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Name the first five or six tractors you remember your dad owning or buying when you was home. Work Horses included. Divide your state (name) in forths and tell us what part you were from.

one team horses
Case CC
WD Allis
F-20
M Farmall
400 Farmall

Northeast Kansas
 
Dad had horses when I was born. The first tractor I remember was a Fordson. Then Grandpa got a Allis Chalmers WC. Later he got a Massy Harris 30, and a Farmall. The farm was in Central Ohio. Wish I could find the WC. The first tractor I drove.
 
I'll start with grandpa's as dad used them too before buying his own.

1) Allis Chalmers RC, purchased in 1959, still have it.
2) 860 Ford, purchased in the 1960's, still have it.
3) Allis Chalmers D-14, purchased in the 1960's, still have it.
4) Dad's first, 830 Case Comfort King, purchased in 1982, still have it.
5) Grandpa's last tractor before passing away, Allis Chalmers 170 with cab and loader, purchased in 1990 by my grandmother and dad as a surprise for grandpa. It allowed him to retire his 860 Ford. Still have this one too.

East Central MN
 
MF 65 Diesel
MF 65 Gas
John Deere 2030
John Deere 4030
John Deere 1530

All but the MF 65 gas were bought new, still have the JD 2030

Southeastern OH
 
My list will be both from my Grandpa and my dad.
8n Ford traded off before I was born, many years ago
WD Allis Chalmers
1949 John Deere A
1956 John Deere 70 gas w/Farmhand loader
Small list, but we had a 135 acre Dairy, hog farm.
I am from Southern Minnesota.
Kow Farmer
 
First tractor-47 JD ANH in 47

Traded 47 A for 51 A in 51

Bought 35 JD A in 50

Bought 50 JD B in 58

Traded B for 1960 630 in 1960
 
dad started farming in 1928 when he was 16.farmed in chino valley of cal. east of l.a.

2 teams of horses
T20 mcCormick deering
case la
TD9 international
allis m
mm Z
farmall H
case 350
case 1030
case dc
 
First tractor-47 JD ANH in 47

Traded 47 A for 51 A in 51

Bought 35 JD A in 50

Bought 50 JD B in 58

Traded B for 1960 630 in 1960
 


560 diesel traded to buy the 806

460 gas burnt in fire 4 years ago

806 diesel traded to buy the 856

450 diesel traded to buy a 706 after the purchase of 856

856 diesel brother still has.

966 traded in the 706 on to buy this tractor.

SE Iowa
 
first was a Farmall B then TO-20 ferguson [still have] farmall M had it 2 days traded for MH 44 then a MH 44 special MH 444 MHF-50 MF-285 MF-2805 also a MF-1155 and 1100
 
Started with a JD620 he bought new when he was in 10th grade. still have it

Had a JDB was hand start and not much good anyway

MH44 still have it

Added a JD720 for more hp sold it for a

JD4320 still have it

JD3020 still have it

Last few years of his life he started collecting MH and bought

Colt not running
Mustang not running
22 I use it sometimes
30 not running
 
Grandpa's
John Deere A
John Deere B
Deutz 62-06

Dad's
Deutz 45-06
Deutz 100-06

Only one left is a the 62, know the whereabouts of all the rest through the grapevine though. Maybe someday.
 
Returned to the farm in 1946, bought a pair of mules, 1920s Farmall F-20, one of the mules died, bought a JD-B, I still have it, Massey Harris 44, traded that for a Farmall M in 54', bought a second M, then in 69 a 560 gas, never got to have a new tractor. Me either.
 
AC CA Former owners son painted it black with silver wheels.
AC D15 He added a Ford loader from a 2000 ind to it. It wound up only a few miles from here.
Ford 420 w/4n1 bucket I still have this one.
JD 2140 cab he has now

northeast MS, then moved to north central AL
 
Team of horses
Farmall F12
Farmall H
(then I was born)
Farmall M
IH 300 Utility
Farmall Super M

Central Indiana

I still have the H, M, and SM tractors.
 
JD A
Oliver 80
JD G
JD 730 D retired with this one.

I'm in SE. SD Dad farmed in NE SD.
 
1949 DC Case which I have
1951 LA Case which I don't have

Grandfather

1930 C Case which I have
1929 L Case which I have

Northwest Kansas
 

Born 1905
Horses
Fordson
WC Allis
added C Allis
Traded C for another WC
Traded first WC for WD45
Added WD
Retired 1965

Central MN























 
Dad had one tractor, and it served him well. It was a 1939 JD BO. We had a small farm in deep Southern Illinois.
 
before i was born, but told to me by dad. one team of horses. case 1220 case SC 1950 case RC 1938 i was born, got a case 400 1954 in 1969 traded SC for a new 770 i still have the RC,400, 770 would like to find the SC. i have added VAC,800COM,dad also bought a 1832 in 1969.have it too. central Ohio.
 
