Ford Tractor photo thread, lets start one!

Texasmark · Jun 29, 2018

LouNY said:
When the 8000 came to the farm in 68 she had a set of 5 bottom plows and was the big tractor, plowed, baled, and chopped. Just general farm work. As the big tractor she did the heaviest tillage replacing the Farmall 560 as the big tractor. As years progressed and more tractors came to the farm a 1066 IH became the big one and the Ford down to second and tillage implements got larger, disks and harrows, unloading wagons got larger and another 1086 came into use, everything kept getting larger and the CIH Magnums started arriving 7110 first, then 7230 and a 7120 over the years, the Ford ended up as a hauling and mowing tractor, running the silage blower. Just general farm work, the last several years she's been just mainly light duty, hauling wagons, raking, tedding. We have several tractors on the farm that are used regularly from an H to Magnums the NH 6050 and CIH Puma 125, IH656's, 560, 400, 1066, 1086, even a couple of green ones now 4450 and a 4020, I believe 13 in all.

So, what it cost you in replacement parts in that time?

ovrszd · Jun 29, 2018

Texasmark said:
I saw one once, maybe on YT. Ford produced a series of them for some celebration, forget the reason and I think they were the 100 series, and don't remember which. Nothing special other than paint as I recall. Thinking back, it may have been a special edition of the Jubilee (NAA?, 1953). That would probably justify it or it was gold because they made some magic number of tractors and that was to celebrate.

I was told the gold tractors were demo models that traveled to Farm Shows etc.

ovrszd · Jun 29, 2018

Texasmark said:
Well 1800 vs 1200 rpm and what are the run/type-degree of usage per hour ratios.....engines are rated on x gph per actual hp being used. Same engine, same operational condition/wear, no reason for it to be any different. My experience with Ford engines, and one of the reasons I like Fords is their efficiency. Other reasons are reliability and ease of access for the operator and location of controls.

Yep, very efficient. I was simply describing the differences dependent on task performed.

LouNY · Jun 29, 2018

Texasmark said:
So, what it cost you in replacement parts in that time?

Water pump, alternators, power steering motor and the actual splined shaft is bad now, fuel gauge doesn't work, she's never been split, a few sets of tires, a couple of tie rods, and it did have a set of injectors once. Otherwise not a lot other then fluids and filters.

Texasmark · Jun 29, 2018

LouNY said:
Water pump, alternators, power steering motor and the actual splined shaft is bad now, fuel gauge doesn't work, she's never been split, a few sets of tires, a couple of tie rods, and it did have a set of injectors once. Otherwise not a lot other then fluids and filters.

Shucks, that's about as good as it gets. Looks like Mother Deere doesn't have anything on Henry-Harry's descendants. On fuel gauge not working, if it's the instrument panel, I got a new one for the 3910 and the 3000 while I was at it for $80 free shipping, ebay. Put a new sending unit and dash gauge in the 2000 recently.

ovrszd · Jun 29, 2018

When I bought my 3910 it had a cheap gauge cluster in it. The fuel gauge doesn't work as well as the hour meter. The rpm changes as the tractor warms up. My ole 555A still has the original cluster. All functions work. Cheap is rarely best.