Posted by YTSupport on July 09, 2017 at 09:09:17 from (72.168.144.102):
Our son bought his first tractor and we took delivery yesterday. He's been working at YT since he was 16 and mostly socking away his income, not given to frivolous endeavors. He was having a bit of trouble lifting old growth stumps with my stuff, he could dig them out, but couldn't haul them off, so he decided to finally get his first machine. He wanted something big because I sold my industrial equipment last year (something I regret but with YT taking my time, I didn't have time to keep them up). "Scott WA" had this for sale and he decided to pull the trigger. It's a '65 Oliver 1950 FWA. It was great meeting Scott, he has an amazing Oliver and Massey collection. It's always nice to meet a fellow YTer.
I'm nagging my son to restore it in precise Oliver trim, but he's hearing a different drummer so we'll see what happens. He wants to customize it more like a hot rod. I can't fault that even though it's not my reason for being into tractors, and that concept might bring more young people into the hobby. It needs a seal in the 2 speed case and I don't have a crane large enough to pull the DD 4-53 given the height of it, so it's at the local diesel shop for a couple of weeks where they have a large overhead bridge crane (I told him I won't bring a leaking machine we can't repair onto the farm until it's fixed). He's already chomping at the bit to get started restoring. Both Kim and I are proud of him for spending his money this way, this machine will be useful and may turn out to be a good investment.
We are tossing around the idea of next year, keeping it down at our secondary warehouse in town during part of the parade season and running it in the local parades with YT's banner. Should be one of, or the, largest ag tractor in the county and people don't get to see larger tractors here. It has a nice original 3-point and drawbar. Everything seems mechanically sound. All the sheet metal is there and straight, it has the fender tanks, and has virtually no rust. It is frankly, in better condition that any tractor I've ever bought.
We've been trying to ID the loader and haven't figured that out yet. Possibly an "Art's Way" though the bucket doesn't look right.
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