Posted by Fixerupper on June 24, 2011 at 06:21:44 from (207.199.205.239):
In Reply to: If it was 1970... posted by olliekid on June 23, 2011 at 18:41:57:
In this neck of the woods it was the 4020 or 856. My neighborhood was either red or green. about 20 miles south of me the tractor of choice then would have been a 190,200, or 7000,7020 Allis or 1750,1850 Oliver because of strong dealerships representing those brands. There were no Ford dealers in this area.
In the spring of 1970 I ran a 1256 for a custom operator and I was on top of the world. There was no cab on it but back then there weren't many cabs. Another neighbor had a brand new Deere 4520 with an air conditioned cab and I was jealous. For me personally I wanted a 4430 in the fall of 74 but there was a six month waiting line for one. Tried to get a 1066 but there was a long wait for that one too and I wanted to do fall tillage for the 75 crop. So I bought a new 1070 Case. Good tractor but this one turned out to be a lemmon so in 78 I tried to trade it for a 4440 but the Deere dealers around here weren't wild about trading for a Case so I traded for a new 1086 that I still have. Traded for the 1086 for $4000 less than the closest Deere bid and the 4440 and 1086 supposedly retailed for about the same price. The 4440 was $33000 and the 1086 was $32000 outright. That was the last tractor I bought new and probably will be for the rest of my farming career. Jim
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