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What was the first tractor you drove alone?

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A WD45 and we still have it. The first tractor that I ever did anything with was a 7050 and I was disking. Dad told me to drive staight so if an airplane flew over, my job would look good for them.
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WD 45.  Working ground ahead of the drill.  I liked being in the same field as dad.  The dog always followed me round after round.  Dad would say to the dog "I feed you EVERY day but you never follow me in the field."
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Mine was D17 with a p/u bed trl picking up roots and rocks out of field, I was probably 9 or 10. Still have the d17 by the way
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when I was 6 yrs old my grandpa told me to drive his R moline up from the field. I don't know if I was considered alone because I picked up my 2 sisters & gave them a ride. I remember my grandpa was really mad at me for giving them a ride. They were 7 & 8 but hadn't ever driven either.      My oldest son drove my 38 B when he was 4 , while I threw round bales on the rack. I remember he couldn't reach the clutch from the seat , so he'd drop down on the transmission when he pushed in on the clutch & when he let it out he'd pop back up on the seat. Boy would osha love to see that now.
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Alone was an AC  B, pulling a small spring tooth drag. Second tractor I ever drove (albeit with the owner sitting on the fender) was an IH 1256, plowing with 6  16's. Kind of a big gap in horsepower there. lol....
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It was a E27N FORDSON raking hay i was 5 in 1956 it had armstrong sterring
15 allis chalmers tractors

9 lanz bulldog tractors

2 water cooled deutz

9 john deeres tractors

14 Aus made orange chamberlains

I spent most of my money on old tractors I wasted the rest
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39Allis B at about 7 or 8. Can't remember if it was pulling the ear wagon at corn huskin time or cultivating tomatoes with Dad and Grandpa Aggen walking those old one wheel horse pulled cultivators behind. Turning around at the row ends was the hard part. I remember it was a handcrank and if I stalled it I got a good chewin out. 
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grandpas wd45 i was about 9 or 10then i got my first tractor last year for my 13th birthday and then i got my 2nd a couple months after that.
wd with a freeman model 90 trip loader, wd45, 38 unstylled wc, b 10 garden tractor and 2-14 ac trip plow. grandpa has a 56 wd45. wd. allis chalmers snap coupler blade and 3 bottom snap coupler plow
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A spanking brand new D17 in 1960. Crimping hay.
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Mine was a CA pulling a load of hay when i was 6. My son who is now 13 drove the 8050 fwd stalkchopping when he was 10.
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I see with the amount of views and the number of posts over 2300 people on here don't have a clue.
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AC WD Pulling an 8' IH disc working plowed ground first time over. With the narrow front it bounced and the steering wheel jerked where ever it wanted to go. I was maybe 6-7 at the time but as I recall it did the same thing when I was 16-17 when I had the strength to hang on to the steering wheel.
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I recall when I was about 8 I was driving the VA case pulling a baler, with my dad stacking bales behind.   I could handle the clutch,and get it out of gear, if necessary.  Just following the windrows of hay:)
                 
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JD 3020 when I was 7, then 7000 AC when I was old enough to push the clutch in all the way. (probably 18...lol)
29 L Case, 37 CC Case,40 A-C allcrop 40, 43 B Allis Chalmers, 50 DC Case, 54 WD-45 WF, 67 190 Gas
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allis wc pulling a 10 ft, massey harris disc.
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Mine was a 1955 B ,which was my fathers and I still own it today. I was 5 yrs.old and we were "puttin in tobacco" .The year was 1959
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With or without my dad knowing? I still remember the day it was a WD45 diesel with a turbo and I was pulling wagons at harvest.

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A 1978 or 79 640 john deere skidder when I was about 9 or 10. pushing trees up to an knuckleboom so dad could cut em up.



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1954 WD45 I was 8 and I would pull the tractor and sprayer ahead while Dad walked along with the hand boom. I still have that WD45.
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By myself, a B pulling an old  drag disk at age 6.  Took a whole week to get that smile off my face .........
1949 B   3930 Ford- Have owned other Orange ,green,red,yellow,dark green tractors and equipment.
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First drive was a WD up the lane road. First one I actually did work with was a Farmall 140 side dressing burley.
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 A FINE 180- the hum of that 301 diesel was great
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My first was a AC model "G". My grandfather used it to pull small carts and an orchard sprayer. I had driven riding mowers and such, but the G was the first "tractor", if you can call it that. Anywho, I drove it into the field and got it stuck right away- pretty good too! We had to wait until the ground froze the next day to get it out!
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Originally posted by q4016lanz q4016lanz wrote:

It was a E27N FORDSON raking hay i was 5 in 1956 it had armstrong sterring
15 allis chalmers tractors

9 lanz bulldog tractors

2 water cooled deutz

9 john deeres tractors

14 Aus made orange chamberlains

I spent most of my money on old tractors I wasted the rest
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Allis D-10 when I was in the 4th grade.                                                                Plowing with a 2 bottom plow, following my grandfather on his CA.
MEMORIES!!

Raised on a CA,WD,D10 & D15.

Now, proudly own and pull a WD45 high crop, WD45, WC,
also own a D-10, D-12, G and a CA.
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