Western Wisconsin 147 acre dairy farm.
1939 Farmall B
1947 John Deere A
Both bought new and sold at the auction in 1974.
The B replace grandpa's 10-20 and the A replaced the last team of horses.
 
Dad started farming in 1925. First, a team of horses.
2nd a Centaur garden tractor.
3rd. John deere L
next an Allis B
then another B, which I still have.
Finally a John Deere H, lost track of that one.
Paul
 
My dad was born in1907. He started farming with horses. With his brothers he bought a Fordson about 1920. When I asked an uncle about it he said that it boiled all day. In 1930 a neighbour bought a model C Case. The brothers all liked it and bought one. Dad bought a new one in 1936 that I still have. The brothers bought several C's and L's in the late 1930s.

Dad died as a result of his war service in WW2 and I really count myself luck to have found his tractor in the early 1970s. It is promised to my nephew as his oldest grandson.
 
Dad was always a Dairy Farmer as I remember.I can barely remember his 2 teams of Horses working although he had them until after WW2.His first tractor was a Hart Parr on steel,a 1934 model I think,he had rubber tires welded on after WW2.In 1939 I was 2 years old and he bought another tractor to farm a larger acreage,a used Oliver row Crop 70 with a two row cultivator.During the war years the tractors were used sparingly due to the Gasoline shortage.In 1948 I think it was he bought another Oliver an it was a 77. In 1952 he got a used Oliver 88 and bought a new mounted corn picker for it.In 1955 he was farming more land and had a hired man and he bought a new Oliver 99 with a 6 Cyl gas engine. That was a smooth running tractor.A new 5 bottom plow came with it along with a used 15" disc. In 1974 he trade the 88 for a new 880 and also got a 4 row cultivator.I have his farm ledger and all this info is written down in it.
 
Granddad 1929 Regular, swapped for a 1939 H, swapped for a 1947 H. Dads oldest Bro. in 1940"s a new B Farmall. he got sick was not in the mix for many years. Light farming after was able to swapped B for a used C. Dad and youngest Bro became partners for about 20 years. Dad bought a Super A used, farmed several years with Super A and 47H. They bought a F20 in 1958 and we used it a lot. Bought a 330U at a farm sale. They bought a used 230 at a farm sale, later Dad sold Super A bought another 230. Traded H for an M. They split up Dad kept 330U and His 230 Uncle kept 230 and M. I came back to farm We bought a 400 D, used it a few years bought a 460D. Bought a Super M with power steering to put loader on. Swapped 330U and 230 for 756D still have it. Swapped 400D and loader for a new 258 NH Rake. Dad died I swapped Super M for 544gas put loader on it. Bought a 706D with 310 eng. with a loader on it sold 544 and loader. still have 756D 706D and 460D. but don"t farm any more.
 
1953 Ford Golden Jubilee-Uncle owns it now
Ford 4000 with loader-traded for Ford 5000 that he still has
Ford 6000 Commander with M&W turbo-traded for new IH 1066-sold it
another Ford 6000 with M&W turbo bought in the early 90s- still has
John Deere 4430- still has
1996 Ford 5030 with cab, mfd, and loader-still has
 
A team of Belgian draft horses.
1956 Holder B10D tractor, bought new.
1957 IH D430, bought new.
1963 IH D430, orchard, narrow tread, bought new.
1972 IH 453, bought used in 1977.
1984? JD4420 4WD, bought used in 1992.

Nobody said they have their granddad's mule ;-)

SW part of The Netherlands
 
Southern tier of NY on Pa border.

John Deere MT (sold it, too unhandy)
Late JD B (frome broke too badly to repair)
IH Super C (he still has it)
Ford 2N (still has it)
JD 70 (still has it)
 

Satoh S650G with a blade on the frt and a 3PT hitch mower, followed by a back blade. And a Simplicity riding mower. All for mowing our half acre yard..... Did quite a bit of mowing of the neighbors to keep our place looking good and kept driveways clear of snow.
 
Horses (way before my time)

F-20 (dead but still on the farm when I was a kid)

JD-H (I remember it, so it was around until at least 1955)

JD-B (Still there when I left home in 1969, cultivated a LOT of corn and beans with it)

Super W6 (also still there when I left)

Central Michigan, 120 acres of hay and cash crops, around 20 head of beef critters every year.
 
