Homemade orchard?

grandpa Love · May 12, 2018

Also at salvage yard.

fixerupper · May 12, 2018

Kind of a big tractor to be an orchard tractor but I know nothing about orchards tho. It looks like the branches could sneak around that screen and slap you upside the head pretty easy.

Denny K · May 12, 2018

I would guess the rear fender extensions were added to keep fine dirt and dust from hitting the operator when it was dry with a cross wind. My uncle added Case L fenders to his L. Put a right fender on the left side and a left on the right with bolts so the wheel was about 1/2 concealed and no dirt down the neck.

T.R.K. · May 12, 2018

Lots of ordinary tractors were converted for Orchard use by someone other than the manufacturer. There was a company, a dealer I think, called "Boozer" (or something like that) in Florida that converted several Minneapolis Molines. I have one of their ZAs.

SweetFeet · May 12, 2018

Great pic, Grandpa Love.

Guess I'm going to have to break something on a tractor around here.... to get my husband to take me to a junkyard for parts. LOL!
Everything has been running well so we haven't been for there for about 2 years.

rrlund · May 13, 2018

I don't think it's as big as it looks in the picture. 2030 is what's written on the fender.

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