Favorite non allis tractor?

Hey guys I was just checking in to see if you have a tractor you want of a different brand.   I myself have alwasy wanted a IH 1206 or g1000 vista MM.   Just was thinking about that.  I know Orange is always better but those are a couple of nice machines!

Have a Ford 5610. Bought new in 1981 ????. Hated to see the Ford tractors go. New Holland really messed up a good thing.

Andrew I like the Minnie also. I have a model J Minnie I hope to get going someday but only time will tell. I have a 2290 Case and use it every day and it is one of the most dependable tractors I have ever had and almost no repairs.

I also like the 90 series Case tractors.  Put many hours on both 70 and 90 series Case 2WD and 4WD tractors while growing up in Saskatchewan.  They were good tractors and we seemed to escape the powershift problems they were known to have.

I grew up on Miine Molines. There was a 1970 U302 lp 48th out of 50 made that Last year of prodution. A olli 77,  MM 670 with the 3 speed tourque, A mm G1000, And of course a 8n Ford.  My Grandpa use to have a wd allis and the nighbors had it and a 190 a 7010, Good friends of mine were all allis on there farms. Always like the Orange ones.

The Farmall M Diesel always gets my attention!

Farmers proably won't consider it a tractor but i like the little Farmall Cub  .Had one when growing up .Cultivated about 50 acres one year.Remender running two full tanks of gas in one day . Had two neighbors that started dairies of about 15 cows each and all they had was  a cub the first few years.

I like Olivers and Farmall/IH tractors, mainly the '06 series like 806 or 1206.

Fords are OK too as they seem tough.

Just can't warm up to Deere's but I am sure they had some good ones.

My wife has an MM Avery Model V that I bought for her. Some of our club had some tractors at a highway congress meeting at the Skowhegan Fair grounds last spring. I brought the Avery. A fellow walked by and said he wanted to photograph tractors. Well, my Deere friends offered their nicely restored green to him, but he said, "no thanks, JD's are a dime a dozen. I want a picture of that Avery" They were some bummed and I had all I could do to not split my gut laughing.

I would like a Leader to add to the stable. Bob@allisdowneast

Jd 60 w/power steering.  Probably the best raking and mounted sickle mowing tractor ever.  Had the advancements in live pto/hydraulics but could turn on a dime and run slow in higher gears with lighter loads. Brakes separated, one on each side is a plus for raking and mowing.    I wouldn't give a dime for a non powersteering one, we owned one as well growing up and were happy to see it leave.  Heavy work was another story however hated 2 cylinders for plowing or discing.  New series jd with syncromesh was a nice loader tractor.  70 series cases with working AC is a favorite heavy work tractor, problems with the powershift was an operator problem, not a design problem. 

While I liked IH especially a 560 we had, hated the *06 series and up do to the damn shifter mechanism.    Father and I always wished that you could put a 560 style shifter on a 706, would have made a nice tractor then. 


Edited by firebrick43 - 25 Sep 2010 at 3:50pm

I dont know that it is a favorite yet. Today I bought a MM 5 star diesel today, and have it home. I liked the MM M5 I had years ago. Time will tell if this one is any good.

This old girl will always be my favorite. Dads bought an Oliver 77 new in 1949. I have been in love with the 77's ever since.  Spent two hours on her this afternoon mowing a hay field.  I crimped hay with a Farmall C this morning for an hour and then fired up an Allis Chalmers B and hauled a load of manure. I then fired up the Simplicity 9523 same as Allis 5020 and raked up enough green wet hay to pitch on a trailer to feed two horses on poor pasture.

Edited by Dick L - 25 Sep 2010 at 5:10pm

Dick, Your 1949 77 was the first year of 77 production. Our 1948 Row Crop 70 was the last year the 70 was made. It's cool to see the sheet metal difference other than that they are basicly the same tractor.

always been kind of partial to Ford.I've got 3 ford 9700's and love them all.  4600,5100 and 12,000 hrs.

Would have to be a Minnie Mo. I've seen one particular model with a real cool looking grille that I'd like to have, but I'm not exactly sure what model it is. I think, though that it is an R or a Z.   Darrel