My Dad was born in 1908 and died in 2000

My earliest recollection is of a team of horses called Tom and Topsy, and a stud colt named Harness. Topsy got old and was replaced by Dick. Later Dad bought a bigger team named Babe and Queen, he kept them until about 1958, the last couple of years they were used mostly in the woods, logging and sugaring.

Before I was born, I know he had a T-20 crawler, no blade or winch, what was called a grasshopper.

In 1949 he bought a Farmall C, it had been used as a demonstrator, (not a White one), and somebody had rolled it over and broken the front end off. The dealer repaired it and sold it to Dad. Tractor, two way plows, three bar side delivery rake, and a green crop loader, $2500, and he gave them $25 down on it.

Shortly after that he bought a John Deere 40 crawler with a blade and winch, that he used for logging. He got behind on payments, and the dealer took it back.

A couple ofyears later he bought a John Deere 420 crawler which he kept until 1961, when he traded it on a 1010. The 1010 was an early model and a hard luck machine, he traded that the next year for a newer one that I still have.

In 1961 he also bought a Super C Farmall, a sprayer and a set of disk harrows, all of which I still have, but the sprayer is rotting away in the wreckage of a tumbledown shed.

1964 or '65 he bought a Farmall M, which was our big horse until I got the MF 175D in the early '90's. I still have, and use, the M as well.
 
eastern end of ny's southern tier

dad started farming in 1950 with a farmall c, traded for a super c with fast hitch and attachments
case c
the super c
farmall 300
international 300 utility (i still have this one)
case something (maybe a d?)
in 1967 we added an 806 (what a horse!) my brother has this one
1968- 656 high utility (i have it)
1971- 826 hydro
we felt like big time then
 
Pretty short list:

8N Ford.

Oh, and there was an old Fordson parked in the fencerow. I never saw it run, and it got scrapped.

Dad bought the place in '48, the year I was born. I barely remember a team of Percherons named Tom and Jerry plowing the garden, I think they were gone by about 1951.

He started a Grade A dairy (bulk milk tank, not cans) in about 1952. Sold the cows in '61, so was only about 9 years, but sure seemed longer.
 
Early case L converted to rubber from steel.
Oliver HG
Super MTA
300U international
B275 diesel...did not keep long.
Farmall 450D I have now
Farmall 656
Deere 820D 2 cylinder.
Deere 5105 which I have

South East Indiana, I now live in South East texas.
 
Lancaster, Pa

Dad started farming in 1945
A team of horses and a Farmall Regular on rubber
Oliver 60
Ford 9N
Oliver 70
Oliver Super 55 diesel, I have this one.
Used my uncle's super C the last 2 years of farming, Dad sold out in Feb 1963.
 
East Central Minnesota.
Grandpa owned the first two, then Dad Got the rest.

A John Deere GP
A Farmall Regular
A Ford 8N
A John Deere B
A Coop E3
A Farmall 340
 
Dad started farming in Central Minnesota in 1944. He had 3 teams of horses and I remember two teams very well. He had a GP JD but mainly used in in the spring for plowing. He always said that plowing was hard on the horses in spring after a winter of little work

The GP was followed by:

1935 WC Allis
1947 VAC case
30 Cockshutt
JD G
JD B
JD H
 
Farmall 130
Farmall 140 (inherited from Grandad)
International 300U
Massey Ferguson 135 (still in the family)
Farmall C
Farmall 100
Massey Ferguson 255 (sold when Dad died in 2005)

North Central Kentucky Dad started farming in 1959 and stayed at it till died in 2005.
 
earliest one I recall was a 36,f-20,I'm sure there were several earlier. dad went from being a horse trader,to a tractor/truck trader so there were so many i cant remember them all.when we werent farming ,or taking care of cattle,we were out fixing a car,truck, or tractor he had drug home from somewhere.some that i personally drove not neccessarily in order
farmall cub
dont know how many jd "A"s
jd,"d"
jd,"MT"
jd,"H"
jd,"B"
allis ,"WC"
allis,"WD"
a moline "U"
of course a 9n ford,always had a ford or two around
when I started farming,I bought off him a, d2 cat,and a jd "A" that someone had taken a torch and cut both axles off of so he could park it in a horse stall,dad didnt want to put axles in it, and bought it for parts, but i used it for a long time.
 
