spencer200
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no floor boards would make it a 9n unless he removed them himself.
Texas, Old Tractors, and Catfish
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bgott
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The large hubs and big center hole wheels are also a dead giveaway. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif It also might be a 2N. When WWII started the government imposed price controls and ol' Henry didn't like that. So he re- designated the 9N as a 2N and called it a whole new model so he could raise the price. 9N was made from '39 to '42, 2N from '42 to '47 and then the 8N was built to '52.
jinman
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Thanks for the pictures. Your father certainly has a lot of tractors, and it appears most of them are still in service. Does he have a large acreage? With that many tractors, he must also have a lot of modern implements other than the old horse-drawn implements. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
I like his catfish pond too. I fed my catfish up until about two weeks ago when only four or five would show up at feeding time. Normally I have hundreds of 2 to 10-pounders making the water boil at feeding time. When the weather turns colder, they head to deeper water until springtime. Now I can save a few dollars on feed since I normally feed 75 to 100 lb. per week in the summer. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I like his catfish pond too. I fed my catfish up until about two weeks ago when only four or five would show up at feeding time. Normally I have hundreds of 2 to 10-pounders making the water boil at feeding time. When the weather turns colder, they head to deeper water until springtime. Now I can save a few dollars on feed since I normally feed 75 to 100 lb. per week in the summer. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Your new tractor looks like it will be very good on fuel and your daughter is Very pretty. She must get her looks from her mother ?? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>
Thanks. After visiting us for Christmas, my daughter decided to accept our invitation to move here with us in Tulsa, OK from Phoenix, AZ to finish her nursing education. I was thinking (or not thinking) she could rent a U-haul trailer to move her bed, computer desk, etc here. My wife reminded me we were talking about a very young woman, with no trailer towing experience, traveling almost 1200 miles by herself on possibly icy roads, and that it wasn't a good idea. I had to agree, which left only one thing to do. Drive out there, haul her stuff in my truck, and escort her, her cat, and her car back to Tulsa.
This is a personal record for me by a large margin. In two days I drove 17 hours there and 18 hours back mainly on I-40 at 75 mph. As it turned out the roads were not at all icy and the weather was mostly good. My Dodge truck performed flawlessly the whole trip. Makes me feel bad, talking about trading it off for a new Nissan Titan later this year. Well, not too bad. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Saying I was tired when we finally got here would be an understatement. I hope to never have to do this again. It became like one of those nightmares where the road never ends but just goes on and on forever. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif What was worse is this trip was right after two 8 hours days of driving to Texas and back for Christmas. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Thanks. After visiting us for Christmas, my daughter decided to accept our invitation to move here with us in Tulsa, OK from Phoenix, AZ to finish her nursing education. I was thinking (or not thinking) she could rent a U-haul trailer to move her bed, computer desk, etc here. My wife reminded me we were talking about a very young woman, with no trailer towing experience, traveling almost 1200 miles by herself on possibly icy roads, and that it wasn't a good idea. I had to agree, which left only one thing to do. Drive out there, haul her stuff in my truck, and escort her, her cat, and her car back to Tulsa.
This is a personal record for me by a large margin. In two days I drove 17 hours there and 18 hours back mainly on I-40 at 75 mph. As it turned out the roads were not at all icy and the weather was mostly good. My Dodge truck performed flawlessly the whole trip. Makes me feel bad, talking about trading it off for a new Nissan Titan later this year. Well, not too bad. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Saying I was tired when we finally got here would be an understatement. I hope to never have to do this again. It became like one of those nightmares where the road never ends but just goes on and on forever. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif What was worse is this trip was right after two 8 hours days of driving to Texas and back for Christmas. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Jinman,
I guess “large acreage” means different things to different folks. I think between him and my mother they have 300-400 acres which Dad raises cows, and catfish /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif on. He does have quite a few modern implements for making hay and all that goes with that. I didn’t think about anyone being interested in seeing pictures of those.
I believe they all will start and run except for the Ford 2000 which has the rods took lose from the crank to see about replacing the bearings. The old Farmalls and Allis-Chalmers are just some he picked up to play with. I keep suggesting he get an old “B” Model Popping Johnny since I used to do quite a bit of shredding with these as a kid and love the way they look and sound. The old 9N used to belong to my grandpa. The real workers are the Internationals and the big Ford. He has another older large diesel Ford at another location (no picture) he works with also. And of course the Cat is used quite a bit.
I guess “large acreage” means different things to different folks. I think between him and my mother they have 300-400 acres which Dad raises cows, and catfish /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif on. He does have quite a few modern implements for making hay and all that goes with that. I didn’t think about anyone being interested in seeing pictures of those.
I believe they all will start and run except for the Ford 2000 which has the rods took lose from the crank to see about replacing the bearings. The old Farmalls and Allis-Chalmers are just some he picked up to play with. I keep suggesting he get an old “B” Model Popping Johnny since I used to do quite a bit of shredding with these as a kid and love the way they look and sound. The old 9N used to belong to my grandpa. The real workers are the Internationals and the big Ford. He has another older large diesel Ford at another location (no picture) he works with also. And of course the Cat is used quite a bit.
Egon
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Thanks for the pictures Bigun.
Those really old tractors and implements can't be all that old as I've sat on the seat of some of them when they were shinny new.
Egon
Those really old tractors and implements can't be all that old as I've sat on the seat of some of them when they were shinny new.
Egon
frank_f15
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great pics of a lot of fine old tractors. your dad sure does have a lot of them. one thing i noticed that most of them have really new looking tires on them.does he put new rubber on them and then work them ?
I'm not sure about all the tires. I know he bought the A-C from a high school kid who "restored" it as an ag project. The kid had put new tires on it. The tread was chipped up some we figure from "burning rubber" on the high school parking lot. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
He obtained the two farmalls fairly recently too. They may have had new rubber on them when he got them. I think he bought new tires for the old Ford 9N.
He obtained the two farmalls fairly recently too. They may have had new rubber on them when he got them. I think he bought new tires for the old Ford 9N.
