I bought a 1950 Farmall Super C last year to plant my food plots. Now I working to rebuild it and fix some of its aches and pains. If you've got an old one let's see some pictures. Tell us about your old treasure. I need something positive. All this political crap and financial markets have got me down. Please don't turn this thread political.
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bobski
Hunter
farmalls are prone to weld issues. watch your joints closely.
farmall was equal to what today would be troybuit.
im a ford man myself.
even though blue ford today is new holland.
new holland use to be yellow and maroon.
these arent links to internet tractors. these are mine with my happy face riding it. 64 ford 2000 36hp 4cyl gas. it hogs 30 acres twice a year. still runs.
farmall was equal to what today would be troybuit.
im a ford man myself.
even though blue ford today is new holland.
new holland use to be yellow and maroon.
these arent links to internet tractors. these are mine with my happy face riding it. 64 ford 2000 36hp 4cyl gas. it hogs 30 acres twice a year. still runs.
Scout943
Blackhawk
Not mine but pictures https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1293&bih=666&q=old+tractors&oq=old+tractors&gs_l=img.12..0l10.1988.9341.0.18889.12.9.0.3.3.0.147.753.8j1.9.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.12.760.vPAlFBrsTcw
Don Lovel
Hunter
I built a bunch of really productive food plots when I was running a big oil lease in Oklahoma.
I made my own seed mix with Turnips, buckwheat, perennial ryegrass, wheat, clover, lespedeza, spinach and mustard greens and daikon icecicle radishes and Austrian winter peas and mung beans. The turnips and Daikon radishes help break up hardpan soil, and the ones that rot in the ground in winter fertilize the plot, as well as the deer dig them up, the green tops are very high nutrition for nursing does.
We had a big barrel we kept our seed in and every time we did dirt work on the property we reseeded from that barrel. I watched about 30 young turkey poults out there grazing one morning, they were shredding and eating whole big leaves from the turnip greens.
We had a Rotovator PTO tiller that is a really nice piece of equipment. Generally we would brush hog a spot, run a chisel plow through it a couple of times and then broadcast seed while running the rotovator with a piece of old landing mat steel panel behind it.
I made my own seed mix with Turnips, buckwheat, perennial ryegrass, wheat, clover, lespedeza, spinach and mustard greens and daikon icecicle radishes and Austrian winter peas and mung beans. The turnips and Daikon radishes help break up hardpan soil, and the ones that rot in the ground in winter fertilize the plot, as well as the deer dig them up, the green tops are very high nutrition for nursing does.
We had a big barrel we kept our seed in and every time we did dirt work on the property we reseeded from that barrel. I watched about 30 young turkey poults out there grazing one morning, they were shredding and eating whole big leaves from the turnip greens.
We had a Rotovator PTO tiller that is a really nice piece of equipment. Generally we would brush hog a spot, run a chisel plow through it a couple of times and then broadcast seed while running the rotovator with a piece of old landing mat steel panel behind it.
bogus bill
Hunter
I don't know what kind this one is. It`s in a remote area near Zion NP where we occasionally ride our SXS. Been siting there for years.
coach
Hunter
My tractor fun only involves lawn and garden tractors.
Not to send you somewhere else, but Mytractorforum.com has dozens of sub forums including big tractors by maker. Besides encouragement, practical info can be found.
Not to send you somewhere else, but Mytractorforum.com has dozens of sub forums including big tractors by maker. Besides encouragement, practical info can be found.
Selena
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Tell you what, I know a guy that might sell you a 60's era John Deere 3020 if you could reassure him it would be used for some kind of work.
speedsixman
Single-Sixer
Check out this forum.
Individual forums for every brand you ever heard of and more that you haven't heard of. It is an excellent place to ask for advice on about any problem you are having. They also have a parts store online.
No political commentary or Obumma bashing. They will delete your posts.
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Myron
Individual forums for every brand you ever heard of and more that you haven't heard of. It is an excellent place to ask for advice on about any problem you are having. They also have a parts store online.
No political commentary or Obumma bashing. They will delete your posts.
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opos
Buckeye
To find someone in your area and shows and swap meets nearby go to the Early Day gas engine and tractor association web site and find the link to branches...great bunch of folks ...lots of shows and displays (summer things mostly)....some like green, some like red, some like rust...just a "pick em" kind of a hobby...I'm into the early day engines more that tractors as I live in town...we got a wonderful museum at Vista, California...great web site of the shows and the tractor parades each year...google Vista steam engine museum and enjoy.
