60 Years With The 50

rusty6 · Nov 9, 2020

Just realized it was sixty years on November 4th when my dad drove home the "new to him" Cockshutt 50. It was supposed to be a 1956 model but in later years we found out from the serial number its actually a 1953. Repainted from original red to the newer 1956 yellow paint and decals.
I was too young to remember the day but I've put in enough hours over the past years driving it. The 50 has changed a bit over that time but still pretty much the same old tractor. Lower photo is from 2019.

Charlie M · Nov 9, 2020

My Dad had one in our last years of farming in the 60's. It was the biggest tractor we ever owned. He got it for the belt pully as we needed a tractor that could run a belt on our silage blower. We pulled 3-
16's plows and a 10 ft disk with out without much effort. I don't know the year of it but it was painted like the one in your first picture.

GordoSD · Nov 9, 2020

Were you combining corn in that snow? How do you test moisture in frozen corn? Do you sell that?

larry@stinescorner · Nov 9, 2020

nice pictures!!!

casecollectorsc · Nov 9, 2020

When I was a kid, Dad had a 40 diesel and the neighbor had a 40 gas. Both of them had a whine in third gear....does the 50??

rusty6 · Nov 9, 2020

(quoted from post at 13:58:10 11/09/20) Were you combining corn in that snow? How do you test moisture in frozen corn? Do you sell that?

Gordo, we don't grow corn here. Except for the odd field grown for winter grazing for cattle. That was a load of oats I was taking to the hammer mill to chop for cattle feed last winter. You have likely seen the videos of me doing that before. I've made a few. Its about the only exercise the 50 gets these days.

Bruce from Can. · Nov 9, 2020

Our 35 had a whine in 3rd. Same rear end and transmission as thee was 40 and 50. Only thing different really was the engine and choice of front axles, same tub frame

wingnuttx · Nov 9, 2020

Looks as though there is an antique tractor just to the left of the shed ( left side of pic #2 ). Wingnut

flying belgian · Nov 9, 2020

So as soon as you realized the paint was wrong you painted the original color or was that done during a recent restoration?

55 50 Ron · Nov 9, 2020

Hope Rusty don't mind if I jump in to answer. That tractor is a McCormick Deering 15-30 and Rusty has posted other pictures of it here previously

55 50 Ron · Nov 9, 2020

Thanks for the photos Rusty. I did post an answer to "Wingnut" about the 15-30.

rusty6 · Nov 9, 2020

(quoted from post at 17:28:11 11/09/20) Thanks for the photos Rusty. I did post an answer to "Wingnut" about the 15-30.

Thanks Ron. And yes, the Cockshutts have quite a transmission whine in motion. Not quite as bad as the 730 Case though. That one really screams in the high range gears.
Regarding paint on the 50, Dad left it as is for years and then in about 1974 he decided to brush on some red and white. Nowhere near original colours but he liked it. I've thought about painting and new decals but so far have just cleaned up the old paint and kept it looking half decent. Its always stored indoors.
One big change was the front axle. It came with the heavy duty axle and 18 inch solid cast wheels on front. Terrible heavy steering so Dad changed it over to the lighter axle and 16 inch front wheels. It helped a little but I'd kind of like to get the original look back. Somehow one of those heavy 18 inch cast wheels has gone missing?!

sammydwm · Nov 9, 2020

we bought a dairy farm in 79 and the big power was a 50, was bored over quite a bit and that old 6 cylinder really had the power. Hydraulics were shot though. Our neighbor always called it the crockshot....

rusty6 · Nov 9, 2020

(quoted from post at 17:55:49 11/09/20) we bought a dairy farm in 79 and the big power was a 50, was bored over quite a bit and that old 6 cylinder really had the power. Hydraulics were shot though. Our neighbor always called it the crockshot....

Unless the pump was right worn out those hydraulic systems were a pretty easy fix. Undo the reservooir/cover and unbolt the control valve. Replace a few o rings and a snap ring maybe and its good to go. At one time we did have to lift the whole rear end cover with the hyd pump attached. The o rings sealing the pump to the casting had sprung a leak and let the oil into the rear end. New o rings fixed it up.

Traditional Farmer · Nov 10, 2020

My 1954 Cockshutt 50 has the heavy duty front axle been a good tractor have owned it about 40 years came out of NC,FCX sold them down there.

cdmn · Nov 10, 2020

This must be a lighter one. I formerly owned a 1956 40PD that had the same as yours. Mine had
wide, Western fenders.

rusty6 · Nov 10, 2020

(quoted from post at 11:08:21 11/10/20) This must be a lighter one. I formerly owned a 1956 40PD that had the same as yours. Mine had
wide, Western fenders.

Looking good. I know that adjustable front axle shows up in the brochures and parts books but we never saw them here.
I bought a PD 40 with cracked engine block and it had the wide fenders too. A neighbour had a diesel 50, the yellow one, and it had the full fenders.
This photo from late 70s shows my dad with his 50 (in red) parked beside the neighbour's yellow diesel 50 with full fenders. You can see the difference between the heavy axle and 18 inch front wheels on the yellow one compared to the light axle with 16s on my dad's red 50.

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