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Anyone have tractors? Big or small. Let’s see some tractors and tractor related projects.

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My dad's 60s John Deere 400 Industrial tractor. He bought it in the early 2000s to use on our family property in Toccoa, GA. Unfortunately, other things in life happened and we didn't do much up at that property for several years. Both the engine and clutch are stuck at the moment. Big sad.

It was originally yellow but has had a couple repaints since then.

I'm hoping that we will be able to get the engine unstuck and put the old tractor back to use. I'll try to get some better pictures next time we're up there.

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Here is my herd of Deere.

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Show me yours and I'll show you mine.

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Farmall 230
John Deere 3038e
John Deere 140h3

Apparently I don't have any pictures on this phone of any of them...

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Bobcat 331 excavator
Kubota B series 4x4 tractor
Ford 545C 4x4 tractor ( I call this one the beast )

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My little guy .

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I have a 1952 8n that I have had for almost 30 years.
I also have a 1954 Jubilee (NAA).
And a 1941 9N, is a recent addition to the collection,
I am working on it now.

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My 460 Farmall- my dad and I in the pic. My grandfather bought it new in 1960

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my new Kioti.i've wanted a tractor forever and now that we have 8 acres or so to look after,now was the time.

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My 1939 'B', it was my 4-H project when I was in 6th grade and I've had it ever since (25 years). I spotted it sitting in the weeds while riding the bus to school and talked my parents into letting me restore it. I still use it to grade the driveway and pull a log out of the woods when I need to. Fun to think its 83 years old this October.

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1942 calendar year Farmall "A" -

before and after.

K

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Cool Picture and Tractor:metal:

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I almost got hooked on the JD tractor thing. ;)
Nice Story:metal:

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Those Farmall tractors are cool
Daddy bought a Little side Cub.

The one that the frame cracked under the radiator.

It was a fun tractor to work on.

The Clutch disk was as big as a tea cup:lol:

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My parents signed me up as a member of the Two-Cylinder Club when I was seven years old and I've been a member ever since. We also had an old 'H' when I was really little, so thats where I caught the two-cylinder bug.

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Not a tractor project but a truck project with a tractor.

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That is a Great Bug that you have. :metal:

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That counts:metal:

When we sell tractor parts at a Swap Meet;)

The People say those are Tractor parts.

I say ( You Need a Tractor to build A Truck) , Period:chevy::chevy::chevy:

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1963 Massey 65 Diesel my Grandad bought new. Dad would hook up the sickle mower when I was a kid and send me out to mow pastures and road ditches with it as we lived right across a gravel road from my grandparents. I found it a year ago at a cousins house where it had been sitting under an overhang for over 20 years. Brought it home cleaned it up changed all the fluids and it fired right up. Use it today to maintain the driveway and spray the fence line.

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I guess mine counts as a 1/16 scale model. :lol: It pulls the occasional broken truck to the shop or a 4x8 trailer to haul stuff around the property. Wouldn't mind having a big one, just don't need it where I am at.

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How about a big tractor

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Or how about some pulling tractors?

These were both built in the ag engineering dept where I got my bachelors. Mustang Fever was already built when I got there. V12 feom a P-51 mustang. White Lightning was built in the school shop by a classmate. Pretty sure it was a helicopter jet engine (C-46??).

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If you want a sled puller, go big or go home :)

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Here is a Tractor related story of a young girl that restored one.

You can even vote if you choose too.

I saw this on a FB group.

Link: https://chevrontrcvoting.com/Voting/Details?entryId=25

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This is my 64 John deere 110 that kept me pretty busy last winter. I tore it down to every nut bolt and spring and sandblasted everything myself in a hf cabinet and only had to have the frame, rims and rear fenders professionally done because of the size. Transmission case had a portion of the mating flange cracked off the cad to be brazed back together. New tires and belts and a decal kit finished it nicely. I thought about selling it but I kinda like it but with the new truck space is an issue. I have a wheel horse b100 and c100 as well that I do heavy mowing with one and winter plowing with the other

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You done a Fabulous job.

I vote that you should keep it. :metal:

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howdy y'all! been a while but this thread caught my interest :)

at first I saw tractor tread and was all like heck yah, just put two sets of Firestone Radial All Traction 23° R-1 tires (made in Iowa :flagw:) on the back of the 706 and 886 this summer LoL

886 RR went flat on me but both IH tractors been needing tires for a while.. extremely old, weathered and dry rotted, surprised the made it this long..

even bought three new wheels to replace the rusted out wheels from calcium chloride fluid.. ironically the one rear that went flat had a replacement wheel from a few years ago but I was able to find three of the same down in Clinton.. the valve stem just fell out of one of the old ones :eek:

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2501 ?

I put money down on a new one back in April and still haven't gotten it yet.

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I only have 16 acres. No need for those big tractors. My kids installing a septic tank.

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That's cool Kirk, especially with it being in the family since new.

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That's a neat pic.

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That's a cool story, nice work!

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Things look pretty nice at Killer Bee Acres.

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My dad just picked up this one, 1979 John Deere 401C Loader Backhoe. Built in Dubuque, Ia (the factory is celebrating their 75th anniversary this year).

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Thanks. My three kids and their spouses along with my seven grandkids in the picture. My four grandsons were giving a pedal tractor when they turned a year old and the granddaughters get a Radio Flyer wagon (wagons didn’t get in this picture). The 520 JD on the far left I inherited from my Dad. The rest are owned by my son and I.

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receipt for the Ford 8N and implements grandpa bought in 1950

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receipt for the Ford 641 workmaster grandpa bought in 1957 and traded in the 8N

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641 still in service today ready for chores :cool:

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my favorite brush hog mower to clear lanes and property lines in the woods :)

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This is Golden to me:metal:

I am a Big fan of the N-Series tractor.

Chevy Trucks and Ford Tractors :chevy::chevy::chevy::chevy:

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me too! I wish he would have kept that 8N but it only depreciated $217.50 in 7 years for trade in on the 641 which is much similar in utility application as the N series

I don't have the serial but out of curiosity I looked it up and it appears 1957 was the first year of the 601 series with only 1000 units made :)

https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tra...-ford-641.html

our 641 is 4cyl gas 4spd with trans pto (disengages with clutch) vs live pto available in other models

it was repainted back in the 80's, friend of my dad was a painter and he painted the IH 706 and the Ford 641 at the same time - both International red :lol:

one of these days after I retire I would like to restore it to original red color and replace the decals.. it's already converted to 12 volt

there's a small tractor shop in Bates City that always has several out front for sale - might pick one up some day, handy little critters!

we pass it every time we go to Bates City BBQ - one of our family's favorites since I was a kid :lol:

https://www.google.com/search?q=bate...bates+city+bbq

https://www.batescitybarbq.com/

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I'll have to find some pictures. I have a B2650 Kubota with a front end loader & various 3 point and loader attachments. Use it all over our 5 acres.