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R.W 
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 Topic: What was the first tractor you drove alone?
Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:01pm |
Just wondering what was the first tractor you ever drove by your self and what were you doing?
Mine was a 7045 bailing hay when I was 7.
Edited by R.W - 03 Aug 2011 at 4:19pm
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allis restorer
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:04pm |
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Mine was a Ford 7700 that we still have, and i was also discing.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:06pm |
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Define alone? First tractor I drove was a B with my uncle sitting next to me. Next time it was a D17 where I drove and he picked up hay. Next time was the B again with a harrow section while he was in the same field discing with the D19.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:10pm |
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ac 200 when i was like 8 pulling off a international lol....iv put a lot off miles on tractors
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AaronSEIA
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:12pm |
I'd have to ask my dad. I'm going to guess his 105 White. Spent a lot of time on his 1066 and 806 before he went Orange with the 7060.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:17pm |
first by my self was our new holland tn60a now i hardly run that i use my orange 5040
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Rog(NCWI)
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:19pm |
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My first tractor was a Model B Allis hauling oat bundles to the threshing machine. Age 8.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:24pm |
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1951 or 52 Grandpas brand new wide front CA. I was about 9 and was so excited to drive it. It seemed very big to me.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:26pm |
First time alone was WD45 me and my cousin drove it around that summer because we weren't old enough to get our drivers license.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:26pm |
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For me it would have to be the Yellow AC B. It was a old highway dept. tractor that was a 30s model for it did not have electric start. My sister and I was visiting my brother one day in the hay field when I was probably 9 and she was 11. They left with a load of hay and we got bored so see was able to crank it over for I was not and we took turns driving it around till my brother caught us.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:32pm |
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mine was 1929 FORDSON with steel wheels harrowing for corn got sand blasted at the same time with dual wheels
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:39pm |
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4020 JD disking. The very first time I drove it I was 4 or 5 years old and my dad got on and put it in gear at low idle and said follow him. I drove about a 1/4 mile following him while he walked. I've often wondered what would have happened if he tripped and fell or somthing. I had no idea how to stop it. I also remember sleeping on the floor while he farmed and I remember him tieing rags on all the knobs that opened the windows because I kept banging my head on them. I also remember when it or the combine was parked at home I'd spend all day in the seat play farming.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:44pm |
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Grandpa's Farmall H. I remember it like it was yesterday.
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R.W
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:48pm |
Alone as in not having someone sit right next to you. :)
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In Search Of: 1958 Allis Chalmers D17 Diesel serial #9643D
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:54pm |
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My first was a 1948 Allis C. The year was 1955. I still have that same tractor. My dad traded I think a 42 C crank start for the new 48 with starter. I was 8 years old in 1955. Gary
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:55pm |
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in the barnlot would've been an old Super H, in the field around 7 yrs old would've been my Lady (766D) plowing
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:57pm |
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AC D-14!
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:04pm |
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9N Ford, didn't take long to figure out they are just not the best tractor.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:05pm |
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Allis WD pulling a 10' JD disk.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:06pm |
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My first was a Case VAC that was my great uncle's and if I remember right (it's been about 40-45 years) we were haying. I was either cutting hay or pulling the hay rake.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:12pm |
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Mine was the 7045 discing corn stalks, I think i was 12 Andy
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:20pm |
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8030 discing, it was one year old and i was 10
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:22pm |
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mine was either a cub or a golden jubilee
Edited by jhid - 16 May 2011 at 8:22pm
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red and green are nice for christmas, but orange is all year round
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:22pm |
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First one would have been a B, JD got to drive the tractor because was to small to pitch bundles onto wagon while threshing. Could use the hand clutch and steer up to shock , hold it with hand clutch brake, then drive to the next one. Even got to eat withthe big guys on the threshing crew, none of this small kids table thing.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:26pm |
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CA driving down a row of field tobacco pulling a wagon while my father was loading it. He then jumped on and turned the steering wheel so as to stop driving over the cut tobacco.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:27pm |
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allis chalmers c tractor now sits in the corner of the old barn waiting to be restored
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:31pm |
Mine was a 1958 D-17 of my granddads.
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:34pm |
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Plowing cornstalks with a ford jubilee and a 2 bottom plow. At that moment in my life that was the best tractor ever made. haha
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:34pm |
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WD at age 7, pulling a heavy drag with a section harrow behind it. Got the narrow front, and left rear tire in the dead furrow, with the front tires turned hard right, and was stuck. Wasn't strong enough to straighten the wheels, so I just sat there and cried till my mom came and rescued me. Happened 53 years ago, almost to the day. Lanny Mid TN
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Posted: 16 May 2011 at 8:36pm |
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wd45 draggin logs from around the lake for dad to cut up and then dragging with my b that i still have
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