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Hello Everyone- I'd like to add my opinions here. First let me give you a bit of background. I'm 24, I am currently attending college to complete my 4 year degree. I recently finished a 1941 JD H, sometime when I get around to it I'll put some pictures up for all of you to see. . . I am pretty proud of it. Let me also say that I am a person with a disability. I use crutches to walk and a wheelchair when circumstances dictate. This precludes me from doing a lot of my own work, but I am lucky to have the best dad in the world and a group of very helpful friends. I start my hand start H unassisted using the help of a specially built fold down seat that swings out allowing me to start my tractor from a seated position. Once the tractor is running, I fold up the seat, put the pin in, walk around to the back, climb the steps which I also had built and drive away. I got started in this hobby when I was just 7 or 8 at our local county fair by a man named Bill. I always loved tractors and was at the 2 cylinder display and started talking to Bill and soon he had picked me up out of my wheelchair and sat me on his 1938 JD BO man I was thrilled! I can still remember it and Bill still tells the story to this day. Recently we had our local show in South Haven, MI, and there I met a young man about 7 or 8 named Logan. He has a disability similar to mine and loves tractors, particularly JD's. He has a card table which he takes to shows and displays JD figurines and collectible toys. He came by and talked to me a couple times during the weekend, and I went and looked at his stuff, then I went and talked to his dad when he wasn't around and told him that Logan would be welcome to come over and sit on my tractor and we could get some pictures and what not. So Sunday came and his Grandpa brought him over and he and my dad picked up Logan and sat him up there and we got some pictures and Logan was overjoyed! Then I fired it up and with the assistance of my dad and his grandpa riding along Logan drove my H down to the end of the road and back! I will never forget the smile on his face! I am so thankful that I was able to return the favor that someone so graciously did for me years ago. Maybe Logan will have his own tractor someday! I hope you enjoyed this, Joe
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