Farmall 504 Row Crop, 1962, S/N 3512, Options S-X-Y. Wheelbase hub-to-hub, 94". I know that it has been in the family most of, if not all ot its life. My Great-Uncle (Grandfather's youngest brother) was farming with another person in Central-West Texas. Later on some things went down and to avoid loosing the tractor to collectors, he sold it to my Grandfather around 1969-1972.
I do know that between 1962 and 1969-1972 the engine threw a rod and the block was welded in two places on the rear left. (very good repairs). I do not know if a complete overhaul was done. Also at the rear of the sub-frames the rails are welded (very good) to the part with 3 holes that bolts to the belhousing. It was used for cultivating with a center mounted unit. My father moved the hydraulic couplings from behind the engine to the rear since we were not actually farming it.
It had the wide front when my Grandfather bought it. My father has always suspected it was a tri-cycle originaly due to the SLOW turning ratio of 8 turns lock-to-lock. In the beginings of their ownership, he broke the bolts holding the axle. They have been drilled and tapped 2 or 3 sizes up from original. Now I know why...
Our farm was 130 acres at this time, and in 1961 started a 600 head hog feedlot. From this time until the mid-late 70's this was the largest tractor they owned. Then came a Deere 3020, which was needed to pull the 4-yd Reynolds Scraper, 5 shank chisel plow, and 9ft Deere offset disk,(though the 504 could pull them, with it's balls-to-the-wall).
By the late 70's the hog market had shut down many smaller sales barns in the south and made it difficult for smaller operations. In 1981, they liquidated the hog operation, somehow were in the black and the farm was paid for. Then 7 more acres were purchased for a total of 137 acres and 80 head of Brangus called it home.
The little Famall 504 now had two big brothers, the Deere 3020 and a Ford 6610. It was reduced to baling hay, which due to the massive flywheel, it excelled at it. Honestly the PTO is more powerful on the 504 than the 3020. I went to college in 1999 and graduated in 2004. In 2006 I bought 50 acres of timber and have since cut it all.
Now I am in the process of clearing land and making pasture for cattle, goats, and horses, as well as building a house, shop, and barn. I needed a tractor and my father donated the 504 to me with the exception that when hay is on the ground I must bring it back to him for baling (I think it is a labor thing not a tractor thing :).
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