what was your first tractor?

[wwalkersd]

I'm a newbie. My first tractor was the Kubota B2710 listed in my signature, bought new in 2000. I still have all the tractors I've ever owned (not that that's saying much)!

 

[Diamondpilot]

Ford 861 Powermaster Gas and the first new one I bought was a 2003 Jinma 254/284.

Chris

 

[johnk]

I bought a 224 Jinma in 2002 and kept it a year. Got some use out of it but bought a Kubota after I sold that one. I'll stick with what I have now. Nothing deragatory, nuff said.

 

[thunderworks]

A 1969 IH 504 gas tractor named Darlene. I did a mountain of work with it the first year we bought our 80 acre farm.

 

[LBrown59]

1966 Bolens 850.
Bought it new 42 years ago.
Still have it.

 

[sld]

My first tractor was a Ford 1210 4WD that I still have to this day. Bought it with 189 hours on it in 1989. Any more, it just bush hogs and moves a little snow. Occasionally I will put a box blade on it to move some dirt and regrade the driveway.

About 2 months before my Dad passed, I cleaned it up and was going to sell it. He just sat there and watched and when I was done he said, " It would be foolish to sell that thing. You can never maintain this place ( 5 acres) without it."

A guy can never underestimate the wisdom of their father. He was so right.

Great little machine.

 

[whistlepig]

John Deere Model 70 diesel. If I remember correctly it was 379 cubic inches in two cylinders with a 9" bore and 7" stroke. PTO speed was 1100 RPM. I didn't pick it. It came with a horse farm we leased for several years. I was a young pup then. These old John Deere two cylinders get in your blood if you have ever had the opportunity to work one. When you lug them down you can watch each tire make a half turn every time one of those big cylinders fire.

 

[LRH]

The 1st was a chain drive Ford pedal tractor; even had fake spark plug wires. The rear drive ran circles around the traction limited standard tricycle on the grass and the sand driveway, as well on the little old lady's sage broom maintained sand yard next door. Then a late 1951 side distributor 8N, then I purchased a new 750 John Deere in 87, then a 1925HST Boomer New Holland in 1997, which I still Have, but really should offer for sale. My latest is a Kubota B3030 cab model.

 

[Ordite]

My first tractor belonged to my Dad and I began operating it when I was ten years old. It was a 1941 John Deere B. We had two of them and these did our farmwork for a number of years until my Dad purchased a bigger tractor. The tractor I loved to run the most was our neighbor's Ford 8N which was brand new at the time.

The first tractor I owned was a 1965 International 504 with Koyker FEL & BB. I chose to be a carpenter instead of a farmer and used this in my home construction business for 23 years.

Now that I am retired, I have a 2007 John Deere 3320 which I use for mowing, snow removal and a lot of misc. tasks. The JD B is waiting for restoration. The 504 is tired and hasn't been used much since the 3320 was purchased. I've always had a passioin for cars, pickups and tractors.

 

[Rowdius]

I consider the 580B backhoe my dad had as my first tractor, at least I was responsible for greasing and fueling it when it got hauled home at night. I guess I was about ten then. I remember crying when we ended up having to sell it.

I guess the first tractor that was all mine was my yanmar 1500D