My brother had a model A with a belly mower and a sickle bar. He kept it for many years just to use as a mower around his house and outbuildings. He was talking to a neighbor one day that mentioned his brother was a collector.....the model A is now part of that collection and my brother has a new tractor..........yup got himself a Ferguson. Just something about them old machines......
Rancher Will
Blackhawk
Old tractors are a pleasant thought in my my mind. In 1954, when I started on my own with only $250 mustering out pay from the USAF I bought my first tractors.
Two were Farmall F-30s, each made in the 1930s, used, at a cost of $250 for one and $275 for the other at an auction. My first new tractors were a Farmall Super M-TA, bought in 1956 and a Case 500 Diesel bought in 1960. I still have and use the Farmall Super M-TA on my South Ranch for only utility work, with it's front loader and rear 8-ft blade.
After International Harvester went out of business years ago, I eventually traded for more modern tractors that I now use. I know that Case-IH now makes tractors but since our local JD dealers have done business with me for decades now after IH went belly up, I own Eight John Deere Tractors plus two John Deere Excavator-Loaders, for my two ranches.
The JD tractors and Excavator-Loaders are used for our daily ranch work, year around, and I keep the Farmall Super M-TA since it still runs fine and is useful for maintenance work around the corrals, the ranch roads, fencing work, some snow removal, etc. It is the only gas tractor that we have since all others are Diesel.
I have learned to continue to do business with the local machinery dealers who work with me just as I work with other businesses, such as truck dealers, Feed Dealers, Tire Dealers, Livestock Auction, Feed Lots, etc., that work with me as needed.
Two were Farmall F-30s, each made in the 1930s, used, at a cost of $250 for one and $275 for the other at an auction. My first new tractors were a Farmall Super M-TA, bought in 1956 and a Case 500 Diesel bought in 1960. I still have and use the Farmall Super M-TA on my South Ranch for only utility work, with it's front loader and rear 8-ft blade.
After International Harvester went out of business years ago, I eventually traded for more modern tractors that I now use. I know that Case-IH now makes tractors but since our local JD dealers have done business with me for decades now after IH went belly up, I own Eight John Deere Tractors plus two John Deere Excavator-Loaders, for my two ranches.
The JD tractors and Excavator-Loaders are used for our daily ranch work, year around, and I keep the Farmall Super M-TA since it still runs fine and is useful for maintenance work around the corrals, the ranch roads, fencing work, some snow removal, etc. It is the only gas tractor that we have since all others are Diesel.
I have learned to continue to do business with the local machinery dealers who work with me just as I work with other businesses, such as truck dealers, Feed Dealers, Tire Dealers, Livestock Auction, Feed Lots, etc., that work with me as needed.
Rancher Will
Blackhawk
bogus bill, it is hard to tell for sure without a close-up but your photo looks like it may be an old, pull type, Case Combine. Without a close-up I can't tell the make of that tractor.
RSIno1
Hunter
I've got an old 2 cylinder John Deere Model H that my dad started to restore before he passed away. I've collected all the parts I need and I'll finish it as soon as I retire.
Big Old Boy
Hunter
H john deer my favorite. I had a lot of time on the seat of an H raking hay as a young man.
I had a little H. Restored it and ran it in antique pulls. Sort of a miniature B.
Selena
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Rancher Will said:
It kind of looks like a John Deere "D".
Big Old Boy
Hunter
Looks like a farmall W.
bogus bill
Hunter
That picture of the Farmall is walking distance from these two pictures. Thats the west side of Zion NP in the distance. It`s called Smith Mesa, a beautiful secluded ranch road. That lonesome grave is a nice place to be buried.
ar15ed
Single-Sixer
I just finished up a '53 farmall cub restoration. been working on it for the last 18 months, or so.
huntsman22
Blackhawk
Proud to hear that no one brought up an 8N Ford. Later Fords are good equipment. However, the 8N is a killer disguised as something that will work for you. In the end, if it is not turning over and crushing you or running you through a fence due to its antiquated PTO, it won't start and you will have to work on it all day.
We got rid of that machine and purchased a John Deere 950. Worked great and never had a complaint with it. Sold it when we sold the farm in 1992. I still miss it.
Reread the posts and found someone with an 8N. My recommendation, sell it before it sells you.
We got rid of that machine and purchased a John Deere 950. Worked great and never had a complaint with it. Sold it when we sold the farm in 1992. I still miss it.
