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Do you name your tractors?

jon f mn

jon f mn

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The DC is The Magnum because back when I was farming I had just a 1370 and the DC, so it did a lot including pulling the planter. My nephews and I thought it was a pretty good tractor for that, but could use some upgrades like duals, a few more hyd valves, front assist, turbo, cab with air etc. Other than that it was everything the new at that time magnums were. Lol.


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My 400 is Olson for no particular reason. Lol


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My 830 is The Little Hustler, in honor of my dad's favorite tractor his 730 which he always called the little Hustler. That was quite a stretch tho since that tractor was so under powered it rarely hustled doing anything. Lol


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My 1030 is, of course, The Big One. When we first bought the farm I grew up on the neighbor to the South had 2 John Deeres, an H and a B, the little on and the big one. Lol, by today's standards it would be hard to call either big. But he farmed 120 acres with them til dad bought his land. So my big tractor is always The Big One.


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Some of our other tractors growing up were a SC hand clutch named Lina, and a big old gas Moline named Fat Albert. So you name yours? If so any good stories why?
 
I don't generally get around to naming tractors but years ago when we had several similar Cockshutt 40s we came up with "Rattler" because it had a noisy knock in the engine. Hummer, for another after the previous owner's name, and "Coal Miner" because when we got that one there was black dust like coal pretty well everywhere on the tractor.
For today's tractors I just call them by their number.
 
I call them names, but they do not have names. I do not want them to come to me when called either.
 
My first 8N is called Henry in respect to Henry Ford. My second 8N is called Pigpen. When I got it the thing was filthy, power washed it twice. This one I put the second seat on for the wife to ride along, every time she got off she would have a grease spot on her leg or arm. So we called it Pigpen.
 
All called"Blaze" 'cause Dad always said "Whoa Blaze" when he went to stop anything.car,truck,or tractor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I call them by their model name/number except when I have more
than one of the same model. Then I have to call them something!
So, leaving out the words spoken during repairs, yes, they get names.

For example, this is "muttley". Ford owners will likely notice why.

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Some of our tractors have the names of their previous owners. My 966 is referred to as Morris, because I bought it from Morris?s farm auction, likewise my 730 Case I?d Reta. Reta and her husband farmed near us, and she always drove the Case 730. Our biggest Kubota tractor is Big Orange and the other Kubota is , Little Orange.
 
And what did you call that ford loader tractor you had? I forgot it's model number, 5630, 5640??
 
The John Deere D is Janey-for reasons I won't go into. The MMs are Bill, Kendal, the Swede, Moodie, and the Cayley Tractor. The Oliver 88 is Oliver after an old friend, and the AR is Jack. A neighbour to the west has Ingrid, Nasty, Henry, and Wilson- so I'm not the only crazy in our district. unc
 
Yeah, but nothing very unique.

Fergie, Bobcat, Old Mower, New Mower.

Pretty self explanatory. They won't come when called, they don't repeat what's said in private.

I like it that way!
 
I have 2 2510 John Deere 1 is Jim the other is Duane after the former owners unless they want the day off and won't start then they get called all kinds of things and none them nice. and threaten to replace them with a horse.
 
My biggest tractor was an Oliver 1550, which I called Bodacious. Never named the others. Wife calls her pickup Whitey Ford, for obvious reasons. We have a Safari motorhome with an African savannah scene painted on the back, so we call it The Wildebeest.
 
Those are darn nice tractors. Dad had an 88 4610 he bought new. It was a series II ,not sure they were any different or not other then the stripes were black and white? His had a roll bar and a 4x2 transmission and 2 remotes. I hauled a lot of silage in 16? boxes with it. It was tricky at the silo though ,you really had to ease in the pto or it?d jump in gear and it didn?t idle very low if you wanted it to. As a kid I liked when you put it in second hauling a load sometimes a front wheel would lift a bit if you left the clutch out too quick when shifting.
 
I purchased the 5640 new, so it didn?t come with a name, just Mr Ford. That 5640 with it?s Swartz?s loader, was one heck of a tractor. 22 grand hydraulic pump made it a fantastic loader, and had a separate hydraulic pump for the power steering, and the power steering wasn?t steeling loader muscle. I would have bought another Ford like it in a heartbeat, but the NH the dealer offered to me to replace it, wasn?t near the tractor that my Ford was. When I traded my Ford on a new Kubota, it needed tires and brakes, and a few other issues look after. Guy I had gone to high school with had seen the tractor on the dealers lot, and came to see me about it. I told him what it needed, and he went back to the dealer, and cut a deal on it with, new brakes and tires etc. It is his first cab tractor and his first 4wd, and he loves it. I wonder what he calls it ?
 
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"John W" our 1956 Model 70 Diesel wide front.

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a few of my tractors have names. the most famous is Earl, the 2150 Oliver. named for the lead character in the TV show "Dinosaurs", whose job was pushing over trees. Earl was my first 4wd. I built the frame for the used truck snowplow blade, and Earl's job is pushing and packing silage in the bunk.


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then there are Shiny and Skippy, both 656 hydros. Skippy had a bad valve when Shiny arrived, so they got their names. Skippy now has a rebuilt engine, but the name stuck. Skippy on the left, Shiny on the right.



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then there is Dad's 656. he bought it new. I'm not sure where that picture landed.



