Ford Tractor photo thread, lets start one!

[LV8N]

Very, very nice 1520. Has it been restored/repainted?? How many hours on it?? Nice.

It has 1700 hrs on it. From what I can tell it is fairly original, some touch up painting has been done. It doesn't appear to have been abused. I've been very happy with it using it through the summer.

 

[mickeyw]

Here's our 1973 Ford 3000 with Horndraulic FEL. My mother bought this back in the early 90's

I upgraded the loader to power tilt some years back. Originally it was a trip bucket and real hard work to use.

Sent from mTalk

 

[joecdeere]

here's my 1989 345C TLB, got it cheap just to have another toy to play with!

 

[alteet]

I got this in 5000 mid-October. No idea the number of hours (lots). My first tractor, by the way, and I got it to bush-hog and chip on my piece of dirt.
Here she is as purchased:


And here she is after a bit of love:

 

[ovrszd]

I got this in 5000 mid-October. No idea the number of hours (lots). My first tractor, by the way, and I got it to bush-hog and chip on my piece of dirt.
Here she is as purchased:
View attachment 490522

And here she is after a bit of love:

View attachment 490527

Oh wow!!!

I'm speechless and that's unusual.....

Awesome restoration. Thanks for posting the pics. All of us Ford guys thank you.

Welcome to TBN.

Check that out Happy.

 

[Big Barn]

Wow! Nice job on the lovin'!

I had two of those. Same 38" power adjust wheels. I've still got a stack of those wheel weights left.

Oh, and welcome!

Terry

 

[alteet]

Oh wow!!!

I'm speechless and that's unusual.....

Awesome restoration. Thanks for posting the pics. All of us Ford guys thank you.

Welcome to TBN.

Check that out Happy.

Thanks for the compliments and the welcome.

It was actually less a restoration than a refurbishment. She looks great from 50 feet...

Front end was shot, so spindles, right-hand axle knee, tie-rods, bushings and bearings. Lots of steam-cleaning and sandblasting. New radiator, thermostat, hoses and such. And she needed a dash and re-wiring, of course, one new front rim, and three new tires. Mostly I wanted to slow down the deterioration and begin to make her more reliable so I can clean up my property. She's obviously been neglected and abused and wore an FEL in her previous life, so I guess it's natural that the front end was worn out.

I didn't realize that these are considered "vintage" when I bought her, but I'm beginning to figure out what that means.

 

[ovrszd]

Thanks for the compliments and the welcome.

It was actually less a restoration than a refurbishment. She looks great from 50 feet...

Front end was shot, so spindles, right-hand axle knee, tie-rods, bushings and bearings. Lots of steam-cleaning and sandblasting. New radiator, thermostat, hoses and such. And she needed a dash and re-wiring, of course, one new front rim, and three new tires. Mostly I wanted to slow down the deterioration and begin to make her more reliable so I can clean up my property. She's obviously been neglected and abused and wore an FEL in her previous life, so I guess it's natural that the front end was worn out.

I didn't realize that these are considered "vintage" when I bought her, but I'm beginning to figure out what that means.

Very glad to see that the tractor fell into good hands.

Those weights are worth some money. Easily 50 cents a pound.

My 3910 had several issues when I bought it too. But that's part of the adventure!!!

I split it in two to fix an oil leak that I suspected was the engine rear main seal. discovered the clutch was junk so replaced that along with the rear main seal. Put it back together and it still leaked oil. Discovered it was the front transmission seal that was bad. So got to tear it apart twice. Gotta love it!!!!

I sold a pair of those rear wheels with junk tires for $900. That gives you an idea about the value of Ford tractor parts. After all, where you gonna get new ones???

 

[mickeyw]

I got this in 5000 mid-October. No idea the number of hours (lots). My first tractor, by the way, and I got it to bush-hog and chip on my piece of dirt.
Here she is as purchased:
View attachment 490522

And here she is after a bit of love:

View attachment 490527

That's one smart looking machine you have there alteet.

Our 3000 have a smarten up when we got her, but since then the weather has taken its toll. One day I'll get around to giving her another coat of paint, and a few other improvements.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

I got this in 5000 mid-October. No idea the number of hours (lots). My first tractor, by the way, and I got it to bush-hog and chip on my piece of dirt.
Here she is as purchased:
View attachment 490522

And here she is after a bit of love:

View attachment 490527

Wow, a real beauty, nice job!