle. That's plenty unless plowing in heavy sod. I don't baby it, I've worked it for a whole weekend of 16+ hours on less than a tank(8 gallons). Have your son check the point dwell and timing, they're a frugal machine for the work they do
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Post by pete on Apr 4, 2024 1:45:51 GMT -5
Those old Minnie's were sharp tractors. Thing was/is, one saw/sees so few here in the Ozarks. The FFA at our little school used to put n a tractor pull every spring, (they might still, I don't know, we've moved). Anyway, I was always the announcer and back then, 35 or so years ago I'd never heard of a "Cockshutt." I wasn't sure how to approach that tractor's name...lol! I've seen some nice Cockshutts at local tractor shows/pulls. I think they were Canadian. I'm in Michigan, so that might explain why I've seen them. When fully restored they're a sleek, beautiful machine, and they pull hard. Straight 6, I believe. Kinda like the old Olivers. Nice tractors.
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Post by sportster on Apr 4, 2024 8:45:18 GMT -5
I had an Allis Chalmers 180 with a loader. 1968 manufacture date. Had to work on it every time I wanted to use it. I got some trees cleared with it and some ground work done and down the road it went.
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Post by mcquade on Apr 4, 2024 10:15:33 GMT -5
My FIL just passed away 3 weeks ago after a 5 year bout with dementia. My MIL had slready told the wife and I that she wanted all the "junk" cleaned up in the yard. So....last week we sold 2 pickups, a dump truck, and a mid-60's Massey 135 with the gas 3 cyl Perkins in it. i didnt need it as i have another tractor with a bucket. Still have 2 Doodlebugs but we will be keeping one of those. Down to just a couple of hit and miss engines and a '78 GMC Jimmy but they will sell soon..
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