Old Tractors and Farm Equipment

Just some of his working tractors. Not to mention his need to be restored. If any of you are ever in the neighborhood you should stop and visit the punkin patch in the fall of the year. Take your kids and Grandkids.

 

Looking that up right now

 

Couple more, corn picking outfit. New Idea #7 with a neat little matching New Idea flair box.

 

Yes, or that rebuild Sprout did. But these guys actually think Kubota's are real tractors. This is what I miss about the ole C'block. Good old fun picture post's. Butcher, you need to post some pics of Ollie, show them what a real tractor is.

 

I've got a 1PR McCormick picker that's a future project picked it up for $200 about 6 years ago and I've still not got the chance to fix her up just couldn't bare to see it sent to the crusher

 

I want to meet Ollie!

 

This is(was) my old Ford 851 Powermaster. My father bought it when he traded his older 9N in for it when he decided to sell the 9N. When I bought the land off of him and my mother the PowerMaster and a brush hog came with it. Later I sold the Powermaster after owning it a few years because I wanted to go to a four wheel drive and a diesel. Sometimes I regret selling the old girl. Probably should have kept it just because it was my Dad's. It pulled this good size White Ash log right out of the woods for me.

 

Those tractors have some real snort for their size! Which shift was on that? Did it have the one that you had to push up and down between gears?

 

Dad still has an 851 diesel...and a 601 gasser too.

Dads 851 is set up that way. Up and down and then left or right.

Looks alot like the picker that ate dads arm back in '71

 

I've got a friend with an 851 that has the up down swing shifter and I thought it was pretty neat, a little tricky at first but very interesting.

As for arm eating pickers ......

 

Yes. I believe that is what it was. Been a "few" years now.

 

1939 Ford 9N I acquired for a job I did for a lady. Her husband had bought it to restore it but his health turned south and he wasn't able to work on it.

Here it is when I had it trailered home.




And here it is after I prettied it up a bit.




I put it to work as soon as I got the new rear tires and wheels on it. That was 3 years ago and I still haven't painted the wheels.

Here is the first project it was tasked with; helping me clear about 30 trees from the pine woods to make way for a shelter for the horses.

 

Nice job on that ol workhorse!

 

The old barn, the old 990, and some black locusts. Three things that I enjoy very much in this life!

 

Nice!

 

Sweet tractors FHC.

 

After a little googling, I have a box scraper, not a box grader.

 

The Wallis Bear


Wallis Collector
TractorData.com Wallis Bear tractor information
FARM SHOW - One-Of-A-Kind Wallis Bear Tractor

I spent a lot of summers at tractor shows every year as a kid with my aunt and uncle and their antique tractors. Always loved going over to Portland Indiana's show. Lots of great memories. This is the only one out of ten built known to still be around. Hope the links work.

 

That is some big iron! I love that stuff and tractor shows too we've got one close buy every fall and one out in the finger lakes a little farther but worth the drive! It still amazes me how they were able to build tractors like that with the technology of the time. TBONE do you know those folks?

 

Yes J.Dirt. That is my uncle Fred in the picture and video. It is incredible the stuff folks built back in the day. Just the foundation for what we have today.