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What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor?

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hillbillyOH

02-09-2007 18:42:43

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Let's talk about old iron. Anything that began production prior to 1940.

My favorite early-model tractor is probably the John Deere D (1923 - 1953). Some people like sleek tractors, but I like mine short and squatty.

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My second favorite is the F-Series Farmall, the F-20 in particular (1932 - 1939). third party image

I like how exposed the engine is on the F-Series. It's almost as if someone forgot to put the hood on or something.

What about the rest of ya'll? What do you like in the older iron?

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Brian in Ohio

02-10-2007 11:14:49

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

Nothing sounds better than a Case L, just as the log hits the blade and the governor opens up...

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sammy the RED

02-10-2007 09:27:24

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

The Farmall H & M !

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Nebraska Kirk

02-10-2007 09:17:23

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

I don't know that I could name just one favorite :-)

However I am partial to the F series Farmalls and the H & M. Kinda like the looks of the Case 40-72 also :-)

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HENRY E NC

02-10-2007 07:25:52

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

NBeing raised up in NE ohio Medina area, my favorite is the big Huber that would come to visit with the thrashing macine. Wish I could have one now.

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GentleBen

02-10-2007 07:14:40

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

My favorite is my 1929 GP John Deere, its in the process of being restored. Try to post picture but not sure I'm gonna succeed.

GentleBen in IL
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Dale L

02-10-2007 06:39:08

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

I'd love to own a steam engine or a rumley oil pull.

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Rauville

02-10-2007 05:54:30

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

If I could make a wish, I would like a 1937 Ford.

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Doug in IL

02-10-2007 05:43:10

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

I really like the old wheat country Allis's. The earlier U's, before the late 1936 models. And the short fender 20 35 tractors. I also like the early D John Deere's too. But, I don't own one. I do have a few of the old AC's though. There are a lot of those early tractors that would be nice to have.

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Hugh MacKay

02-10-2007 04:48:12

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

hillbilly: My favourite is the Massey Harris GP, 4 wheel drive and definitely an idea that was ahead of it's time. Had that caught on, I expect all tractors over 100 hp would have been built that way or articulated. Quite frankly, we missed the boat.

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Hugh MacKay

02-10-2007 04:54:09

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to Hugh MacKay, 02-10-2007 04:48:12

I might add, I don't have photo, however there are 5 of these in the tractor photo gallery. Just go to photo gallery and type in Massey Harris GP, built in the 1930s all the way.

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champspa

02-10-2007 05:33:08

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to Hugh MacKay, 02-10-2007 04:54:09

I like the one on steel that's a great looking tractor

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John (MO)

02-10-2007 04:44:54

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

The unstyled WC

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hillbillyOH

02-10-2007 04:53:09

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to John (MO), 02-10-2007 04:44:54

Here's a beauty:

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MMB

02-10-2007 04:36:27

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

I like tractors tall and lean but I love the short and squatty women.

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Donnie Baker

02-10-2007 02:59:36

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

110 Case or the 45 Minneapolis @ Rollag, I gotta go

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RAB

02-10-2007 02:15:33

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

My favourite is the Oliver 90. Dad bought mine new in 1948 - perhaps a few improvements over the pre 1940 models - but basically the same as the 1930s 28-44. Was the tractor I grew up on and never seemed to run out of power, although it could soon bury itself when the ground was soft!
Regards, RAB

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davpal

02-09-2007 21:40:08

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

Ford 9n all the way. Still using one all the time!

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Bill(Wis)

02-10-2007 18:15:05

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to davpal, 02-09-2007 21:40:08

The 9N was designed to do one thing and that was to replace a team of horses on a 40-60-80 acre farm. To that end, it was magnificent. Icing on the cake was the ferguson system which, all told, resulted in something like 400 attachments, each designed to make the farmers life easier. Proof is how many not only survive but work their little hearts out almost every day. The 9N is my choice as well.

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Don-Wi

02-09-2007 21:09:54

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

If I could find my grandpa"s old Oliver Hart Parr 70 that"d be my favorite. I kinda like "em from about 60"s and up to maybe 80-85.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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Mr. Bob

02-09-2007 21:21:22

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to Don-Wi, 02-09-2007 21:09:54

The CO-OP #2; a low riding, stubby, boxy,rugged little brute. I fondly remember the one my grandpap had.

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migraine

02-09-2007 21:09:11

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

For me the F series Farmalls the 12, 14, 20, and 30. To me these were the glory years for I.H. with the great letter series that followed. Hard to overlook the Farmall H and M both introduced in 1939. Migraine

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IBorange in TX

02-09-2007 20:25:25

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

My favorite is the 39 model WC Allis styled and its sound...

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jhill52

02-09-2007 20:11:32

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

1937 John Deere B and 1939 Ford 9N

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37 chief

02-09-2007 20:04:20

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

I guess my favorite would be my A/C model M crawler's. My dad used these tractors farming in the 40, 50, and 60's. I still use these same tractors in my discing business. My next would be Dad's F 12 Farmall. Stan

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gold-leaf-deere

02-09-2007 19:49:39

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to hillbillyOH, 02-09-2007 18:42:43

IN the old old catagory, it would be the 30-60 Case Two cylinder opposed . In the Old Pre 1940, It would be the 1939 LA Case.

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Alberta Mike

02-10-2007 04:38:33

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Re: What is your favorite pre-1940 tractor? in reply to gold-leaf-deere, 02-09-2007 19:49:39

I saw one last weekend up here near Edmonton. FUlly restored and running, I think it was a 1912, does that sound right? I never even knew that Case made such an engine design.

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Maine Fordson

02-10-2007 10:31:39

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Re: Favorite pre-1940 tractor in reply to Alberta Mike, 02-10-2007 04:38:33

All these suggestions, and nobody has mentioned the venerable Fordson Model F? That's the tractor that introduced lots of folks to "power farming"... In fact, by 1923, 75% of all tractors on American farms were Fordson F's! Trouble was, Henry Ford did the same thing with the Model F that he did with the the Model T automobile; namely, he kept basically the same design in production for way too long, and others came along with improved designs (i.e., frame-mounted cultivators and other implements) and ate his lunch. He got preoccupied with making the Model A automobile anyway, and in 1928 all of the Fordson tooling was shipped to Cork, Ireland.

My 2� worth.

-- Maine Fordson

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David mercer

04-07-2007 15:55:09

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Re: Favorite pre-1940 tractor in reply to Maine Fordson, 02-10-2007 10:31:39

i have a 1923 Fordson that runs .
any idea of value ?or where i could find such information.

any info woukld be greatlt appreciated.

thanks David

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