I "also" :heart: Tractors

[RDUB29]

An off shoot from the barn thread. BTW I love tractors too. Who here did the tractor restore in the garage (I searched)? I believe it was orange. Show what you got. I'll post up pics later.

[TexasBlake]

'91 Massey Ferguson 231 w/ Perkins diesel. Dad just bought that one. I made him buy a diesel cause there's less shit for him to fuck up. We got it cheap as hell because it "needed a clutch." Turns out it just needed the linkage to be adjusted.

'48 Ford 8N. Abused so much it's been "restored" by dad and I in the past 15 years. Looks like Ill be going through it.... again, in a few weeks. Dad likes to run it until it won't run anymore. Then he leaves it out in a field for a year. Then he expects it to just start right up. Funny thing is, sometimes it does. Dad always thinks that it "just needs spark plugs, it aint' got no power."




I don't have pictures of either.

[RDUB29]

Originally Posted by TexasBlake

'91 Massey Ferguson 231 w/ Perkins diesel. Dad just bought that one. I made him buy a diesel cause there's less shit for him to fuck up. We got it cheap as hell because it "needed a clutch." Turns out it just needed the linkage to be adjusted.

'48 Ford 8N. Abused so much it's been "restored" by dad and I in the past 15 years. Looks like Ill be going through it.... again, in a few weeks. Dad likes to run it until it won't run anymore. Then he leaves it out in a field for a year. Then he expects it to just start right up. Funny thing is, sometimes it does. Dad always thinks that it "just needs spark plugs, it aint' got no power."


I don't have pictures of either.

Honestly I want to work w/ my son on one, I'm kinda jealous. Right now he just loses tools for me.

Check this out, I'm thinking about picking it up, wadda ya think?
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/grd/1380968866.html

[PONY_DRIVER]

I tried to let my uncle to let me restore the old Fordson he has. Sadly it went elsewhere. Old iron is awesome. Of course John Deere's are popular, but I still dig Farmalls, Massey's, and AC's and I spied a old Oliver under a collapsed shed at my last step dads farm. 2,8, and 9N's are pimp too. I meant to snap a pic of the old tractors in the weeds at my uncle's place last weekend.

[TexasBlake]

Originally Posted by RDUB29

Honestly I want to work w/ my son on one, I'm kinda jealous. Right now he just loses tools for me.

Check this out, I'm thinking about picking it up, wadda ya think?
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/grd/1380968866.html

That's pretty cheap, but I'd hold out on an 8N. You get 4-speed, more power, and better hydraulics. It'll have clutch on the left and F-R brakes on the right. The pedal configuration is the easiest and fastest way to tell if you're looking at an 8N or a 9N/2N. I'd try to get a post 1950 model 8N due to the distributer being on the side instead of on the front. The front distributer is a PITA to change a cap. Also the spark plug wires tend to get destroyed by brush and the fan belt. If you want to really be pimp, there's some way to put a flat head Ford V8 in it, but I'm not sure the details.

That one is 100x better than ours when we got it. Ours was one big pile of rust, and it was attached to a tree where vines had entangled it for 10 years.

[RDUB29]

My uncle has a Cat, Massey and 48 Power Wagon all lined up and rusting away. He says he like the way they look sitting there. :sad:. I have tried many times to get the Power wagon atleast.

[DJ404564X4]

i went on a wine tour, took pictures of this...

[PONY_DRIVER]

Originally Posted by TexasBlake

That's pretty cheap, but I'd hold out on an 8N. You get 4-speed, more power, and better hydraulics. It'll have clutch on the left and F-R brakes on the right. The pedal configuration is the easiest way to tell if you're looking at an 8N or a 9N/2N. I'd try to get a post 1950 model 8N due to the distributer being on the side instead of on the front. The front distributer is a PITA to change a cap. Also the spark plug wires tend to get destroyed by brush and the fan belt. If you want to really be pimp, there's some way to put a flat head Ford V8 in it, but I'm not sure the details.

That one is 100x better than ours when we got it. Ours was one big pile of rust, and it was attached to a tree where vines had entangled it for 10 years.

