Old tractors
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Topic: Old tractors
Posted By: Acguywill
Subject: Old tractors
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2025 at 8:51pm
| How many guys in your area still run old tractors? There seems to be very few around here. Even most squatters (acerage owners) have newer stuff. The oldest tractor we have and still use daily during the winter is our 8010 allis. I can't think of anyone else who uses anything even close to that age around here. |
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Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2025 at 8:58pm
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Doubt there is anyone around here running anything older than me. I see a couple 8xxx's from time to time. I run 7XXX's, a 200, 170 and WD45. My accountant says I put farming back 50 years  . True, I reckon
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Posted By: SilverShoes
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2025 at 9:10pm
| We have a 7010,7020,7045,2-8030’s, 8070. They are mostly auger tractors except the 8030 and 8070 which pull the 3 point 8 row planter and mow roadsides and brush with a 15 ft batwing from time to time. |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2025 at 9:30pm
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I mostly make hay with my tractors and feed cattle some loader work etc.I use a variety of 50's, 60's and 70's models Olivers 1650,1550,66.1365;AC WD45,CA;David Brown 990,780,885.Long 460,560,R9500 plus a couple compacts from the 1990's |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2025 at 9:38pm
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We farm with a WD, D10,D12,D14,D15,2-D17’s, 6060,2-190XT’s and a 160. My brother uses his D10 and D12 for gardens mainly and some sickle bar mowing. Hay operation, very little tillage anymore although we have a few hay fields in need of some plowing to re seed. No till results didn’t impress me much. Quite a few AC’s locally still farming full time. Neighbor has 2-6070’s, WD, D17 S-IV 8010,8030. I could go on and on but a lot of AC’s in our county. My best friend has a 500 acre hay operation that he has many Ford’s and his first tractor he started with a AC175/loader. He does 25K bales/year and a 1k or more round bales. Most tractors in the county are older but continue to be repaired and used regularly. Not many can afford the new stuff and don’t like the technology issues. Of course there is some new stuff, just not that much. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025 at 5:30am
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I guess it depends what you call "farming". You are correct if you consider dairy farms. I am the only one left in my area under 1000 cows. I farm with three wd 45 and a c. But i still file taxes as a farmer and unlike those 1000 cow dairies the person who does the majority of the work uses English as his primary language (me). And i did show a five figure peofit on my taxes last year On the other hand, i did remember noting last year i was the only person i saw fitting ground with a two wheel drive tractor |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025 at 8:18am
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Lots of old iron still out there working in this part of the world! 1984 6080 is the newest one here. I see lots of 56/66/86 series IH's around, including a 1456 that goes down the road with a disc mower every once in a while. Love to know where that one lives. Lots of 20/30/40/50/55 series Deere's too. There are some 7-8000 series AC's but not lots. Not as much Meadow Green out working, at least what I see. They are around, I know that. When we feature them they come out in mass. There are piles of H's, M's, WD's, 45's and other various creatures of that vintage still earning their keep. Big time operators mostly run the ugly green. Probably a dealer network thing mostly.
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Posted By: Tom59
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2025 at 6:40am
| For most part time and full time farmers in my area ( Middle Tennessee ) there a lot of newer John Deere and Kubota cab and FWD tractors for most part. There is several 2wd cab tractors mixed in that are probably 20 to 25 years old. Then you do find a few that still have stuff from the seventies and eighties. This is mostly beef cattle and hay farms. |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2025 at 9:07am
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Lots of older Allis tractors in my area still working including mine. Quite a few of the bigger operarters around here have WD's and WD45's on their farms from new and are still using them. I'm keeping busy reviving WD's lately for several farms as they still need a reliable chore tractor on the farm. Just got another engine in yesterday for a rebuild to put another WD back to work. There are well over half a dozen still earning their keep within a couple of miles of my place. Lots of D17, D15, D14 and at least one D19 still used in farming operations around here with many 7000 and 8000 series. Still see an occasional JD from the 60's still in use, but not near as many as Allis Chalmers. |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2025 at 9:58pm
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We had 2 Allis dealers, one 6 miles away that served our county and another dealer about 30 miles away serving the next county. Both were there until the end and sold many AC’s over the 40 plus years they were in business. Plenty of them still around working including older K and M series combines. 7000 and 8000 series tractors are plentiful in both counties but I would say way more W, D, and 100, 200 series since most farms are 100 acres or less. There are large farms that have went with newer tractors for sure, Deere, NH, Massey mainly. Fendt has become popular over the past 5 years. We just hope we can keep getting parts and keep em running. I’m thankful AGCO and the aftermarket make a lot of parts available. Shows how much of a following AC has after almost 40 years of them closing the doors. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: CORLEWFARM
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2025 at 10:23pm
| I farm full time. 180 185 d15 7040 8640JD 8030 8050 74 w900A kw 76 W900A 98 12R30 white 96 25ft drill 3630 spra coupe 80 M2 97 R52. All used on 1500AC |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2025 at 8:50am
| Talked to a buddy yesterday that needs some help this spring. He's a huge Oliver and White collector. He's right at 35 miles from me, a little outside my normal area? I didn't include his stuff in my earlier post. Anyway, there might be some footage of Meadow Green and Silver in the future. |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2025 at 3:36pm
I farmed from 1978 until today the newest thing here is a Deere 1250 tractor made by Yanmar. The real hp has always been Cat D6 9u series (built from 1948 until 1958). They got cheap  and I added more  . But a AC HD 5 was always my seeding tractor. Added some of them for spare parts too.Some place along the way grain farming got crowded by wine grapes here. So very few farmers left, mostly gentlemen farmers that don't know how to operate a tractor new or old. Everything from 5 acres to 5000 acres of vineyard.
 But wine is out of style or at least high priced wine. Said to 50,000 acres state wide that are not needed at current consumption levels. Several big corporate farms , all new green DEF using machines. The small guys bought a new one to start and still using |
Posted By: jvin248
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2025 at 6:02pm
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. In my area I've seen used: IH 756 Farmall 350 4020 JD 80s/90s JD 70s Ford 00s Case combine Old iron I use '55 (family heirloom) and '58 Ferguson 35 '52 WD wide front (built within two weeks of the WD we had on the farm, brother has that one now). Local dealer is very important to what farmers buy, for parts and service. JD has to be there with all their software lockdowns/blocking right to repair. . .
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Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2025 at 6:57am
| Ray, that is interesting what you said about excess wine grape production. I live in the finger lakes, which used to a hot bed of wineries. Total collapse of that economy. I think peoples taste has changed. The distillery seem to be doing better but not much |