retromania
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Oh my gosh! Look at those!!!!!!
tractors
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retromania
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Roger
See if you can dig up that photo of you pitching hay?!!
See if you can dig up that photo of you pitching hay?!!
Takes me back...
I learnt to drive when I was 13 on old Fordson tractor after a while I graduated to the International Harvester now that was fun it had more gears and lights etc it was also roadworthy where the Fordson was not something to do with the brakes being shot ! I found the drainage ditch was quite good for a quick stop lol
Austin
I learnt to drive when I was 13 on old Fordson tractor after a while I graduated to the International Harvester now that was fun it had more gears and lights etc it was also roadworthy where the Fordson was not something to do with the brakes being shot ! I found the drainage ditch was quite good for a quick stop lol
Austin
danemodsandy
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Tractor Chic:
Here's Judy Garland driving an "Earthbuster" tractor in Summer Stock.
The tractor was actually a Ford 8N; my next-door neighbor owns one. He says it was a beast to drive, and he's a burly guy - that Judy may have been tougher than we all thought! She definitely wasn't faking it with the tractor being towed behind a camera truck - she's really driving the thing, and very nonchalantly, too.
Here's Judy Garland driving an "Earthbuster" tractor in Summer Stock.
The tractor was actually a Ford 8N; my next-door neighbor owns one. He says it was a beast to drive, and he's a burly guy - that Judy may have been tougher than we all thought! She definitely wasn't faking it with the tractor being towed behind a camera truck - she's really driving the thing, and very nonchalantly, too.
dnastrau
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Garden tractors
I have a 1970 John Deere 112 garden tractor that my uncle bought new in 1970. I hope to treat it to a restoration soon. It has a snowblower and a plow attachment.
I also have a 1968 Cub Cadet model "60" rear engine riding mower that looks a bit like a yellow golf cart. I hope to resurrect that one as well.
My dad has a Cub Cadet 129 from about 1974. About the only thing on that tractor that isn't cast iron or steel is the seat upholstery, the steering wheel and the dash cowl. That one still cuts grass every week in the spring and summer.
We also had a 1976 Sears SS/18 with an Onan 18HP twin cylinder engine. I sold that one a couple of years back - what a beast that was!
I have a 1970 John Deere 112 garden tractor that my uncle bought new in 1970. I hope to treat it to a restoration soon. It has a snowblower and a plow attachment.
I also have a 1968 Cub Cadet model "60" rear engine riding mower that looks a bit like a yellow golf cart. I hope to resurrect that one as well.
My dad has a Cub Cadet 129 from about 1974. About the only thing on that tractor that isn't cast iron or steel is the seat upholstery, the steering wheel and the dash cowl. That one still cuts grass every week in the spring and summer.
We also had a 1976 Sears SS/18 with an Onan 18HP twin cylinder engine. I sold that one a couple of years back - what a beast that was!
cfz2882
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18 hp onan twin
those older pre-Ca.1981 onan twins were all iron except the heads-quite heavy,though some have been used to power tiny homebuilt airplanes!apparently they are very adaptible to that purpose.The little ford 1100 i saw is gone from the lineup at the used implement store,but if it doesn't reappear equivilent japanese micro tractors are quite common-many as used units imported by the containerload from japan and sold by used tractor dealers.My lawn tractor is a 1995 MTD "general" with 11hp briggs single-kind of a cheapie,but has done ok so far-engine has sprung a minor oil leak i need to fix...
those older pre-Ca.1981 onan twins were all iron except the heads-quite heavy,though some have been used to power tiny homebuilt airplanes!apparently they are very adaptible to that purpose.The little ford 1100 i saw is gone from the lineup at the used implement store,but if it doesn't reappear equivilent japanese micro tractors are quite common-many as used units imported by the containerload from japan and sold by used tractor dealers.My lawn tractor is a 1995 MTD "general" with 11hp briggs single-kind of a cheapie,but has done ok so far-engine has sprung a minor oil leak i need to fix...
