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Several years ago, I got stuck with this. It’s a little Farmall Crop Row Tractor, vintage 1971.

My Wife’s uncle had passed away, and he had given it to her. It’s a long story.

I put a new set of rear tires on it. I haven’t cranked it in over two years, but it has stayed under cover.

Any suggestions as to what I could do with it? image.jpg
 
jackieschmidt said:
Several years ago, I got stuck with this. It’s a little Farmall Crop Row Tractor, vintage 1971.

My Wife’s uncle had passed away, and he had given it to her. It’s a long story.

I put a new set of rear tires on it. I haven’t cranked it in over two years, but it has stayed under cover.

Any suggestions as to what I could do with it? View attachment 1605132
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use it to drag those big prop shafts around
 
When in High School, I plowed and shredded for local farmers. Always carried a Ruger 10/22 in the cab, it got frigging boring plowing 200 to 300 acres at a time. But the tractors always stirred up some sort of vermin that was dispatched by 22lr. One of the land owners would give me a box of 22 everytime I ran his tractors for just that reason.
 
jackieschmidt said:
Several years ago, I got stuck with this. It’s a little Farmall Crop Row Tractor, vintage 1971.

My Wife’s uncle had passed away, and he had given it to her. It’s a long story.

I put a new set of rear tires on it. I haven’t cranked it in over two years, but it has stayed under cover.

Any suggestions as to what I could do with it? View attachment 1605132
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Put fresh front tires on it, recover the seat, give it a paint job and buy a wagon to tow behind it. It'd be great for neighborhood bar hopping. :)
 
ISS said:
Brings back good memories.
We had a small JI Case dealership south of St Louis in Cape Girardeau. My Father and I would take the tractor/trailer down to OKC twice a year and bring a load of wagon frames back.
My Father was born at home in 1923 on a 3200 acre farm. They had 340 head of horses and mules to farm with. I was the last of his sons to be born at home, in fall of 1949.
My Mother's younger brother was born in 1930. He wanted to fly. He would go to the local airport on his bicycle after school and do odd chores in exchange for flying lessons. After the war he would fly over my Folk's place and find my Father plowing or cutting hay or such and take him flying.
In those days, the farm wives made some side money selling eggs and butter at the county store. To celebrate my Father's birthday the first year they were married, she spent that money buying him a Fox 20 gauge side by side. Her brother had a 22 rifle. They would hunt Squirrels in the summer and fall, and Turkeys and Rabbits in the fall and winter. If the game stood still, my Uncle used the 22; if they ran/flew my Father used the 20 gauge. My Father ended up doing most of the shooting. My Uncle talked him into trading. That Thanksgiving, my Mother made the big family dinner. Two Turkeys, and all the trimmings. She bragged my Father up to High Heaven and that year's worth of Butter & Egg money that bought the 20 gauge. Finally, she tells my Father to go get the Fox. My Father tries to not do that. Mom goes into the closet and brings the soft case out to the dining room table. Opens the case, and out pops the 22. That meal did not end well. My Father told me, several years later, that he did not have to stoke the stove much to keep the house warm that winter.
I still have that 22 rifle...

ISS
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Great story, love it.
Since you are a JI Case fan, here is a ‘48 LA my grandfather bought new. It ran until the late 80’s and was parked. My son restored it a few years back, a total rebuild to the bare frame, it is in new condition.
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He showed it one year in the Delo contest. We get it out and run it a few hours per year. The lessons and skills he learned during this are priceless. Mechanics, machining, safety, and feeling defeated at times are only learned by experience. There are only a few things I own that are not for sale, My wife, son, our family land, and that tractor.
 
RandyB said:
I did this just to drive the purists crazy. all from a pile of parts. 1929 Farmall Regular, Wisconsin V4 engine, GM clutch took it to annual plow day made the front page of the local paperView attachment 1605445
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I like unconventional projects.... how bout an old Deere repowered with an IH V8

Repowered Tractors: JD Model A with an IH V8! - Tractor Zoom

As far as repowered tractors go, Mike Mudek's IH 345 V8-swapped John Deere Model A is one of the most unique examples I've ever seen!
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Most recent collection Allis C , 170, 185
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1921 Frick Contractor model
Double cylinder, picture taken right before my dad sold it
We pulled 46000 at at tractor pull once and were told to stop at 350’
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We still have this 1926 keck gonnerman double
It’s fully rebuilt including a hand made new riveted boiler
 
Born and raised in the City. Moved to the country back in 70. Got in with a semi retired dairy farmer. Worked with his kid. Got down to 7* (the coldest it's ever been in our area) and he didn't have water for almost a week. He has a couple of sand filters in the garage that were split wide open. Bypassed them, and got his water back. Made a friend for life!!!
He just happened to have a broken down Case tractor. Nothing big, just a small tractor like a Ford N.
Moved it over to the breeze way next to the tac room and tore it apart. Water in the cylinders so it bent a rod. Shipped the engine off to the machine shop for a rebuild.
Put it back together then plowed 20 acres with it. Then, planted corn with it. Finally picked all the corn and plowed the stubble in.
Couple of old farmers with broke down equipment that always need repair. :rolleyes: Most own property with a hill on it to park their stuff on so they can roll start it. :( Equipment is worthless if it won't start or do the job for you.
Can't remember ever having so much fun being/playing farmer. :D
Often see the BIG tractors out doing the fields and think that would be a fun way to pass some time for a few days. :cool:
Did do a minor/major rebuild on a 977 Cat. Somebody had to put it together, so I looked at the parts book, took it apart replaced a few parts and put it back together. A fun experience. Ended up doing about $40K worth of repairs for the price of parts. Another learning experience. Always fun to learn something new.
 
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