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My Grandfathers Tractor | My grandfather was a dairy farmer in Michigan. He raised registered Holstiens and until May, 1941, he farmed with horses. In that year, he bought a new John Deere model 'H' tractor. He is supposed to have paid 900 or so for it. He must have had it delivered on a Saturday afternoon, because he parked it in the barn. The next day was a Sunday, and the family went to some sort of picnic. During the afternoon some very bad weather showed up. Mother recalls trying to get home in a driving rain. Upon returning, It was noticed right away that there was something missing. . . the barn! A 'cyclone' had taken the barn and dropped it neatly on the brand new, no hours, never run tractor. They had to use the team to get the barn beams off of the tractor. The damage? The muffler was snashed. The tractor is long since gone. I have no idea even what it's serial number was, but it is an interesting thing to wonder about. The tractor did a number of years service until Grandfather passed away. James Cook, IA, entered 2001-01-21 My Email Address: Not Displayed |
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Talk of the Town: The Saga of Grandpa's Tractor - by The following saga is from the Tractor Talk Discussion Forum. Someone. The saga starts with the following message: Hey guys I have a decision to make. I know what you all will probably suggest and it will probably agree with me way down inside, but here it is. I have a picture blown up and framed in my "tractor room" of a Farmall M. It was my Grandpa's tractor, of which whom I never got to meet. He froze to death getting this tractor out of the barn to pull a truck out of the ditch before I was born. Anyway my dad and aunt had to sell it at the auction,
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