Can I be banned?

Whould I be banned from this forum if I bought a (gasp, cough, choke) John Deere 70? I have never liked them darn popping johnnies but this one is a diesel and old diesels interest me. It also has a factory wide front and is in very good original condition. The guy wants $1000 for it which I don't think is to bad but my inlaws would never let me live it down if I bought it because I'm always giving them a bad time about their deeres. But I guess I would be more worried about upsetting you guys. LOL

Sometimes you need another something to know why you like what you do. So call it a reminder and buy it , sounds like a good price. And I wish I still had the B I sold .. Besides I have a IH 460 utility also .

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I think you only have to be worried about being banned if you buy something that says Deutz or Massey on it!!!!

Harvey that "popular" member has not one but TWO JD's...only one is green...the other is yellow...just to set the record straight. Mike

P.S. ... for full disclosure I do own a JD item...a pull type disk...here is our "popular" member doing a "field demonstration" with it behind his 45......

Better view of said JD item after our "popular" member was helped "out of" his "field demonstration":

1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex
1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330
1969 180 gas
1965 D17 S-IV gas
1963 D17 S-III gas
1956 WD45 gas NF PS
1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin
303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers

That does sound like a buy that you shouldn't pass up, and it will make you appreciate your allis' more, Darrel

Tell them you wanted a green tractor so you would know first hand how bad they were. LOL

1957 WD45 dad's first AC

1968 one-seventy

1956 F40 Ferguson

Sounds like a good Christmas present for the wife, then it would still be on the green side of the family.

A JD 60/70 is on my wish list someday as well.

I get really tired of the debates going back and forth. I like all the old tractors, all companies had their "old standby's" and their "black sheep".

Buy it, that's a bargain if it is in the condition you claim. If it is a diesel with a pony start, that could be some big bucks.....

Thanks

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We've got my 1957 AC D14, a 1952 John Deere A, and a 1945 John Deere H. I've run down JD's ever since I've been into tractors. My reasoning was just because the green stuff cost more money and wasn't any better. After Dad got his A and H, I've got to where I like the 2 cylinders. They aren't as bad as I thought, and the sound is another story. I'm still an AC guy but am not ashamed to drive a JD. In fact, I'm driving the H in the Christmas parade pulling a JD 953 wagon that Dad rebuilt this year.

I loaded the H just this week to take to a friends house. While I was there, his neighbor had to come check out that little "cute" machine. He was full of questions. I then stopped at the gas station on the way home to put some fuel in the truck and was questioned again by the guys at the pump next to me about the hp and year. I then went to pay for the fuel and the guy inside was full of questions as well. Then, before I pulled out of the parking lot, some guy was checking it out and about rear-ended someone because he wasn't watching where he was going.

My Allis would have never stirred up that kind of response. What is it people like about those green and yellow tractors?

Just when I thought I was finishing my "honey-do-list", she turned the page!!!

A green one is ok. I have a 46A in the barn and a few more out in the weeds. No one ever see's them in the summer but they are starting to show up with this snow we are geting. As far as Massy , is OK with Morton if they are Massy Harris , before Fergieson or Agco.

They go for a lot more than $1,000 around here

Charlie

'48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD

an 1000 bucks for an jd70 is an great price. The only thing I would be cautious is with the fuel system when mine brother was looking at an 830 deere I ask around and the fuel system on the 2 cyliner can get very pricey as well the pups. But i would thing the wide front end would be worth that price. thxchuck

still looking for the holy grail of Allis

The wide front, if it is a Deere, should sell for more than $1000.00. I have seen the advertised for up to $1500 for one in good condition. You can sink a lot of money into the pony if it is having problems. I have one of those little V4 beasts apart on my bench right now. A lot of the pony parts are NLA through Deere, but you can find the aftermarket. I do not know why they put ponies on their tractors, if everything is right in the big engine they will start at 20 degrees one the first or second time it comes up on the compression stroke.

Ken

Don't worry about it. It's a great deal. If you like it, buy it. The wife shouldn't even have a problem with it, being that she has green in the family already. My family has a little green lying around. Dad and cousin "share" a 2040 with FEL for chores and bush-hogging. We even have an 8N with a FEL. That one hasn't even been started in years. They used to use it to clean out the chicken house. It is otherwise useless, and I imagine they slept well after trying to steer that thing all day. Guess it was better than a shovel.

Lots of guys like different color tractors, myself included. Just not Massives.(sorry, had to put that in. LOL!)

I didn't do it! It was a short, fat, tall, skinny guy that looked like me!

I have to admit that I have a JD 40C, but then I could not find a good H3 anywhere near me:) Would not blush at a JD 70 in any case.

When the snow gets deep, hard to beat the traction.

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