'37 JD D don't know if he bought it new or used but would guess used as he started farming on his own in about 1938 or 1939
1946 JD A bought new in partnership with his brother
1946 JD D bought used in about 1950, when I was old enough to start driving a tractor
Traded the '37 D for a new 730 D Standard in 1959
Bought a used 830 JD in about 1966 or 1967
Dad passed away in 1968 at age 53

Central Kansas
 
Ford 4000 gas, thats my fondest memories as a kid

IH H and IH MTA, he didnt own either of these IH's long, he didnt like the size and tricycle front ends.

Case-DB 885 he got in the mid 70's which was soon traded to a Case DB 990 when he got a round baler in 1976.

Ford 5600 which I still have.

East central Kentucky.
 
Dad was born in 1900. His first tractor was a 1919 Fordson that was used until the depression hit in 29. It was sold as it was too expensive to operate and mules and horses were used till 1938 when he got a used McCormick Deering 10-20 which was the first tractor I ever drove. He also had a B deere and a new 53 Farmall Cub which I now have. West KY. Joe
 
dad bouht farm in 47,,had a team named bill and hilda , and a vac case ,, in 51 the team gave way to sc with case f2 combine ,, 1957 frguson deluxe 35,/// 67 was the beginin of many ,430 case // then a tuf dc, 300 case , 530 diesel ,800
 
1944 JD B (not running) that he took in trade for fixing his uncle's Ford 861. Sold the JD a year later to pay some bills.

Other than that he never had his own tractors.

My second home was my uncle's farm which was less than a mile down the road. I still farm there. We've only added one tractor to the line up since I've been around (1981).
Oliver 60 gas (never ran)
Oliver Super 66 gas
Massey Ferguson 150 diesel
Massey Ferguson 180 diesel
Massey Ferguson 285 diesel(sold to a neighbor)
Massey Ferguson 1135 diesel(Purchased a few years ago.)

South Central Wisconsin
 
My dad quit farming after I was born in 77 but we still have the same tractors that he farmed with till the end.
Farmall 560
farmall 300
JD A
JD 70d
C Allis
He had different ones through his and grandpas years of farming. My dad remember the first steam engine coming in on the train that grandpa and some neighbors bought togather. They still did most of their farming with horses back then. Dad was born in 1935.
 
My dad farmed only with horses,

I was 13 in 63 when i bought an Allis B for $100.
Dad was 62 and never got the hang of it and refused to use it.
Later we had an ford mayor(i bought that one as well)
 
Wasn't born yet when Dad got his first tractor.
According to Mom & Dad.
first were horses
Then a Farmall F-30 on steel
Maseey Harris 30
Allis Chalmer WD
Allis Chalmer C
 
You bringing up horses made me wonder ?

Back in the day did everone get in such an uproar over which breed or color was the best like they do today over brand names ?
 
great grandpa's first after the horses was a 12-20 Heider C
#2 Rock Island G2 15-25
#3,4,5 A Twin City (probably a 21-32) was bought for a little more oomph on the sawmill and an F20 and an F30, but not sure of the exact order for those three.
#6 was either one of the pre production JD A's or a Massy Harris 44 (both used by the time grandpa got them).

NW Illinois
 
West Central Indiana
1958 JD 830 D
1960 JD 4010 D
1962 JD 4010 D
1968 JD 4020 D
800 Case O Matic
Ford Golden Jubilee

Dad started farming in 1972

140 Head of Sows and 930 acres row crop, damn we were busy
but boy was it fun, what I would give just to go back one time.
 
not somuch my dad (threw his life away) but my grandpa.
19** John Deere A
1957 Allis Chalmers WD45 (I'm currently restoring it)
1949? Farmall M (started his restoration hobbie)(sold back to the farm it came from in 2008
1948 Farmall H (sold to John Frechen in 2003?)
1941 Allis Chalmers C (sold at auction after he passed away March 2011)
1938 John Deere AR (sold at auction March 2011)
1954 Farmall Super H (sold to Earl Beneidict(sp) of Ionoa in 2009)
1943 John Deere B
The B was givin to him by John Gensterblum and restored for me to pull with, when he got sick he gave me a choice of which tractor I wanted. I chose the WD45 because it has hydraulics and I would be able to use it. The B unfortunatly was sold at auction in March 2011 to his cousin? for around $1200, I hope oneday I will have the money and he will be willing to let me buy it back. I hated to see it go, but if I had taken it then, it would have just sat.
 
Southwest PA. Team of horses; AC B; AC WD; Farmall Super C; AC WD-45; Farmall 460; International 756. From 1942 til 1992.
 
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