Re: Old 'junk' machinery

Posted by JD Seller on April 02, 2014 at 18:18:51 from (208.126.196.144):

In Reply to: Old 'junk' machinery posted by DeltaRed on April 02, 2014 at 08:15:25:

Steve: The first tractor I personally owned was a JD "G". I gave $400 with the motor locked. I was 14 years old (1964) at the time. I tore into the engine and got it running. Then when I was in the last few years of my Army service I bought a Ford 6000. So when I had my 10 years in (1978) I started farming with that JD "G" and the Ford 6000. We had livestock on five farmsteads and had 150 acres of corn in eight different fields. My implements where all stuff I had boughten well used and repaired or made bigger.

Then in 1981 I had lined up a good bit of custom work, mostly tillage work. I bought a new IH 1486. We had saved a pretty good down payment and the rest worked with the custom work I had lined up.

My wife and I really looked forward to that tractor being delivered and being able to work in a comfortable cab. Man did that not turn out to be true. LOL The first job I had was running a field cultivator over 400 acres of chisel plowed ground. I was so sore after the first day that I just about cried when I had to run it the next day. That was the roughest riding tractor I ever owned. My wife usually ran the tractor while I did the livestock chores morning and night. She refused to run that tractor on rough ground. Told me she did not own a heavy enough bra to be able to ride in that thing on rough ground. (That is exactly what she told me!! LOL)

Sold the IH 1486 after owning it just six months. A couple of neighbors started the rumor that we could not afford it and had gave it back to the dealership. They looked foolish when we bought a year old JD 4440. I still own that tractor. It was the main tractor all during the 1980s.

In the 1980s I sold the JD "G" and Ford 6000. I had many tractors after that. I would buy one that needed work and fix it an use it for awhile. I would then advertise it for sale. People liked being able to see them work. I would tell them to come on out and they could run it in the field. A true ride and drive.

So over the years I was able to work up to a pretty good line up of machinery.

I bought three new tractors. None of which where JD. They where "deals": AC 8010 MFWD after Duetz bought AC, a Duetz-Fahr DX 3.5 and a Duetz-Allis 6275. I did not keep any of them over 2-3 years. I usually was made an offer to sell/trade them.

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