To be honest I'd like a Ford 9N like Bristoe has. They go cheap around here and look cool as hell.
Not sure what I'd do with it though, take photos mostly.
Mine is an 8N. It's hard to find one that hasn't been ran in the ground, however. The last one made is 66 years old.
But there's still a lot of old tractors that's been rebuilt that can be had for reasonable money. If you keep your eyes open you can sneak up on one every now and then.
If a nice Farmall 400 or an Allis WD-45 showed up in decent condition, my retirement account would probably take a hit.
To be honest I'd like a Ford 9N like Bristoe has. They go cheap around here and look cool as hell.
Not sure what I'd do with it though, take photos mostly.
IMO the Allis is cooler. I assume your C has a tricycle front end.
Yep, it's got the two front wheels right next to each other. It's a 1949 and in nice shape. The Ford is cooler though, no contest baby.
IIRC the first tractor my family owned was an Allis C. They were hardcore farmers and this was during the transition from horses and mules to tractors. My family was one of the holdouts. They said the Allis "wouldn't pull the hat off your head" and went to a Farmall F20. The F20 was around when I was growing up, but not used much. It had a huge, wide drawbar on it that they'd laid rough sawn lumber across to stand on, making it a lot nicer for kids to ride on when we went after firewood. No four wheel drive trucks in our family back then, so it was used to trek up the dirt road to the "timber pasture" to get wood when it was wet. The work tractors in those days were both my Uncles' M's and my Grandpa's H. The Uncles also had a 460 and 560, the 560 being the first diesel they owned. I remember them getting the 856 which was the first really modern one they had and the first one I really remember being bought. That was probably the early '70s.
Seems like lately I've been sitting around pondering all the implement dealers that have went out of business.
Friend of the family works for the largest farmer in the area. They do alot of their own mechanic work. He said the new John Deere equipment is programmed to only allow the dealer do repair work and clear the codes. Something about having to unlock the computer software which only certified dealer can do.They've loaded bootleg foreign software to get around it, says there are several others doing the same thing. I'm seeing more red equipment locally which he says is in response to JDs software.
They must be going to Carl's since about every other place has went out of business. That or driving clear up to Iola.
If you treat your vehicles like you do that tractor, I bet you have people lined up to buy your used pickups when you're ready for something different!
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There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
If you treat your vehicles like you do that tractor, I bet you have people lined up to buy your used pickups when you're ready for something different!
I do. Everything that runs, really. I guess it's just ingrained into me.
I will say that the 7 year old tractor I traded in recently brought top money. Had 2 dealers say it looked like new...
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