| 4/16/2008 7:32:44 PM |
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veteran61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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Around here, owning a John Deere is like a biker owning a Harley. With some farmers, if it is green, they will buy it! What brand of equipment do you prefer, and why? We have an Allis-Chalmers 8050, a Gleaner R42, a Ford-New Holland 8770, a Ford 5000, a Ford 3930, and a 1942 Allis-Chalmers C. My neighbor only owns green.........
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| 4/16/2008 7:36:27 PM |
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tiredofliars
New Castle, PA
age: 34
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We are equal oppertunity out here in Pa lol.. We have the JD..the old Farmall and a nice little Massy! During hay season our fields have a Christmas feel to them.. all that red and green!!
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| 4/16/2008 7:38:27 PM |
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veteran61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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LOL!!!
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| 4/16/2008 8:28:52 PM |
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cowboy61
Tucker, GA
age: 47
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Nothing runs like a Deere!!!!!
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| 4/16/2008 8:30:59 PM |
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veteran61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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Yep! I pulled many a Deere out of the mud with my New-Holland! LOL
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| 4/16/2008 9:26:42 PM |
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twohawks
Bothell, WA
age: 70
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Never mind. I'll do a new post with this!
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| 4/17/2008 8:57:42 AM |
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stargazzer
Creighton, NE
age: 61
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Sort of, Raised Farmall & still am, But the colors are all cool especaly when colecting them. Though we had mostly Farmall may neighbors and family had JD,AC,Oliver, Case,Co-OP,Ford,ect. Made for fun talk's when folk got to gether, braging their colors.
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| 4/17/2008 9:02:01 AM |
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veteran61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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Co-Op?
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| 4/17/2008 9:29:45 AM |
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stargazzer
Creighton, NE
age: 61
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Yes Co-op a differant run of c*ckshutts for yout local farmers co-op I belive.
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| 4/17/2008 9:47:28 AM |
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veteran61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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Ok! I know the C*ckshutt name!
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| 4/17/2008 10:16:04 AM |
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stargazzer
Creighton, NE
age: 61
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I have had a interest in old tractors a long time, But still I occasonaly hear of a new name I never heard before still. I had to retire from farming my self in 2002 But still live on my farm and tinker with old tractors & machinery as one of my hobies, Mostly once owned by family members. And I keped my 1st tractor allso a 1972 Farmall 544 D, I allso had my fathers & grandfaters threshing tractor sence 1974 it is a 1918 Oil Pull 14-28 but I know it was deliverd hear in 1917. In the last few years I have seen so many old tractors being hauled out of are area on trailers on the hyw, That I decided to see if I could still get a few of the ones in my family still before it would be to late for to save any. 1st one I went after was with my aunt & my uncle had just past awy It was a McCormick Deering 1929 22-36 and had ben the threasing tractor of my granpa on mom's side of the family. I then boought two more from my aunt a 1944 JD B hand start & a 1939 Farmall F 20 Nuff for now.
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| 4/17/2008 2:39:52 PM |
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veteran61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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I'm in the process of restoring a 1942 Allis-Chalmers C. I have pictures of it, but I'm too stupid to figure out how to post pictures in a thread!
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| 5/1/2008 8:11:34 AM |
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teddygirl617
Urbana, OH
age: 68
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I remember using a Co-op and an old Silver King.. Co-op was made for Farm Bureau.
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| 5/1/2008 9:13:40 PM |
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stargazzer
Creighton, NE
age: 61
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teddygirl You know your tractors, Thanks for fixing my mistake. Never was lucky to see or drive a silver king around hear.
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| 5/2/2008 5:51:23 AM |
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teddygirl617
Urbana, OH
age: 68
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Stargazzer, not really.. it is my age showing. When I threw down straw to the lounging shed to the cows, I had to have wire cutter in my pocket to cut the wires on the bales.
