Posted by PLOWINPORK on March 05, 2014 at 19:49:13 from (96.42.135.158):
I have a fun question. What tractor just blew you away when it first came out, or you first saw one,, and why? Mine would probably be a 1486 IH. Neighbor bought one and it had all the bells and whistles. I remember how BIG it looked and so shinny and pretty. Full weights and duals. 25 foot hydraulic fold disc to match. About 77 maybe 1978. First thing I noticed was his farm name painted in red next to the farmall 1486 decal. I hadnt seen a nice cab, but this thing was delivered in the late spring so I got to feel A/C for the first time. Dads pickup didnt even have A/C. The cab was so quiet, and a radio that worked! Pull on a lever and the disc folded down, then drop it down with another and off we went. Where was all the noise? It pulled that disc with no slipping or bouncing. I could even hear my neighbor explain all the goodies this tractor had. They had a red crushed velvet pillow for a rider. Wow!! I was used to standing next to someone driving, holding on to the fender and trying not to be jarred to death. You needed to be able to read lips if someone needed to say something, but not on this baby! Dust? What dust? Man I thought that T/A was sweet. Still remember how the front tires bowed in a little with huge flotation tires. I was used to old pickup tires up front on any of our tractors. Nice quiet muffler, I was accustomed to staight pipes that could rattle your teeth. The new car smell, but in a tractor cab. This jem even had a digital Tach that was in red light. I am positive that not one of our oil leaking horses even had one that worked. Dad used to say just pull the throttle down to about here, or all the way! All of the tires on this red beaut even matched. No splits, boots, or rust steaks from the valve stems. When you pulled on the chrome door latch the door would open to expose a pair of leather work gloves to keep your hands clean while hooking up to equipment. Us boys looked like we had overhauled the engine after such a task from our oil dripping hoses and pto shafts. Staying clean was a thing you did before going to town, not while working.
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