Google "funk conversions"

http://www.staufferv8.com/v8conversion.html

http://jalopnik.com/283900/ford-flat...es-snow-donuts

[jpfaris]

Unless you are a purist, the best upgrade ever to a 8n is an alternator.

[TexasBlake]

Originally Posted by jpfaris

Unless you are a purist, the best upgrade ever to a 8n is an alternator.

Fuck that. They need a seat unless you're a 300 pound fat fuck with 100 pounds of ass fat.

[ukjeeper]

Learnt to drive at the age of 11 on one of these:

[RDUB29]

Originally Posted by ukjeeper

Learnt to drive at the age of 11 on one of these:

I really want to visit Europe someday. Got an extra couch?

[Texas97]

Originally Posted by DJ404564X4

i went on a wine tour, took pictures of this...

Sweet international. had a 41 with the narrow front end. was my favorite tractor to drive. it pulled a grain dril very well and actually had been rolled over one time and that someofabitch started every single time. little starting fluid and turn right over.

my 1086 dual wheel is what i plow with now..... i have and always will be an international fan. i laugh at all the drug store cowboys with their John Deere shit. I always spent more time working ON a John Deere than actually using it for work!

[TexasBlake]

Originally Posted by Texas97

my 1086 dual wheel is what i plow with now..... i have and always will be an international fan. i laugh at all the drug store cowboys with their John Deere shit. I always spent more time working ON a John Deere than actually using it for work!

+1 John Deere is shit. They're a clothing brand now for people trying to look cowboy.

Fags.

[0ILBURNER]

I loves me some tractors!
1988 NH 6610S 4x4
1986 Ford 1710 4x4
1974 MF 135 diesel
1985 Bobcat 853 skidsteer

Promised to inherit from FIL: 1973 JD 350 crawler/loader w/ backhoe
1966 JD 4020

[PONY_DRIVER]

Originally Posted by 0ILBURNER

I loves me some tractors!
1988 NH 6610S 4x4
1986 Ford 1710 4x4
1974 MF 135 diesel
1985 Bobcat 853 skidsteer

Promised to inherit from FIL: 1973 JD 350 crawler/loader w/ backhoe
1966 JD 4020

Nice collection.

[Slowzuki]

Down to a 100 hp Massey and a 50 hp Kubota now. Both cab loader 4wd etc. The Massey has nice wide radial tires and lockers front and rear!

[770 raptor]

There's a large group of tractor collectors that ride in the local parade here. Wish I would have snapped some pics but I was to busy drooling over them to remember I had the camera.

[Phonedoc]

Originally Posted by PONY_DRIVER

I tried to let my uncle to let me restore the old Fordson he has. Sadly it went elsewhere. Old iron is awesome. Of course John Deere's are popular, but I still dig Farmalls, Massey's, and AC's and I spied a old Oliver under a collapsed shed at my last step dads farm. 2,8, and 9N's are useless too. I meant to snap a pic of the old tractors in the weeds at my uncle's place last weekend.

Fixed.

[HandBuilt]

1959 Case 400B
1979 Farmall 140
1980 Land-Rover 109

[hoggyn]

These two are slowly rotting away nearby...

[boogerp]

I've done vintage garden tractors and stationary farm engines in the past. Still have a few left from when I collected them:

1935 International "LA" 1 1/2 -2 1/2hp
1912 United 1 3/4 hp
1934 Maytag 3/4 hp
1950 David Bradley (sold by Sears)

Sucks I don't have photos of them

[85f150dsel]

Gettting time to pick up a soon to be mine 1950 (irrc) MF TO-35. It was used on my grandparents farm, where my dad rebuilt the engine, I grew up on it there and at my parents.

Only decent picture...of course doing some redneck work.


My parents upgraded to a 2001 JD 4WD 4510, 40 hp diesel.
Like theirs:

Then I used to get to play with this one once and awhile

[PONY_DRIVER]

Originally Posted by Phonedoc

Fixed.

I'ma cut you Bro.

[GONRACIN]

I take my grandfather's (currently my uncles, for the moment till I can get it) 67' Cockshutt 770 to shows around here. Need a trailer for it though, 13 mph is just too damn slow to drive the thing back and forth....