What is the Attraction?

Mr. Mayor · Dec 18, 2010

What is it about these old Farmalls?? I sold my Super H last month. Before it left for it"s new home I had been questioning whether I really had another complete restoration left in me. Well, it wasn"t gone a day and the itch started. I have come to realize that without some IH parts in the works somewhere in the basement or garage my quality of life diminishes considerably. My wife thinks I"m odd. What do you think??

Shepherd Bill · Dec 18, 2010

Your wife is probably right but it is odd in a good way. I'm not into restoration as much as just having a Farmall around to use and look at.

Bill

Stephen McCoy · Dec 18, 2010

Nothing odd about that at all. I think any of us just enjoy staying busy and are passionate about tinkering and restorations. I can completely relate.

Back in '05 I purchased an H to combine with a T-20 that I purchased in '03. We had the project complete in the spring of '06.

During the '06-'07 school year we made a snow blade for it.

During the '08-'09 school year we replaced the tracks.

Then in the summer of '09 I bought a B.

We restored that during the '09-'10 school year.

Now I'm working on putting live hydraulics and the 'fore mentioned blade on the B.

Who knows what I'll be working on in another 4 years!

Dave H (MI) · Dec 18, 2010

Your wife doesn't understand, eh? Sorry and surprised to hear that. Get yourself another tractor and keep buying them and working on them and do not stop. The secret to a long and happy life is simply to do the things you love as much as possible.

Zachary Hoyt · Dec 18, 2010

If we weren't odd life wouldn't be much fun in my opinion.
Zach

Steve Lambert · Dec 18, 2010

I'm with Bill Shepherd I bought a 48 cub 2 years ago. We are up 11 now 4 cubs 2 H's 3 A's 1 BN and one extra Pony. I really enjoy looking at them, working on them and thinking about how the men who built these tractos came up with ideas about what the machine could do and how. These are a true part of our history and I hope there are a lot of odd people like us around. [My wife thinks they breed in the shop.]

gene bender · Dec 18, 2010

I like the way you installed the wide front.

IH fan · Dec 18, 2010

(quoted from post at 11:11:27 12/18/10) I like the way you installed the wide front.

Pretty slick, but how do you mount your cultivator now? :lol:

carpman15 · Dec 18, 2010

this is bretts girlfriend and i must say that with him being only 22 years old, he is the same way. i dont believe that is weird at all considering its something that you both love to do!

to me, there isnt much better than watching brett work hard on a project that he has his heart and soul invested into. it makes me smile and i know that i love him for it.

on another thought, i rather have him do something like that that is worth while than out drinking his money away or doing something with it that there isnt anything to show for it after!

ericlb · Dec 18, 2010

your no odder that all of us here on this site, im limited to a 49 cub and a ford and another color tractor lol right now, but i grew up on farmals, we had a C and a M and those 2 tractors did everything on the farm,from 1947 on,grandpa wouldnt have any other color on the farm with him,when my uncle took over in 1972, he came home on a d17 allis,which is still used on the farm today as a light chore tractor knowing grandpa, id like to have been there when he saw that parked in the yard,i hope to obtain more farmalls but the ecomony right now and the work situation means it will be awhile untill i can sneak another home one thing i like about them is the red tractors take me back to a simpler happier time, even if its a itty bitty red tractor lol

SCpuller1 · Dec 18, 2010

That is pretty cool kinda like a big non offset a or a little c.

Todd Heck · Dec 18, 2010

My wife is the same way. My neighbor collects John Deere and he has a nice collection. We went to an auction and looked at a cub. Went to high for us. I talked my wife into a farmall H with a trip bucket. Went to a show in NW Ohio and showed her the H and she saw a Bn and thought it was cute. So now we have a Bn with a blade and also an A. Bought and sold a f-20 and now miss it. Looking for one but she said only two tractors. The catch is that only two can be running. That is how I get around it. It is a fever and now I also collect IHC wrenchs. Fun and cheaper. I just like to older tractors and trying to save others from going to scrap and be lost forever

Faster346 · Dec 18, 2010

My girlfriend of two years loves old Farmalls almost as much as I do. She drives a 1946 M :lol:

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Even did one of her senior pictures with it :lol:

colekicker · Dec 18, 2010

Well I started with a MF35 in '96 and sold it. Dad also set me up with a Cub Cadet 70. Then added a Farmall A in '97. In '02 got a Super M. Then in '03 added a 350LP. '05 got an H & M. Sold the H and got a Cub Cadet 100 and 102. My collection was getting up there, so sold the A. In '08 got a 450LP. '09 got a Cub Cadet 123. Today just got another Cub Cadet 100.

I guess I could be addicted to drugs. The way I see it, tractors are much healthier.

tractor vin · Dec 18, 2010

you always have to have a backup plan,Its called tractor Therapy,without it you will go crazy,not that we are all not crazy,AS for Faster346 I would love to have my gal like tractors like she does and no affiance shes a good looker too

BDT in Minnesota · Dec 18, 2010

Back her car up to the garage.. Lay a tractor drawbar under the back bumper, set a loader bucket in front, and place a gallon of IH red paint and a paint brush next to the drivers door..

Just mention to her that you have come up with a tractor conversion project..

Maybe she will buy you another tractor.

Stephen McCoy · Dec 18, 2010

(quoted from post at 16:37:39 12/18/10) My girlfriend of two years loves old Farmalls almost as much as I do. She drives a 1946 M :lol:

You are VERY fortunate to have a girlfriend like that!

I'll have to remember the "conversion" project BDT suggested if I ever catch any grief myself.

Todd Heck · Dec 18, 2010

Tell your girlfriend she has a great tractor. Very well restored. She also has a great smile and If other guys could see what other woman love farmall I am sure no more would go to the scrape yard. You both have great holidays.

Todd

Anonymous-0 · Dec 18, 2010

Tell us more about this beautifully done crawler. Steering is my question, did you split the tractor ahead of the diff and use the T 20 clutches or???. How did you couple up the drive line if you split the diff off of the H? The photo looks like the H is intact.

sflem849 · Dec 18, 2010

(quoted from post at 16:12:23 12/18/10) Tell us more about this beautifully done crawler. Steering is my question, did you split the tractor ahead of the diff and use the T 20 clutches or???. How did you couple up the drive line if you split the diff off of the H? The photo looks like the H is intact.

I would like to add one. Could it do anything with the 2x4's on the cleats? We were just talking today that it would be great to have one, but if you couldn't drive it on the road/in the yard without destroying everything it wouldn't be worth it. If I could still plow or disc with the 2x4's...I smell a new project!

Al L. in Wisc. · Dec 19, 2010

Even did one of her senior pictures with it

Nice detailing in the photo!!

However, I can't seem to be able to read the front of her shirt, er ahh, filter housing decal.

Maybe I should look at collecting another letter series Farmall.

Duanes · Dec 21, 2010

Does your girlfriend have a sister with an MTA?

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