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[Pigeaten]

Maybe he’d throw the shop in to sweeten the deal?

Roof collapsed and smashed his 40, barely hanging on, even though repaired

 

[Pigeaten]

I spent half my life before 16 on a Ford 4000.




Honest injun we have seen that thing at least 5 or 6 times. Still really cool when you do.

We had an old Case that would run for 2 hours then overheat, then we had a caterpillar D2 orchard tractor, loved that, then the local mechanic died, my father bought this new, a Ferrari compared to the others

 

[Ol Yeller]

Had to look that up, orchard tractors always look interesting, this is no exception

 

[bobm]

Almost bought 8n with flathead V8 4 wheel drive conversion and V plow. I'll try to find pic.

 

[RUSH55]

Had to look that up, orchard tractors always look interesting, this is no exception


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What make is that?

 

[scrapdaddy]

That's the Cat.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Whatever dealer was the closest to town was usually the brand all the farmers went with. In our case it was Ford or A/Cs.

 

[Pigeaten]

Had to look that up, orchard tractors always look interesting, this is no exception


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Yep, ours was a little newer than that, our seat sat lower, I could barely see over hood. The tracks gave you a much smoother ride than wheel tractors- that picture brings back thousands of hours of memories

 

[Pigeaten]

When we first moved to farm, my dad rented neighbors Allis Chalmer , I was pulling a disc close to house, made a tight turn and ended up running into a black walnut tree, tractor just started climbing tree, lucky for me it stalled at a 45degree incline. I was min years old , scared me bad,, Dad came over, backed tractor off, put me on tractor and said, stay away from trees, and walked off. Just cut that tree down a few weeks ago, 60 years later. A little sad to take down, but it had some disease and was too close to house

 

[scrapdaddy]

That's a great memory to hold on to, part of your life's story. I hope you saved a piece of the tree, just to remember.

 

[bobm]

Found picture but its on facebook and i dont belong. If you google 8n 4x4 with V plow you can get image. Another nice 1 was closed cab with tracks

 

[Pigeaten]

That's a great memory to hold on to, part of your life's story. I hope you saved a piece of the tree, just to remember.

Yep, going to mill trunk and use to remodel farm house

 

[scrapdaddy]

That's so cool. I used a cedar tree from our place for the fireplace mantel.

 

[120mm]

When we first moved to farm, my dad rented neighbors Allis Chalmer , I was pulling a disc close to house, made a tight turn and ended up running into a black walnut tree, tractor just started climbing tree, lucky for me it stalled at a 45degree incline. I was min years old , scared me bad,, Dad came over, backed tractor off, put me on tractor and said, stay away from trees, and walked off. Just cut that tree down a few weeks ago, 60 years later. A little sad to take down, but it had some disease and was too close to house

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Funny thing; I snagged a dual wheel on my dad's Allis Chalmers on a bladed snowbank back in the day while in road gear, and my wasn't that exciting.

 

[Pigeaten]

Funny thing; I snagged a dual wheel on my dad's Allis Chalmers on a bladed snowbank back in the day while in road gear, and my wasn't that exciting.

Ok, I feel better now

 

[scrapdaddy]

As a young guy I had broken the top link on the 3 point and stood a brush hog straight up on the 1953 Ford Jubilee, scared the snot out of me.

 

[Pigeaten]

Would love to see that picture

 

[Pigeaten]

Did some pig hunting today with Half whacked and 55 Guy, got most of it except body, I think Half Whacked got a few pics, thanks guys for sorting parts today!

 

[bobm]

Gotta be Green

 

[Pigeaten]

Will be looking for a new home for this one, as soon as I sort through it all