Worked with a South African few years back, Afrikaans term 'redneck' means newly arrived 'Englishman', European not born in South Africa that gets sunburned bad around neck area, back of neck where small hats don't protect from sun. Native born learn early to wear bigger hats and growing up the neck gets a good tan, no longer burns/turns red. Another source from old union organizing days coal mines, industry- the union activist wore red bandannas around necks, revolutionary colors of Wobbly/worker of world Marxists organizers. Red Bandanna also worn by farm workers, small farmers gave them the same term at times in South. alternate blue neck cover wasn't popular with some former confederates and descendants- 'Yankee' color. Grey or brown might have been preferred- red was acceptable of the common cheap hanky colors- dye stocks for red had some iron, blue had some copper(?), yellow and green only moderately popular. Green was 'San Patricio' in Mexico meaning Irish descent or trooper - Catholic of acceptable social standing anyway. Now might be 'Blood' colors, Blue is 'Crips', green still seen in Boston and some other IRA leaning area. Here the 'colors' mean IHC, Ford-NH, or John Deere-- often driven by rednecks. RN.
Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo filesizes should be less than 300K and Videos, less than 2MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