Rarely did I ever see a farmer have any new equipment. Everything was so different. We filled the silo with a mixture of green corn, sorghum.. so they would have something to eat while we milked them, and had to carry the 3 milkers we had to 40 cows. Everything we had was 2 row. I remember the amazement when I saw a 12 row planter for the first time.
Sorry for getting off subject.
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| 5/2/2008 12:14:19 PM |
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stargazzer
Creighton, NE
age: 61
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Teddygirl, New equipment was a real scaresity, I remember a new Farmall 300 in 1955 was a very big deal, as was the new Surge milkers we got two or three years later. Was not realy fond of milking by hand. We would warsh out the milkers at the house, a good distance from the barn. Would put them in our little red wagon to take them back and forth. Had to rebild the wagon wheels many times. The Farmall 300 I painted just last year about this time and had it done for dad on fathers day. So glad I did and got the pictures, as he past away this last march a few days before his 94 th birthday. This june 1st my parents would have ben married 69 years. So you see I can go off topic allso.
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| 5/2/2008 8:32:11 PM |
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teddygirl617
Urbana, OH
age: 68
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Trying to put a picture from Photobucket..will be back.. LOL
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| 5/2/2008 8:44:29 PM |
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teddygirl617
Urbana, OH
age: 68
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| 5/4/2008 5:01:06 PM |
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liferator
Statesville, NC
age: 29
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Hey vet there is a reason Deere is known over the world and that happened in the production of the 4020. Growing up on the farm we had all Deere when I was little in my late teens we had some 2+2's and a 7120 mfd then in my early 20's we went back to tall Deere again because we had nothing but trouble trying to run Deere planters and choppers behind the red ones the main reason I believe is because of the hydraulics on the tractors. As of today we have 7 Deere's a 4955, 4755, 4455, 4320 pride of the farm now, and two 4020's and a 520 two cylinder and two 6620 sidehill combines, and a IH 3388 set up with saddle tanks that we only spray with
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| 5/6/2008 10:59:54 AM |
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veteran61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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Life, I hope that you didn't misunderstand me. I like Deere. They are made near here. (Moline, Ill.) I was just commenting on the fact that some farmers won't buy ANYTHING unless it's green. Like some bikers won't ride anything but a Harley.
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| 5/6/2008 12:58:01 PM |
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stargazzer
Creighton, NE
age: 61
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Yes Green is pretty darn nice today when you can aford it or still trying to. And it was the 4020 that ran off with the show but even the new style 4010 started to hit Farmall. hard. But the power shift 4020 that made farming fun in the 60's& 70's. It continues to amase me how fast farming has changed over a few years realy!!! Oh yes the 4440 will go down as a great one two I think. Now this is about all I'm going to say good about John Deere, back to my red Farmall for me LOL. My pick of the greatest and most impotant tractor for farmers & farming is the IHC Regular farmall though the F-20 Farmall, Whats yours?
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| 5/6/2008 4:03:10 PM |
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liferator
Statesville, NC
age: 29
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vet no I didn't misunderstand you I hope that you didn't misunderstand me I was telling you our own experiences our neighbors on both sides had red power and blue power and LOVED them, I see it the same as life to each his own if it works for your set-up more power to you. The best tractor of all time, that is a tough one. The farmall changed everything about farming no doubt, for the first time the farmer could do everything with his tractor. The 4020 must be considered because it set the standard for today's tractor. However nothing would have come about without the Folich tractor which set the grounds for the requirement of a tractor for the average farmer. The John Deere D is another one just because of the production numbers and the long life of the D in years of production. Now being younger than the two of you I will say this the greatest tractor of all time must be the first diesel tractor made, what it is I'm not sure and would like to know. Diesel power was the best thing given to the farmer better torque, better fuel economy ( man we need that today) and last but not lest the ability to turbocharge a motor and make it practical( could you see trying to keep a blower for a gas motor going farming) my thoughs how about the rest of you?
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| 5/7/2008 3:42:12 AM |
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veteran61
Farmington, IL
age: 48
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My personal favorite for field work is my AC 8050. For just around the farm work, Ford 5000
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