It’s fascinating about all the replies of who’ll leave it there to continue rotting away and who would like to rescue it. The old man talked quite awhile today about the old tractor, he said his daddy passed away 30+ years ago, said it took his daddy a long time to build the tractor, he had someone else do all the welding on it, He tickled me when he said “son, that thang would run about 80 mph down the road”. I just laughed, wasn’t going to dispute his story, he said it was a fine running piece of machinery back in the day. It needs to be saved and displayed for folks to see the ingenuity of a simple mans handi work to provide for his family back during some hard times in this country, I’m probably going to get it, my 601 Ford needs new rear tires and I could put those on the rear of the Model A tractor and find some used tires to put on the front of it, then uncouple the drive shaft from the rear end and could roll it then, just doing some thinking, would be a great display as yard art, I’d store it in one of the barns and tow it out for special occasions, the wife does photography on the side and would be a great back drop in pictures. I’ll post back if I happen to drag it home and start tinkering on it...
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Today's Featured Article - On the Road with Dave Gohl: Tractors and Farming - by Dave Gohl. I never thought I'd live to see the day, when I could call myself a farmer. What allows me to say this? Well, when our family moved to our 20 acre site near New Prague, Minnesota, I had one thought in mind. You guessed it, farm it somehow. A little history is in order. In my younger days, mom, dad and my brother made frequent visits to dad's youngest brother Pete, who took over the home farm from grandpa MIke. It was the typical set-up, milk cows, pigs & chickens. In the winter, we'd play
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