I have 3 Farmall 200s. the two Sisters have consecutive serial numbers- 200N and 200W, for their front ends. the other is Rusty.


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most of the rest of the tractors are just called by their model number.
missing pictures of Rusty and Dad's 656, and I can't figure out how to fix the post. enjoy.
 
I only name my tractor if I have two of the same model. We do name the trailers after the people my grandfather bough them from.
This is Donald A, name after my grandfathers brother.
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I call my Grandpa's WC the Beast. It was the first motor that I rebuilt, no pipe on the manifold, main hood is still off, missing a fender, the reverse lockout is stuck open, and its on rear steel. But it is one of the easiest hand starting motors. Just gently pull the crank over a few times and she comes roaring to life (as long as there is enough gas in the tank...).

My Allis B "The B" is a smaller motor, but much harder to wake up.
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Not anymore,but years ago I bought an Oliver 88 diesel at the sale in Archbold. It had a dealer decal from a dealership in Napoleon Ohio,so I called her Josephine.
 
(quoted from post at 23:31:02 04/16/19) I name the ones I bought used after the former owners, who are all pretty much gone now.
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y MF275 gets a name when it breaks down. I just shorten it to MF!
 
We generally name the machines and tractors after their previous owners. I got a Fireball, an Oiva (Finnish) to name a few.
 
(quoted from post at 20:09:25 04/16/19) The DC is The Magnum because back when I was farming I had just a 1370 and the DC, so it did a lot including pulling the planter. My nephews and I thought it was a pretty good tractor for that, but could use some upgrades like duals, a few more hyd valves, front assist, turbo, cab with air etc. Other than that it was everything the new at that time magnums were. Lol.


Ihave an Oliver 60 named 'Ollie' and 6 VA Series Case tractors that ae named after the the gent that I bought it from. No particular reason - just gives a 'handle' so we all know which one we're talking about.


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My 400 is Olson for no particular reason. Lol


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My 830 is The Little Hustler, in honor of my dad's favorite tractor his 730 which he always called the little Hustler. That was quite a stretch tho since that tractor was so under powered it rarely hustled doing anything. Lol


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My 1030 is, of course, The Big One. When we first bought the farm I grew up on the neighbor to the South had 2 John Deeres, an H and a B, the little on and the big one. Lol, by today's standards it would be hard to call either big. But he farmed 120 acres with them til dad bought his land. So my big tractor is always The Big One.


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Some of our other tractors growing up were a SC hand clutch named Lina, and a big old gas Moline named Fat Albert. So you name yours? If so any good stories why?
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My 3000 Ford is Charley, the man I bought it from was Charles and My Dad's middle name was Charley. My Farmall H was "UNC" short for Uncle Warren, my favorite uncle who started out with an "H". The H has since been given to a young man that I have watched grow up, I worked with his Dad, He is a great kid and really loves old tractors. He and his Grandfather restored an Allis Chalmers...5040 I think is the model # but not sure. My old JD 420 Is 'Poppin John". My lawn mower is simply "Little Red". Dsmythe
 
Not much different, one horse farm I worked on had one, as you said black strip on the hood with the II for series 2, also had the rollbar. There's had the shifter up on the steering colume. I liked the floor shift better. They are also very good on fuel.
 
48 ford 8n named Mr. Ed after the original owner and another 48 8n named Mr Fixit cause that's what I had to do to it. A 46 2n named Grampa Ray after my wife's late Dad. A Ford 1710 I just call blue.
 
Heck no! I had a hard enough time naming my daughter, and the cat, who is named Kitten. I wouldn't be able to think of enough names for all the tractors around here.
 
I liked that design as well, my Ford-NH 4630 has the same arrangement, tractor hydraulics, deluxe remote hydraulics with it's own pump, think it's 22 GPM as well. Must be those both use the same sump. The power steering has it's own system, and I'd have to say it is almost 1 finger operable. Pleasure to run, easy on fuel, and has the feel of a real tractor in comparison to modern equivalents. I could live with low hour ford tractors of the 90's, and they do show up still in nice shape.
 
my uncle named grandpas tractors. the M was the oldest so its name was uncle M the 200 was called doodle bug the 560 diesel was called stinky mostly because it was the loader tractor and because the exhaust stunk so bad. the 560 was grandpas favorite so we never called it stinky when he was around. my kids called the 8n froggy because at one time someone had a loader on it and mounted the headlights on the hood. my JD B was called tutt tutt. the 3394 was called tuffy it was the biggest tractor we had and the oliver 77 was called ollie
 
They are super easy on fuel and really good at cold starting. I?ve seem the syncro shift up on the dash but never used one. They look nice but not sure if they work better or not.
 
I also had a 4600 with loader at the farm I was at were my horse was, the other one, with the canopy, was at the other horse farm I worked on over the years, the place with the 4610 II, they were also very good tractors., as you said they were light in the front, I put 4 weights on my 4610 because when I was mowing pasture on a slight hill the 6" brush hog would cause the front tires to slide rather than turn, maybe someday I'll hang 2 more on the front of her!
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The poor 4600 with the dump wagon spent most of its life hooked to that wagon, it was used to clean 60 horse stalls 7 days a week 365 days a year for around 30 years, it had many, many employees using it, hence the reason it looks that way,!! She's still there still going!
 
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