Posted by Tony in SD on November 14, 2019 at 04:31:45 from (174.216.38.21):
In Reply to: Brand loyalty posted by JohnV2000 on November 14, 2019 at 03:23:19:
40s & 50s would be mostly my Grandpas era and the begining of my Dads era. In the 50s, we had lots of local dealers, Ford, MM, JI Case, JD, IH. Grandpa went from horses to tractors. I can’t remember which brand he had that tipped over with him and his 2 boys (1 was my dad) but I do know that In the 50s he bought a new Ford 8N with multiple attachments. Plow & packer, mower, cultivator, pelt pulley, PTO adapter, rear mount dirt scoop are the ones that I can think of. The 3pt was a big jump in tractor technology. Most at the cultivators we’re front mount at the time. Of course Grandpas new cultivator was rear mount. The neighbors laughed at Grandpa because they wondered how he was going to drive forward and look backwards at the cultivator at the same time. Then it rained. Grandpa took his rear mount cultivator out to cultivate a day or two earlier than usual after that rain. The neighbors not to be out done took their front mount tricycle JD, IH, AC. MM, etc out and got the front end stuck. They came over to watch Grandpa cultivate with this new tractor with all the weight on the back tires.
As for Dad he started out with a Ford Major, Grandpas Ford 8N, JI Case SC, Ford 800, JI Case VAC, Ford ?? With a mounted corn picker (only 1 year & it was gone) IH Super WD9, then after that it was almost exclusively MM tractors.
My brother & I are mostly JD with a few other older tractors of various brands. And a Bobcat that replaced most of the close quarters work the Fords did. Dads Fords & the MMs are retired as parade tractors now
As for machinery all 3 generations had/have multiple colors including rust.
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