Restoring old Implements back To there former glory

[kebo]

That 4 bottom plow looks great! You do some fine work there GRC. The only thing I see wrong with it is that the two street tires you put on it don't match, but I won't deduct any style points for that.

Maybe when you plow up some ground with it, you can record some and post it here?

 

[Greenrivercummins]

That 4 bottom plow looks great! You do some fine work there GRC. The only thing I see wrong with it is that the two street tires you put on it don't match, but I won't deduct any style points for that.

Maybe when you plow up some ground with it, you can record some and post it here?

Thanks and i will get a video when i get to use the plow not sure when... and Haha yeah i wanted the same brand set but, there was a $100 price difference in the matching vs. no-Matching set lol then again i've only got $700 in everything. I do have buy a set for my 540 IH plow too might swap to make them matching on both plows...

Anyway's here's my latest save from the scrape yard a David bradley Running gear really hate i didn't get a before pic it was pretty bad. I was in such a hurry to tear into it forgot to grab a pic... I built this for little jobs around the house and to take my family on Tractor drive's. I had to wait for the other pockect stakes on back order but, they and the safety triangle are on it now. will get more pics soon. Next will probaly be my John deere Manure spreader or Baler.





Also some pics of both the wagons ive done can't wait for hay season to try them out!

 

[Hoochy]

Wow, those wagons look parade ready. Nice work, I want one, and an old planter and and old plow, etc...but I am way too busy with my basket casebto take on new projects...:thumbsup:

 

[sixdogs]

That's a very nice wagon build with some good ideas. The removable sides are a great idea and make the wagon much more useful.

 

[CalG]

I'm not sure what "glory" this thread is referring to. implements on the dealer's lot show all sorts of weathering age and rust. Still, the tools seem to do what they are supposed to do, and it' fun to see them all gussied up. I just love the surface on a mould board when it's done 50 acres... or more.

 

[sixdogs]

I'm not sure what "glory" this thread is referring to. implements on the dealer's lot show all sorts of weathering age and rust. Still, the tools seem to do what they are supposed to do, and it' fun to see them all gussied up. I just love the surface on a mould board when it's done 50 acres... or more.

I'm not an all being critical and this is for others that don't understand. Since you grasp the polished moldboard thing, you get it and could be a future restorer yourself.


For others, restore something and you will understand. It's a solitary experience. To take something apart, figure it out, replace what needs to be replaced, re-thread some bolts, unscrew what others have screwed up, clean or brush it, prime, paint and reassemble and it is an act of selfless courage. You have to be there to appreciate the exercise.

Along the way you learn about manufacturing techniques and the people that built things, steel qualities and some of the implement history over the years. It helps me appreciate the present and future by knowing the past and the struggles endured. And even if I later sell the item, for a while I held physical proof of those before me and it's no longer rusty junk.



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[Greenrivercummins]

I can see both view point's and both are right some people like to see something untouched in it's original condition.

Sixdogs hit the nail on the head for me..

I prefer to see that old piece of equipment brought back to when that last worker had one last look over, wiped it down and sent it out to the truck. To see it how my grandfather would have seen it the first time he rolled up to the dealer lot. With that fresh coat of paint everything ready to go to work right then knowing he had to work hard just to buy it and how it might make his life a little easier. I see alot of old equipment abandoned rusting, rotting in thick grass, tree thickits and it turns my stomach. All that hard work the factory workers put in and the years of service the item put in to just be sold for scrap. Plus i like to show younger people how far things have come when function, reliabilty and looks all mattered equally cause back then your name on the side was everything.

Mainly when i take an item to a show an a old farmer with a big old grin on his face. That moment he see's my restored Ford 309 corn planter and tells me all the time's he planted there back forty just happy to see one still around and begin used and cared for like he did all those years ago. How he'd rinse the mud, bird poo, and other gunk off, clean the fertilizer bin out, remove that last bit of seed and re-grease all the spot's good. Then put it up in the shed out of the weather so it would be ready to go come next spring.

 

[Green Power]

Great work GRC and other posters. i cant believe i havent seen this thread before. Do restored tractors count? My Father has a few i will get some pics of.

 

[CalG]

I'm not an all being critical and this is for others that don't understand. Since you grasp the polished moldboard thing, you get it and could be a future restorer yourself.


Future restorer? the Fordson is a couple of years older than I and came broken, ;-)

it's the "glory"part that eludes me,I look at the work that's been done, and the work yet to be done. I see nothing shiny and bright in any of it. Farming is dusty, dirty , hard on equipment , use it, and use it up work. There is only "glory" for those who haven't had to pull out of a field to fix some da#$ broken piece of iron. Hammer on the repair and return to the noise and dust of the combine, swather, baler or what ever. "Glory"? There is none in my eyes. Tools? Yes, to be used, and tended. then used again until there is no more use left. Then pick a tool that will do the task. Glory? Not to me. Pick another word to describe.

 

[Greenrivercummins]

The reason i used the word glory is in its definition. The definition of Glory which it has many but, this one rang true for me: "Something that is a source of great pride"

My family has farmed for 7 generations we have always taken care of our "tool's". If a cotter pin came out in the field we put a cotter pin back in not the lazy or quick way and hammered a nail in and bent it. Which i only did once as a child which lead to a good whipping with a tobacco stick. My papaw said "take pride in what you do and have don't half way do something fix it right the first time." He always cleaned and keep up his stuff which is why it never broke down in the field. He inspected every item before use and fixed it right then not jerry rig it hoping it might make it through the year. Him and his 3 son's farmed nearly 500+ acres of tobacco, milked over 150 holsteins, and put up 50+ acres of hay. When he sold any piece of his equipment it looked just as good as it did new and it was used and used hard be it in the milk parlor, in the tobacco field or the hay field. To him a tool was as a great source of pride. Not something to use and throw away something i'm thankful he passed down to me.

But everyone is different not saying anyone else is wrong were just all different it's your items do with and treat them as you like you paid for them.