So who's into tractors

[droptop2bottom]

Went to a local fair today. They had a tractor pull and, of course, tractors.

 

[F4R/T]

I recall red being in everyone’s shed around me. I recall using a 230,340,M,H,656,7&856... a few others too. Love the old tractors!

 

[68-500]

I grew up on tractors. Red IH’s and yellow MM’s. When I make the time I need to finish the overhaul of my late father’s MM G-1000 Vista, then a tune-up on the 4-star. Then I need to split the U-302 super I got from uncle Jack. I spin uncle Don’s Silver King every time I see it.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Not "into" but I've worked on & used enough of them & other assorted equipment...

 

[Dave6T4]

My first memory is of Dad's Ford 8 or 9N tractor being delivered on a flatbed truck. I would have been 3 at the time. This replaced Grand Dad's 2 horses on the farm. Dad later had a 1954 Ferguson 2085 on our 100 acre general farm, and still later, a 1964 John Deere 1010. The 35 h.p. J.D. ran our hay baler a lot better than the smaller Ferguson. After I left the farm to find my own employment, a larger David Brown showed up.

 

[Curiousyellow71]

I definitely have a love old Iron that goes beyond cars and trucks. I enjoy going to the working antique shows but havent made it to any this year. The Avery tractor below is from Albany days at Albany, KS. I usually attend their show in September. As far as classics go I own a '45 M farmall. I drove it 10 miles home from a auction when I was 13 in '85. I spent hundreds of hours cultivating with it. I bought a stroker engine kit last summer for it. I never seem to have time to work on it. It should go from 45hp to 90-100hp.
Grandpa's '36 F20 sits in a tree row and his U302 MM is in the barn w the heads off. I burnt a valve out plowing w it when I was in high school. Both were bought new along with a '52 Ferguson TO20.
The most awesome tractor I have ever run was homemade. It had two 8v92 Detroits with scraper rearends and a scraper articulated joint. They used the glass out of a tugboat to make the cab. They called it big blue. My cousin and his son built it in the 70s. My brother and I put a 450hp 8v92TA in the front for them. The back engine had 380hp. For a total of 830hp. I wish I had pictures.
Here's a few pictures of the ones we put to work yet. Our Ih 5288 and Mx240 and Dads MM G1000vista. One of our Cat challenger tractors its a 75c.

 

[hunt2elk]

As a matter of fact, I am. In my garage is a 1953 Golden Jubilee, 1956 640, 1958 641, and just for the heck of it, a newer Massey 4x4. Yesterday was a great tractor day as we had all 4 of them out for different tasks. Much to my wife's dismay, I am kind of searching for another 641. If any of you know of a decent one of those within driving distance of west central WI, let me know .