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Re: red vs green

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DennyF

08-20-2007 20:52:18




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Maybe he meant the Oliver forum? ;O)

Talked to an ol' boy last fall that's in the business of rebuilding Internationals and Farmalls. He told me one of my cousins that'd bought two 1066s from him over the years, had "gone green" and bought a late model JD 4x4.

After I heckled him about that a bit, he pointed out that green is the color of envy.




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BIG RED 1

08-21-2007 07:14:56




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 Re: red vs green in reply to DennyF, 08-20-2007 20:52:18  
It would be interesting to find out how many of our friends driving green actually turned a furrow,pulled a planter,pulled a baler,or ran a cultivator.
Much of this behavior is learned(call it arrogant green-not to be mistaken with soylent green)Grandpa had a JD so thats what I will have and will ever know.
My point is where I live in John Deere country-20 miles south of Waterloo Iowa-3-jd plants-im surrounded by farmers who are mainly JD but havent forgot any color can pull a plow etc
As has been said in the past in this forum a lot of different colors built this country.I will add that its easy to pledge allegiance to the only one thats still trading on the NYSE with its original name.
Red gets the last laugh around my area.Last week I pulled out the neighbor and his 4430 with my RED IH 756
just my 2 cents
Randy

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DennyF

08-21-2007 10:30:07




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 Re: red vs green in reply to BIG RED 1, 08-21-2007 07:14:56  
Probably a good point, but it riles up some whose major experience with old farm tractors is as a collector/tinkerer.

Nothing wrong with that, because without such wide interest, we'd all be worse off. Know lots of folks who have never done anything more useful with an old tractor, than buy it, restore it and show it off. But in my opinion, tractors are tractors, regardless of the level of involvement of the owner. Worst offenders in the puffy-chest department in my experience, are those who BOUGHT restored JDs, spend too much time braggin' on 'em and use them for nothing but a trinket.

An uncle who farmed for over 40 years with Farmalls and Internationals, was surrounded by green equipment (JD dealer right up the road). He owned JD balers, a JD combine and some other green implements...but the power was all red, except for a brief flirtation with a 2010 w/industrial loader.

He used to delight in un-sticking a green tractor too, especially with his WFE 560 gasser. Kinda miss the sound of a 2-lunger off in the distance in the summer, but not enough to actually own one. ;O)

A buddy has several self-restored JD "parade tractors": A, B, L and a couple whose model I've forgotten. He did most of his actual farm work with a 2000 series JD diesel, a little 70s-vintage Ford 3000, Oliver Super 55 and a ratty old Farmall M.

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BIG RED 1

08-21-2007 10:43:43




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 Re: red vs green in reply to DennyF, 08-21-2007 10:30:07  
AGREED- I LIKE THE PUFFY CHEST PART -SO TRUE-



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ex farmall guy

08-21-2007 12:58:28




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 Re: red vs green in reply to BIG RED 1, 08-21-2007 10:43:43  
some ih people have puffy heads.



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georgeky

08-21-2007 17:07:14




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 Re: red vs green in reply to ex farmall guy, 08-21-2007 12:58:28  
My head really puffs up while I'm wompin on those 60's.



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DennyF

08-21-2007 13:19:50




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 Re: red vs green in reply to ex farmall guy, 08-21-2007 12:58:28  
Not me. At my age, almost always whack my head a coupla times while working on my 184 or the Ford.

Lets the internal puffiness right out, replaces it with some external puffiness, which fortunately is always RED. ;O)



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Patrick Martin

08-21-2007 16:35:14




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 Re: red vs green in reply to DennyF, 08-21-2007 13:19:50  
Everyone around here has green, I wanted to be different and pi*s them off. :)

Also it miffs them that I can build a tractor bigger and better (I update them too) than theirs from a rustbucket found on a fencerow for thousands less than what they spent on their new modern green plastic and metal contraptions.

No plastic or flimsy sheetmetal on mine!



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