creekbend
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Sorry about hearing of your best friend's demise at an early age.
What was the First Tractor you ever drove?
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creekbend
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The first tractor that I operated was a MF 35. I was probably 10 or 11 years old. My Father and an Uncle of mine bought it together new. Their farms bordered each other's.:tractor:
sparc
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I was just out of HS and got a job at a local commercial florist and nursery. We had about 250 acres of field grown azaleas plus over 14 acres under glass where we had just about everything growing as we supplied florist shops from DC to Philly to NYC and on up to Hartford. Azaleas we delivered as far away as Ohio. Anything going further we had a local trucking company haul for us which didn't bother me as I liked being home as opposed to on the road all the time.
Anyway my first tractors were a 52 JD model 60 and a Farmall Super H, don't remember which one I operated first. We had a few kubotas and 1 MF gas powered and another which was diesel but I don't remember the models but they were smaller. We also had a Case backhoe and a tractor mounted forklift. I think that was a Massey, but its been almost 40 years so the memory is a little fuzzy. All the trucks we operated were road truck retired from delivery service, they were all IH or GMC and they had Chevy pickups. My FIL had a JD Model LA which he restored nicely and put back to work on his property. I got to operate it occasionally when helping him with chores around the place. Don't know what year it was but it was 40s.
Anyway my first tractors were a 52 JD model 60 and a Farmall Super H, don't remember which one I operated first. We had a few kubotas and 1 MF gas powered and another which was diesel but I don't remember the models but they were smaller. We also had a Case backhoe and a tractor mounted forklift. I think that was a Massey, but its been almost 40 years so the memory is a little fuzzy. All the trucks we operated were road truck retired from delivery service, they were all IH or GMC and they had Chevy pickups. My FIL had a JD Model LA which he restored nicely and put back to work on his property. I got to operate it occasionally when helping him with chores around the place. Don't know what year it was but it was 40s.
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Mine was a Minneapolis Moline on my grandpa's farm ... I was real young maybe 7-8 years old ... he was pulling a 3 bottom plow. I rode a few rounds with him and then he asked me to give it a try. Just keep the wheel in the furrow!!
Away I went sitting on the seat with him ... after awhile he asked me to stop and see how I was doing ... looked back and no plow!! It was one of them old units that came unhooked (tripped) from the hitch if you hit a rock or something. He told that story on me for many years.
Away I went sitting on the seat with him ... after awhile he asked me to stop and see how I was doing ... looked back and no plow!! It was one of them old units that came unhooked (tripped) from the hitch if you hit a rock or something. He told that story on me for many years.
2LaneCruzer
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It was either a little Ford, or my Granddad's 1942 "U" M&M.
1950 ish farmall h. I was about five. My dad had me riding with him to spread manure. I would hold the steering wheel while he walked back on the tongue of the manure spreader to turn the spreader off. One time he told me over and over don't turn the wheel for any reason, I remember one time he had the tractor throttled up a little faster than normal, by the time he had told me several times to not turn the wheel for anything we were close to the end of the field and to to the combine parked in it's spot by the chicken coop. I looked up we were fastly approaching the combine. II hollered dad combine, he started yelling turn turn, but was afraid to as he said don't turn for no reason, plus was afraid he would fall off the tongue of the spreader, then how would I stop couldn't reach the pedals, thought of turning the engine off, luckily dad dashed up jumped on the seat hit the left brake saved us and the combine.
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imgone52
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I was 15 years old. A town kid who wanted to farm. I got my chance on the seat of an Allis Chalmers WC nfe fitting plowed ground with a spring tooth harrow. What a workout. Then two days later I was in the hospital with an appendicitis. Do you suspect any connection there?
