Grandfathers tractor

JD sellers post about his grandfathers tractor got me to thinking about my grandfather(born in 1904.) He only owned one tractor in his life, a Farmall Cub which was used on a small vegetable and chicken farm. It was used for everything from snow plowing, wood hauling, running a saw and cement mixer on the belt pulley, tillage and cultivating potatoes, cabbage and other vegetables and putting up loose hay. What JD seller reminded me of was how people of that era valued the things they had worked for. Although the tractor looked pretty well used towards the end of my grandfathers ownership, it rarely sat outside overnight and was always well maintained and he constantly was greasing and oiling with an oil can anything that needed it. He also would paint old motor oil on anything that did get left outside. I have known a couple of neighbors of that generation that took similar care of things , although I also have seen the opposite too. I often think when one of these older tractors get a good new home and maybe get restored that it would please that old generation to see something that they valued be valuable to someone else. It?s great when someone like JDseller can own a tractor with family history so the history can be passed on.

I wish I had a family tractor to fix up. But I don't. So the ones i have will have to do. Hopefully they make someone smile.

This one was a non running mess when we got it.

I have my grandfathers tractor. He got it in 1940. He farmed with it in the Seneca OK area up till the mid 70s when he sold his farm. My dad got it from him. When my dad started to get sick he turned over most of the farm to me and all the equipment so I now have the 1935 JD-B that was my grand fathers and it came with the original owners manual

My first tractor was my DIL's grandpa's tractor. We bought it to keep in the family after her Dad died. Neat to have one with family history.

I've got Grandpa's D-14 Allis Chalmers, 860 Ford, and 170 Allis Chalmers tractors. I also have a John Deere 530 that was a local one owner tractor, and a pair of SC Case tractors that came from a family friend who had them for many, many years prior to his passing. Knowing the history of each one makes them special in their own way. I've thought about restoring them, but then they wouldn't quite be the same to me. I like them just as they are, as it helps me remember the previous owners just as they were, special and unique in their own ways.

I love those Allis B's. Smooth and clean looking. Had one 40 years ago but it was ex-wife's Dad's and when we split it went to her brother. Which was right thing to do, keep it in the family and all, even though I'd done the restoration and spent the money on it. Never seen it again so I suppose he just sold it. Real low SN if I recall. I should get me another one.

I remember the carnival rides that had little B power units to run the ferris wheel and the tilt-a-whirl. Wonder how many thousands of hours those motors ran.

My cousin has my grandfather's one and only tractor. It is an Allis Chalmers B that he bought new in 1939.

I now have both my grandfathers tractor, a Massey Ferguson 50 bought new in the mid 50's, and now my fathers Ferguson 40 bought used in the 1980's. Both are working tractors. Light jobs raking hay, pulling a spreader or a finish mower. I love the sound of those old 4 cylinder Continental gas engines. They are also my go to tractors in winter, because they always start.

I didn't look for my grandfather's tractor because he used horses, however I did go looking for my neighbor's tractor because it was the best tractor in the county, and it was the one that I used the most. It was a 1957 Ford 960. I asked around and one day happened to see one by the road. It was blue however and it was 40 miles from where the tractor had gone. Less than two years later I found out that the one I was looking for had gone there, but when I got back there the trail had gone cold.

You always knew you were going to get a good ride on the tilt-a-whirl if it had an Allis Chalmers on it. The governors on those tractors were second to none. :lol:

I have my Grandfathers tractor he bought new, and my Dad used while farming for many years, and now I have owned it longer than either of them did. I am grateful to have it, such a connection to the past. I plan to pass it down further if one of my kids is interested.

I have my Grandfathers 1939 B. Not restored, but runs pretty well.

I have my Grandfathers Allis Chalmers 1939 B. Not restored, but runs pretty well.

I wish I had my Grampa's Avery steam engine. I've never seen it, only in pictures. Also a A and. B John Deere like my Dad had, and also the scraper/ditcher that he made. That scraper would blade a smooth road.

My grandpa's only tractor was a David Bradley walk behind that he ordered from the Sears Catalog. He had it till he died.

I have my grandfathers tractor. 1952 Ferguson that he bought new.

Those engines I think were mostly combine take off when converting to power tale off as soon as the combine owner got a live power take off tractor. They had the special combine clutch and PTO speed reducer and reverser. Some might have been bought new just for that job.. I payed attention to the engine but not to the ride because we were using a combine at that time with that engine setup. Was a 1944 model AC 60.

I have a 1935 Allis Chalmers WC that belonged to my grandfather, and a 1954 Minneapolis Moline UB that belonged to my Dad.