Reread the posts and found someone with an 8N. My recommendation, sell it before it sells you.
I don't own a tractor. My 3 year old boy thinks they are really cool right now though. Went to see some relatives in Talking Rock last weekend & my uncle brought his 1950 International Harvester out to give the boy a ride. Sadly little boy wouldn't get on it with him. Little fellow lost his nerve. I think we may try again next time we get up there. Apparently my uncle has converted it from 6 volt to 12 volt so he can no longer use the 6 volt starter but has to hand crank it. I was impressed with how quickly & easily it started up.
contender
Ruger Guru
Mine is just an old Ford 2N. It works for me,,, but I could use a newer one with a bucket up front.
willk said:Proud to hear that no one brought up an 8N Ford. Later Fords are good equipment. However, the 8N is a killer disguised as something that will work for you. In the end, if it is not turning over and crushing you or running you through a fence due to its antiquated PTO, it won't start and you will have to work on it all day.
We got rid of that machine and purchased a John Deere 950. Worked great and never had a complaint with it. Sold it when we sold the farm in 1992. I still miss it.
Reread the posts and found someone with an 8N. My recommendation, sell it before it sells you.
I grew up on those. We used them to mow and push snow (commercially) and plow a garden in the back yard. Those were the first "large" engines that I learned to work on.
As to the "antiquated PTO" .... We never had a problem with that because we used overrunning couplers on every one of them.
This site gives as good an explanation of those devices as I have heard: http://www.myfordtractors.com/usingit.shtml
"The solution to this problem is to use an overrunning clutch. The overrunning clutch allows power to be applied to the cutter, but when the tractor slows down, the clutch ratchets and allows the blades to spin free, rather than drive the tractor forward. This is a huge safety improvement. With the overrunning coupler in place, we can operate the cutter much more safely. We still have no way of slowing the tractor when we get into deep grass. Our only real options are to raise the cutter a bit, alter path to rut less width where it's thicker, or pick a slower gear for the whole job. This isn't exactly the end of the world, I use all of the above methods in different places on our property."
Chuckbuster II
Single-Sixer
Just some pictures
My Dad's Ferguson Ford, he bought it for his Grandfather as a Thank You for helping him get through Purdue Pharmacy school
Me on my friends Farmall (H I think) headed for the field to rake
Me & the Farmall, "gitten 'r dun", rake is a 57 model I think
My Friend Pat, getting ready to bale. Massey Ferguson tractor,
What my brother drives (he paid attention in school,,,,)
My Dad's Ferguson Ford, he bought it for his Grandfather as a Thank You for helping him get through Purdue Pharmacy school
Me on my friends Farmall (H I think) headed for the field to rake
Me & the Farmall, "gitten 'r dun", rake is a 57 model I think
My Friend Pat, getting ready to bale. Massey Ferguson tractor,
What my brother drives (he paid attention in school,,,,)
"However, the 8N is a killer disguised as something that will work for you. In the end, if it is not turning over and crushing you or running you through a fence due to its antiquated PTO, it won't start and you will have to work on it all day."
Gosh, I must be on lucky son-of-a-gun. I started driving Dad's 8N at age 5 and survived. Are you sure you're not thinking of the older Fordson with the worm drive differential? BTW Referring to the PTO puts you on a slippery slope since most early model tractor had similar PTO systems which would "run you through a fence" or push you into a ditch(matter of fact it was an Farmall H that took Dad into a ditch because the brush hog was still pushing the wheels even with the clutch disengaged). As far as starting, there's no science to making an 8N start-it's -1* here and I'd bet $20 mine will start if I put a charged battery on it.
Gosh, I must be on lucky son-of-a-gun. I started driving Dad's 8N at age 5 and survived. Are you sure you're not thinking of the older Fordson with the worm drive differential? BTW Referring to the PTO puts you on a slippery slope since most early model tractor had similar PTO systems which would "run you through a fence" or push you into a ditch(matter of fact it was an Farmall H that took Dad into a ditch because the brush hog was still pushing the wheels even with the clutch disengaged). As far as starting, there's no science to making an 8N start-it's -1* here and I'd bet $20 mine will start if I put a charged battery on it.
RugerHound
Hunter
bogus bill said:I don't know what kind this one is. It`s in a remote area near Zion NP where we occasionally ride our SXS. Been siting there for years.
I'd love to have both the tractor and the baler! I walked many a mile behind a baler that looked a LOT like that one in my youth!
