What was the first tractor you drove?

Oh geez hahaha sure it does!

 

The first tractor I drove would have been my dad's 44 Massey with a narrow front end. The second one probably a 444 Massey that was my grandpa's. My dad and grandpa each had 44 Masseys with wide front ends also, which would have been the next tractors that I would have driven.

 

I have just been "Googling" what AC did during world war II. Pretty impressive so far, but I haven't dug very deep into it yet. If you don't know you don't know!!

 

Cub Cadet lawn tractor followed by a Ford 600 (think 8/9N) or a JD5020...I don't remember anymore which of the last two came first.
Dad still has a picture of himself driving that Ford 600 back when it was fairly new and he was a pretty young kid...he could just barely reach the pedals standing up! They had him advancing the wagon while they were picking some crop or another...he still has the 600 too...

 

Late 1940's Massey 22 in the 1970's. Still have two of them.

 

5020? Now there’s a muscle tractor!

 

Mine was a 1965 John Deere 1010 bulldozer. I was 10 years old and got my first moving violation from it. I saw the deputy sheriff sitting up the road, but thought, "what Deputy is going to pull over a 10 year old for driving across paved way with a bulldozer?" That one,that is who.

Funny thing was, my teacher in 5th grade told my mother I was "a good kid, but lived in a fantasy world." My Mom was like. "LodgedTree...he is honest to a fault." And the teacher was like, "Well he talks about driving bulldozers", and my mom was lie,"Because he really does!"

My job was easy; my dad would fell, limb and get the trees ready, and when it came time to twitch them out on the main twitch trail, that was my job. As I was doing that, my dad would just cut a new twitch. It really was safe, it is impossible to flip a bulldozer over, they seldom get stuck, and if a person needs to stop them, just pull back on BOTH levers. I would get to the deck, unhook, push them up and go back.

Today I have a skidder, and it is faster and easier, but my wife says I only smile when I am on my bulldozer. I grew up bulldoze logging and I will always love it.

 

1967 Case 110 Garden tractor. I actually dug a hole with a Case 530 backhoe when I was 5, with Dad sitting behind me. Neighbor had consignment auctions -actually still does- and I drove probably every tractor mentioned-and some others-through the sales lane in my teen aged years

 

Oh yeah, low HP by todays standards, but back then that thing felt unstoppable with duals on it...I'm grinning right now just remembering pulling that huge disc with it...

 

John deere 620....it was my brother in laws dads.....I was 8 at the time.

 

First alone was a deutz allis 6250.

 

That makes me laugh out loud. I remember when we upgraded to a 4020 diesel and a 16' disc. I thought that was a monster. Things are a touch bigger now for sure! This is thread is really getting some old memories stirred up to the surface. Thanks for sharing Everyone!!

 

Wonder if I can do this in order or remember the models. Farmall 230, Farmall Super H, Farmall MD, International TD6, Case 530 backhoe, Ford 3000< these were by the time I was 5 I kid you not! Mainly driving assisted except the 230. Then JD 310? backhoe, kubota 3410, IH 666, IH 1066, Ford TW25, IH 504, Cat D6, Farmall H, JD 110 TLB, JD 2555, NH 1620, NH T7030, IH 574D, Farmall M, Farmall Super A, Farmall Super C, Farmall Cub, JD A, Oliver 70, Ford 6000D, Kubota M7040 oh and road my McCormick WD6 around being towed into the garage hope to get it running soon! That’s kind of in order of first times driving each

 

You're showing off now!!

 

Beat me to it...

Yeah I can't say how big the disc was, but it was a hydraulic folding one, and still too wide to stay on your side of the road...the whole rig was big. The 5020 had large duals, the wide (almost oversized) front tires, a factory (?) steel cab, and a full stack of weights on the front...it was a big wide mean looking rig...the neighbor still owns it...he still ran it until recently, but I don't recall seeing it out of late. I think he said he was starting to get a little water in the oil...

 

The 4020 and the 5020 were without a doubt not the same tractor. We never had one of those new fangled foldin' implements. We could barely justify what we had.
Glad the neighbor still has the old boy. Maybe you can talk them into letting it get out and work/play!

 

He would definitely let me use it...if I fixed the water leak (head or gasket issue?) for him
I don't recall the exact difference in displacement, but yeah the 4020 and 5020 were definitely different. He also bought a 4020 from another neighbors wife after he passed a couple years ago...the guy has it fully restored (shiny!) and souped a bit for a little recreational competition pulling. Has M&W turbo, lumpy cam, light pump work and a big ole chrome baloney cut straight pipe on it...I love how that thing sounds when he is working the fields surrounding us! (insert Tim Allen grunt here)

 

The same neighbor that had (has) the 5020 had (has?) a 720 tricycle and a 820 wide front end too. He used them to hay...as a kid I could never figure out why he would always start the little (pony) engine if he was just gonna end up starting the big engine anyways

 

Here's a memory for y'all...ever notice how the old diesels all had their own identifiable smell to the exhaust? All fuel from the same bulk tank, but I could tell you what just drove past by the smell...the Ford 801 was different from the Deeres, and different from the IH's and Case's. Same with the old diesel trucks too...Chevy 6.2/6.5 vs IH 6.9/7.3 (and the PS 7.3 was totally different yet) vs the 5.9 Cummins and so on...something about the way they burn the fuel I guess...always wondered what caused that exactly...doesn't happen on old gas motors...they all smell the same to me (as long as they are properly tuned)