tacticalturnip
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One might describe your current machine as 'cherry' perhaps?
Yeah you could say that I guess. The same holds true for my 1951 Ford 8n. That one also still has the factory tires on it. It also still has its “work clothes” ie factory paint.One might describe your current machine as 'cherry' perhaps?
Damn, that is a close match maybe only three years off. Is your M a Farmall or a John Deere ?No snow here but almost the same regarding vintage tractors... 48 Cub, 50 M and 53 Jubilee.
The cub is always the Christmas center piece at the tree farm... my guess is thousands of pictures...
Great to see yours on the job...
Filled up today and gad at $5
Damn, we must be. I’m in upstate NY, but spent all of the last week working in SanDiego, so I’m still on CA time.Are you sure we are not related living in parallel universes?
I'm in the SF Bay Area part of California... also have the twin Troy Built Tiller... and maple bed headboard...
Couldn't tell were you are located but no snow here...
The 1950 M has a straight pipe and LOUD doesn't begin to describe the sound but it will idle down to nothing... nephew won't let me put a real muffler on it.
The Jubilee is just a nice tractor... retired and only for show now days.
Wow... small world... I hear up state New York is a different world than New York city... my nephew lives their now and my niece is there visiting...Damn, we must be. I’m in upstate NY, but spent all of the last week working in SanDiego, so I’m still on CA time.
It’s way different for sure. I was only in the city once and I hated it. Our daughter’s high school field hockey team advanced to the final four a couple years ago. The tournament was on Long Island and I spent 3 hours, stuck in traffic in Queens, getting there.Wow... small world... I hear up state New York is a different world than New York city... my nephew lives their now and my niece is there visiting...
Something fascinating to me to find old iron still in the job for 75 years or more.
Enjoy seeing your pictures!
My reference to a heated cab was when using a blower, not a plow blade actually. Nice Cub. Reminds me of my very first tractor which was a '49 A dual fuel offset. Long gone to a new home. I believe it's now a parade tractor.We got a 6” snowfall last night, so I got to use the Cub again. I did our two driveways and our neighbors on each side. The PVC pipe, on the bottom of the plow, stayed on the whole time. I’ve plowed snow with many different rigs, but none were as fun or did better quality work than this one.
I know lots of guys like heated cabs for snow work, but I really like getting out in the fresh, cool, crisp winter air. It was 25 degrees F this morning and I wore insulated bibs and jacket, face mask and wool hat, wool lined mittens, and Mickey Mouse boots. I was very comfortable for over two hours out in the elements, suited up like that.
One of the best things about an open station tractor, especially with the offset “cultivation” Cub, is excellent forward visibility. That makes it very easy to clean right to the edge of the driveways and avoid turf damage on the unfrozen lawns.
I’m guessing that’s going to be our last plowable snow this season, but I’m not taking it off until I see no more sub-freezing temperatures in the long range forecast.
I’m looking forward to reinforcing the plow frame so that it is strong enough to move my boat around with a front mount hitch. I hope to do some April salmon fishing, so I’d like to get it welded up in time for that. It’s easier getting the boat back into position in the barn with a front hitch on a tractor than with the rear one on my truck.
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