Recent threads about old tractors vs new tractors made me reach out to my dad and ask for a list of the tractors he and my grandfather had on our two farms when I was a little kid to teenager. He horse traded tractors from time to time so we didn't have all of these at the same time, normally only 3-4 at a time. Here is the list, some big, some small:
Ford 8N Ford 641 Workmaster Ford 5000 w/ front end loader (I used this one the most) Ford 8000. I vividly recall my grandfather riding on just the rear wheels row after row pulling a 20" ripper chisel plow behind a big blue tracotr...so I'm assuming it was the 8000. I was little.
John Deere 4020 John Deere 4640 John Deere 5020
Oliver 1800 Oliver 1700
Case 930 Rice Style
International Harvester 706 w/ turbo (pre Case merger) My dad bought it after someone had modified it for a pull tractor. Stock was 75 HP but had a turbo charger and ended up 125 HP after pulling modifications, converted to propane because it was a gas hog.
We always had 2 fords and 2 big John deer tractors the best I can remember....other ones would come and go. My agricultural and farm boy past is far far in the rearview mirror now...anyone have any comments on this list or any of your old favorites?
Case 706 Pull Tractor for reference
Last edited by straycat; 05/17/1904:10 PM.
"The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." Isaiah 40:8
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I bought 2 allis chalmers b models and fixed them up and sold them with the help of my Paw Paw when I was 18. I wish I’d kept one of them. I bought them for $250 each with belly mowers and sold them for $1500 and $1800 each.
I have never been to a tractor pull....on my bucket list
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
I never have cared for old tractors. I like the modern comforts of the 4230 to 4430 series and above.
Well back in the late 60's through early 80s, some of those were fairly modern for the time. The first curse word I ever heard my papa say was when he got in the first a/c cabbed tractor he ever owned...."Why the hell didn't we do this sooner?!?"
"The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." Isaiah 40:8
"Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.� Samuel Adams
We had a JD 50. Those things had a sound you will never forget. Late in the day hearing that think pop, pop, pop down in the bottoms. Brings back fond memories.
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I never have cared for old tractors. I like the modern comforts of the 4230 to 4430 series and above.
Old tractors can't compete on today's real working farm, just like a 71 Chevelle isn't a very good commute car today. But you have to admit, they have a certain Cool factor.
You ain't been to a tractor pull till you've been to an antique pull. Nothin' like the sound of a G John Deere counting them off pulling a sled. I've seen 730's out pull tractors with twice as much HP.
Also had a Farmall M, super C and Cub still have all those but only the Cub runs. IH 574, 706, two 1066's and a 1266. Two JD 4020's couple more can't remember. Still have one 1066 and a 4020. Still run great.
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I'm with 257 on comfort and convenience of modern tractors.
That being said, I don't think I have ever seen another tractor as pretty as a 4020 John Deere. My uncle Charles, a HELL of a man, had his repainted, with new sheet metal where needed, and new decals, in the late 80's. He bought it new in 1969.
If you ain't ever spent 16 hour days in the set of a cabless tractor you ain't farmed 😉
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!! - - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!! - - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
But I have killed many a rabbit off the cab roof of a combine or platform of a picker as well a tractor seat cutting stalks. Wonder I ain't dead or in jail. Weird looking down on that head pulling in beans holding on with one had and a shotgun on the other. LOL
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Re: Good Ole Tractors
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But I have killed many a rabbit off the cab roof of a combine or platform of a picker as well a tractor seat catting stalks. Wonder I ain't dead or in jail. Weird looking down on that head pulling in beans holding on with one had and a shotgun on the other. LOL
Yep. Rope around my waist so I wouldn't fall in a chewed up dead...killed tons of rabbits.
"The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." Isaiah 40:8
"Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.� Samuel Adams
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!! - - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -