Posted by Brad Gyde on June 24, 2011 at 19:50:46 from (173.109.244.242):
In Reply to: Us Young People on YT posted by Fullers Farmalls on June 23, 2011 at 21:02:53:
I also fall in the "younger" category at 30.
The first tractor I REMEMBER riding on was a 8630 JD.. I was about 6 then.. I'm sure I had rode along before then, it's just the first time I remember still. I grew up around the family farm, back then, I'd guess grandad and uncles worked about 1500 acres.. Now, it's about half of that..
I don't know what got me started with "old" tractors.. the oldest stuff they had in my lifetime is the 1967 D-17 (that I bought from grandad about 7 years ago) and a Farmall M.. Everything else was newer.
Now, I have 7 tractors (the newest being the D-17), a self propelled picker, and some tillage tools, and still hope to farm on my own (did once, but had to give it up due to work)..
Oh, and a 2 year old that has caught the bug too! He gives me hope that maybe my old tractors (and my labor of love) will be held onto when I'm gone, and not just sent "down the road" or even worse.. to the scrap monster.
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