Onam gas motors were also used to power older military target drone planes--so sad that poor little motor gets shot up-then the wrecked drone plane abandoned in a desert!Find one in the New Mexico desert with a freind when I was a kid-was such a neat find!The poor thing was shot up and a twisted mangled peice of metal.But to us kids at that time--was a treasure find!along with radiosonde weather balloon instrument packages!You would call the phone# on the unit-but was so old they didn't want it back.My Dad found the remains of a very large plastic balloon in the desert--plastic raincoats,and such for a long time!
I had a chance to walk the line up of Rose Parade floats in the wee hours of the morning on New Years Day as they sat lined up waiting for the parade to begin. I was surprised to see a number vintage tractors there, so as a lover of all things vintage(especially things that move) I took a few photos. I don't know much about tractors, but these looked so nice I couldn't pass them up. I apologize for the poor lighting. My camera doesn't have a very strong flash.
I'd never seen anything quite like this before.
The red McCormick in the background is kind of similar to the John Deer above. It's a lousy photo, but I couldn't get any closer.
A nice looking Case.
And another one.
And finally, all of the tractors above were pursued down Colorado Blvd by this beast.
The Deere, and the McCormick were "orchard" tractors. The sweeping fenders and fairings were useful in the orchards to keep branches and vines from being broken off.
retromania
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We had Cub Cadet that was bought I would say in the mid to late 60's, but the engine was in the front.
toploader55
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My Land lord has
This 1961 Cub Farmall.
Mowing Deck and a Not so Big Plowing Blade
This 1961 Cub Farmall.
Mowing Deck and a Not so Big Plowing Blade
The Ford 8N 1949 model was the first tractor I learned to drive and work on at 6 years old. It had the 8 foot spring harrow with 3 point hook up that dad had me use following the bigger tractor that was plowing the wheat stubble in the summer. Then graduated to the bigger John Deeres later on to plow. The Ford was the one tractor that wouls start in cold weather so it was used to pull off start the other equipment.
cfz2882
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yanmar
was nice today so poked around the used tractor dealers and found a little yanmar "1500"4X4 i'll check out and get if i like it;This model was made 1975-79 and has a 2cyl,15hp diesel engine with thermosyphon coolant flow-vertical twin cylinders perfect for this circulation method and no waterpump seal to leak.Tractor similar in size to the '61 farmall cub above in reply 34.
was nice today so poked around the used tractor dealers and found a little yanmar "1500"4X4 i'll check out and get if i like it;This model was made 1975-79 and has a 2cyl,15hp diesel engine with thermosyphon coolant flow-vertical twin cylinders perfect for this circulation method and no waterpump seal to leak.Tractor similar in size to the '61 farmall cub above in reply 34.
cfz2882
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bought it
got the little yanmar-hasn't been delivered yet,but was fun to drive around the lot and it started pretty well for not having ran in weeks-the 2cyl diesel hammers into life like an old 2cyl lister brand engine.For a ~35yr old tractor,very little seems to be wrong though the plastic fan is crumbly from sunlite exposure-i wll have to adapt a fan or get a new original one.The charging system is motorcycle type PM magneto/regulator rectifier,about 15a i recon-may add a standard alty if this isn't enough for any added lights etc.
got the little yanmar-hasn't been delivered yet,but was fun to drive around the lot and it started pretty well for not having ran in weeks-the 2cyl diesel hammers into life like an old 2cyl lister brand engine.For a ~35yr old tractor,very little seems to be wrong though the plastic fan is crumbly from sunlite exposure-i wll have to adapt a fan or get a new original one.The charging system is motorcycle type PM magneto/regulator rectifier,about 15a i recon-may add a standard alty if this isn't enough for any added lights etc.
Here's my daughter on a Mont. Ward tractor on a farm we went to:
(Obviously too civilized to do most farm work, compared to the more heavier machinery I also got her to pose on, though "Industrial/Commrecial" it should live up to...!)
-- Dave
(Obviously too civilized to do most farm work, compared to the more heavier machinery I also got her to pose on, though "Industrial/Commrecial" it should live up to...!)
-- Dave
