How long have you been in the seat and first tractor
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2LaneCruzer
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In 1962, 30 cents an hour wasn't much, that's for sure, but then, I probably would have done it for free at that age, just to get to drive the tractor!
In 1968, at 14 years old, I was making 62 cents an hour working at least three hours every day picking up eggs at a commercial production facility in Auburn Washington. Walking distance. Miserable work in the summer and winter. I did in fact have to walk two miles through the woods to get to and from home. In the summer it was not bad but the winter was usually cold, dark and wet and crossing numerous fences barb wire fences.
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2LaneCruzer
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My first job right out of college in 1964, was $364 per month. Less than I was making painting houses.
What did the guy have, a golf course? That was quite a lawn mower.
Rebeldad1
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- Kioti Tractor, John Deere Mower,New Holland Mini Excavator
My parents bought my first tractor for me. It was about a 1951-1952 Murry. I was so proud of it. Pedal speed control on both the right and left hand pedals. Like the newer hydrastatic pedals we have now you just had to reverse them. No power steering, RWD only offered. Had the rear hitch mount but I didnt get the trailer with it.
Somewhere I have a picture of it and will try to post it.
Somewhere I have a picture of it and will try to post it.
bunyip
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Don't be too harsh on yourself, we all have to start somewhere and a Kubota is a nicer start than the Fergie which loved to wheel stand when your foot slipped of that awful excuse for a clutch pedal.
My latest challenge is lining up the eurohitch because I can't quite see it.
Rich B1
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- NH TC21D, 3 Craftsman GT’s…..old but tough, AGT Industrial QH 12
About 6 years old on a John Deere H. Then an Allis WD. Along the way there was an 8N, 9N, AC D12, Ford 3000, etc. Then a long break until recently. An AC B and now a NH TC21D.
rangerfredbob
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After 55 years I still take mine in the mud and get stuck because "clueless, learning".
I get my tractor stuck at least once a year mowing... with the reed canary grass there's a little bit of structure on the surface but the silt liquid just below that doesn't have much once you break through... Every year when mowing that junk I always think that I can make just one more row, then I sink a tire, then the other goes and with the loader those 6" wide front tires don't take much to go down... I got better with the one way clutch added to the PTO (no internal one way on this bad boy, but it does have a 4 speed PTO) but it still happens on occasion...
I might have misunderstood things before, the first time I drove a tractor was that story I believe and it was in around 1990...
