We keep a couple of Kabotas on the place. I rebuilt several As and Bs when I was younger, you can’t do much with them in this area but I just love to hear them pop!
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How about BP and me jump-starting a thread that has been dead for over 5 years?
On topic: The JD model R.
The father of the JD820:
If you thought the model A had big lungs, the model R had 415 cubic inches in 2 jugs!
...His son the 820, an unbelievable 470 cubic inches!!!
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On topic: The JD model R.
The father of the JD820:
If you thought the model A had big lungs, the model R had 415 cubic inches in 2 jugs!
...His son the 820, an unbelievable 470 cubic inches!!!
(Feel free to throw the TMI flag if needed
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Here is a 1950 G Model JD. One step up from the A.
And an A shown with a 60, which was the follow up generation of the A
I saw this in town one day. An MT i think, not familiar with it, only one i've seen.
Never saw a MT with the tricycle front end.
One uncle had one. It was a power house compared to our B.With 412 cubic inches, the model G was no slacker!
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They do need to be told they made a bad decision in their life. Living on top of another is never a good idea....Try explaining that to the millions that live in skyscrapers in the big blue metropolis.
They are still humans and have to be fed, every day.
And there forebearer the D started out at 465 ci, and grew to 501 at the end of production,How about BP and me jump-starting a thread that has been dead for over 5 years?
On topic: The JD model R.
The father of the JD820:
If you thought the model A had big lungs, the model R had 415 cubic inches in 2 jugs!
...His son the 820, an unbelievable 470 cubic inches!!!
(Feel free to throw the TMI flag if needed
Aw c'mon now, you got a pretty tractor, post some pictures of it.
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My paint job will never be a bad choice for me. I got all 4 granddaughters who want to fight over driving her. The 2 grandsons can fight over Pop's red Universal tractor. Train them while young.
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When I was an early teen, my dad and grandpa come home with a bunch more grazing and small grain land.. Also 2 new John Deere 830s... In my head I can still hear that you could hear them pop, pop all around the countryside sometimes 24 hours a day it seemed.. I also spent more time at the wheel herding one of them across the fields.. Some argue I spent too much time too close to all that ...pop, pop... noise .. 
When I lived on the lake place, the township had a park with ball fields, picnic area, and tractor pull track.. There was a young woman there that had a nicely restored International C ? or H ? that was painted pink... She always did well in her pulling class..
When I lived on the lake place, the township had a park with ball fields, picnic area, and tractor pull track.. There was a young woman there that had a nicely restored International C ? or H ? that was painted pink... She always did well in her pulling class..
Johnny Poppers get the job done when they are loaded it is like a heart or drum beat make a turn at the end of the row and it speeds up for just a bit as you straighten out.
The smaller 420s, 430s. 40s >>>>> with a lift on them are the best thing around for disking, and plowing hit the end of the row pull up the disk or breaker hit the brake it will spin right there and you drop it right back in.
The smaller 420s, 430s. 40s >>>>> with a lift on them are the best thing around for disking, and plowing hit the end of the row pull up the disk or breaker hit the brake it will spin right there and you drop it right back in.
Cuz had an MD IT was a FARMALL started on gas and then ran on diesel, that was a heavy tractor, He got it stuck at the edge of his pond and My 1 ton 4wd boom truck wouldn't pull it out, Took a backhoe to sit on the front bucket, and stabilizers to get it.
That was the only one of those tractors I had ever seen.
That was the only one of those tractors I had ever seen.
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I loved mowing hay with our old B. With the separate brakes you could easily make a 90 degree turn and never miss a beat. Of course when we upgraded to the Duetz and got disk mower, we were running at least 3 times faster and never clogging the cycle bar.
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What I hated about the clippers was the cycle arm and the pins in them, If they ever got the least bit loose once, you would have to get off and tighten them all the time.
The disk mowers made the job much better a good workover before or right after the season does it most of the time for the year unless you have rough ground.
I have a woods bushog I can run over the field fast and cut the grass down to use for square bales, it dies not do well for rounds though because of the way it packs.
I don't like square balers because of the needle timers.
The disk mowers made the job much better a good workover before or right after the season does it most of the time for the year unless you have rough ground.
I have a woods bushog I can run over the field fast and cut the grass down to use for square bales, it dies not do well for rounds though because of the way it packs.
I don't like square balers because of the needle timers.
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What's your favorite tractor implement/attachment?
I have several implements (logging winch, box blade, scraper blade, rototiller, pallet forks...) but IMHO, the FEL (Front End Loader) is the best, most useful.
If you have a FEL, a toothbar is a real force multiplier. Wow, it'll make digging and such so much faster. I'm a fan of the piranha tooth bar brand.
I have several implements (logging winch, box blade, scraper blade, rototiller, pallet forks...) but IMHO, the FEL (Front End Loader) is the best, most useful.
If you have a FEL, a toothbar is a real force multiplier. Wow, it'll make digging and such so much faster. I'm a fan of the piranha tooth bar brand.
Favorites are the old John Derek 2 cylinders. But the use is limited in this day and time. I've got a 1970 Duetz that performs well for plowing and bush hogging, grader blade work. And a Kubota 1870 that is great for mowing.
I'd like to get a 50 or so John Deere with a FEL. 4wd is a plus for ground work.
I'd like to get a 50 or so John Deere with a FEL. 4wd is a plus for ground work.
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Here's my JD5065E, same tractor that my wife used to run over Tracker with.
For us, it was the 'grain-drill' (also called a seed-drill). No plowing or discing, just plant next year's stuff
.https://www.goodworkstractors.com/product/no-till-seed-drill-for-food-plots-genesis/
you can bush hog with a 2 Cylinder, you just have to be creative. and this old trooper will burn some nasty fuel, old gas, diesel that people are scared to run in their modern nightmares (mixed with a bit of gas) , And sound cool doing it.
Yep They'll do a lot of work. Down side with ours, we didn't have 3pt hitch.
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this one doesn't either, just my channel and jack adapter, and of course an overrunning clutch on the pto.
Where's the Massey Ferguson fans?
I can't say I'm too familiar with them, but I did have lawn tractor... it was built way tough with steel channel frame, and not light-weight stamped steel.
I can't say I'm too familiar with them, but I did have lawn tractor... it was built way tough with steel channel frame, and not light-weight stamped steel.
Red vs Green???
Just sharing a little aggravation.Put both together and you have Christmas colors.
Individually I like green.
Let's not forget yellow, and yellow John Deere's.
It's the yellow ones I like. Green and Yellow are actually two different divisions of JD's. Green being farming/agriculture and Yellow being construction/commercial. Thus we have JD's competing with Cat's, and the JD's do actually hold their ground quite well in that arena.
It's the yellow ones I like. Green and Yellow are actually two different divisions of JD's. Green being farming/agriculture and Yellow being construction/commercial. Thus we have JD's competing with Cat's, and the JD's do actually hold their ground quite well in that arena.
