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Post by buckhntr92 on Jul 10, 2008 12:35:45 GMT -4
Anyone have tractor(s)? not lawn mowers but old farm tractors John Deere, Allis Chalmers, Farmall, etc..... Still used for work? Are you/is it restored?
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Post by buckhntr92 on Jul 10, 2008 12:39:05 GMT -4
My pap has a '53 John Deere model 40... bought it couple months ago & we're working on restoring it These are from the day after he bought it
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Post by jeffpahunter on Jul 10, 2008 13:09:10 GMT -4
Wow, you just brought back memories for me. As a kid in the early 70's I worked on the neighboring dairy farm and I learned to drive on an old 40 just like that. Put many hours that old girl and she never let us down.
Good luck on the restoration and would love to see pic's when it's finished.
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Post by buckhntr92 on Jul 10, 2008 13:16:15 GMT -4
ill be sure to post them... right now we got all the covers off but its still driveable... we're planning on tearing it down to paint it within the next week or 2... he hopes to have it done by labor day weekend & then we'll start going to shows... either grangers @ williams grove or the dillsburg show will be our first im trying to get him to let me pull it some too but i dont think he will ;D he's thinkin about getting a '39 Allis Chalmers WC that we saw too but my grandma wont let him til we finish this one ;D
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Post by mrlongbeard on Jul 11, 2008 21:42:08 GMT -4
my neighbor has one like that. love the sound of it. it puts along then when you think it's going to stall it's just starts putting along again.
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Post by dennyf on Aug 10, 2008 17:25:27 GMT -4
1977 IH 184 at camp, 1953 Ford Jubilee at home, should be at camp with it's 6' flail mower, ain't made it up yet.
Have more or less had the Ford for the past 35 years, except for a few years (2002-2006) that I'd sold it to someone, but wound up buying it back again. In pretty decent shape now, but haven't gotten around to painting the sheet metal, just in primer yet. Still runs fine. Learned to operate tractor as a kid on an aunt's Potter County farm. That one was a Ford 9N w/Sherman aux. tranny.
The 184 is the last generation of Cub Lo-Boys and looks like all other IH tractors of that period (red w/black and white trim, similar egg crate grille).
Has a bit more HP than the yeller and white ones did (154 & 185), better electrical system and a better PTO clutch set up. Mine has wide turf tires, factory 3 point hitch and factory creeper gear (hi-lo tranny), snow plow and a 5' belly mower.
Biggest drawback to the Cub (other than only having 18HP), is their goofy PTO system...wrong direction, much faster RPMs than standard PTOs, so can't use anything not designed for a Cub. But with creeper gear, does a decent job of whacking down tall weeds and other junk with the belly mower. IH 3160A belly mowers are pretty bullet proof and rugged.
One camp neighbor wants to swap his John Deere M for my Cub, said no thanks. His M is a neat little tractor, but is only about 12HP and the 3 point won't pick up much weight. Plus the mower he has for it is about shot.
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Post by farmallm51 on Mar 6, 2010 20:30:17 GMT -4
My brother and I have 11. Our father got us interested 40 years ago. Restored: 1939 Farmall BN, 1946 Farmall C, 1951 Farmall M, 1952 Farmall Super H, !953 Farmall Super M, and 1950 Cockshutt 30, Original never touched both in really good shape: 1950's Ford 600 and1948 John Deere 40 In some phase of restoration: Farmall Super AV, Farmall Super C and Farmall Super W4 (not sure of years on these)
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