OT Tractors OT

[greg g]

sounds like a good idea but unlike my Grandmother I have a tough time eating something I may have named...............

Looking at one similar to this, a bit older and not as shiny. But its a ways away and transport would take some doing.

Edited June 7, 2012 by greg g

[TodFitch]

The Farmal Cub is also a very simple and reliable tractor and its a nice size for two acres.

A friend has a property in the foothills, he has his place fenced and he gets two lambs every spring. They mow his grass and at the end of summer he has meat. He built a small 'barn' and put a timer on the door and on an automatic feeder. The lambs go in to feed in the evenings and the door closes and opens by the timer.

Nice system.

Seems like coyotes might be a problem without a llama or sheep dog to protect them....

[HanksB3B]

Wait a llama will protect sheep from a coyote?

Hank

[Plymouthy Adams]

calling them Lunch and Dinner, has solved my problems over the years..had a pig once I kept on a farm out of my community..was a gift from a student to my wife (rural area) anyway his name was Breakfast, might I add, he lived up to his name in highest fashion..

I kept a couple goats even in my small subdivion I lived inyears ago..my property butted up against farm acerage and I had owner's permission to fence and put a small building on the property..get nannies, no odor..they keep grass clipped well above the root..one female goat in the back yard and never had to use the mower..

[TodFitch]

Wait a llama will protect sheep from a coyote?

Hank

There is a goat farm not too far from us that uses llamas which is where I heard about it. Here is a link, more are easily found, about using llamas to protect sheep: http://www.llama.org/guard_llamas.htm

[HanksB3B]

Hank

[greg g]

Do you know the difference between dedicated and committed?

When it come to breakfast the chicken is dedicated, the pig however is committed.

[TodFitch]

Looks like this thread has been successfully hijacked....

[HanksB3B]

That’s funny Tod but the first mention of “coyotes” was in your post #27, before that it was all about Tractors, however it’s really Pauls thread and since he was the first to bring livestock into the picture I guess anything "farm related" is o.k?

Seems like coyotes might be a problem without a llama or sheep dog to protect them....

Back to Tractors,

Hank

[Don Coatney]

My wife at work cleaning up all the goat, sheep, pig, cow, horse, duck, goose, rabbit, cat, dog, chicken, turkey etc. poop on the CI I owned when I lived in New York. Had a 60" finishing belly mounted mower. Three cylinder diesel. Blew the head gasket one morning. I fixed it but there is a really complicated timing procedure required to adjust the valves. My 1986 Gravley is my grass cruncher now. I have had to do a minimal ammount of repairs over the years (compared to other mowers I have owned) but today it will out run, out mow, out race, all the mowers in my neighborhood with it's 50" cut.

[Rusty O'Toole]

Around here they put a donkey or 2 in with the sheep, they will kick the hell out of a coyote or wolf.

[Olddaddy]

This is a modified Jim Dandy which was the little brother to the Power King tractors made in Wisconsin. I made the dual adapters, widened the front axle and added a second transmission. I used to have every implement made for them, but now I just use it to mow and move the Non-Ops around the yard. The one pic is when I bought it, the other is when I finished the rebuild.

[Merle Coggins]

I think the paint is faded out on that A. ;)

Too cool. I have a soft spot for the old Farmall's. I grew up with a 200 and 400 on our farm until Dad traded in the 200 to buy an 856. My Uncles both had H's and one also had a Super C.

My Grandpa and Grandma had a Cub with a mower deck, which was very similar to an A or B. Nice little tractor.

Merle

[wallytoo]

Wait a llama will protect sheep from a coyote?

Hank

yes they do. very good at it, too.

[buds truck]

I will post a pic of my 1951 Ford 8N that I got for in trade for a lawn tractor when I get back to the east side tomorrow.

[moparbenny]

1936 Huber, 1957 John Deere 420, 1928 Ford Model A doodlebug (half tractor). The Huber and Deere have their working shoes on in the pictures! Still working on the doodlebug.

neat doodlebug! i like your hobart welder too. when i was in welding school we scrap one out and the instructor gave me the a connecting post that was in it..and said "here you can use this in your car."

[Don Coatney]

I attended an antique tractor show and pull a few years back. Follow this link for more photos.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v65/DonCoatney/Fun%20Stuff/Tractor%20show/?start=all

[Fernando Mendes]

Ford model "T" tractor.

[Merle Coggins]

That's interesting Fernando. After WWII Willys marketed the Jeep as an alternative to the farm tractor. They could be equipped with PTO's and hydraulic 3 point hitches. I had read about them, but at the Mopars in the Park show a few years ago I saw one.

[pflaming]

That' Jeep is exactly what Greg needs!

[Todd B]

This was my dads tractor, I have been using it for pulling my water tank for the past 25 years. When my dad passed away 3 years ago my mom said I can have it. I think of my dad everytime I use it, which has been daily because of no rain.

When I was 12 my dad completely restored the tractor. Dad told me to drive it through town to the woods so we could pull trees over. The only thing he forgot to do during the restore was to tighten the wheel on the axle. The tire worked its way over and fell off in front of the library. The tractor fell on the draw bar bracket and did not hurt anything other then my dads pride. Dad went home to get a jack and the local newspaper stopped and snapped some photos, made the front page.

He used cheap aerosol can paint and it needs a new paint job. Its on my bucket list but part of me likes it the way it is because of my father.

Todd B

[Jeff Balazs]

Todd;

I am not a tractor guy.....but what a great story.

I would leave it just like he finished it and try and preserve it the best you can.

Jeff

[48Dodger]

Have spent my fair share of time on tractors...ugh....lol.

This is where it all started....my first time driving the John Deere ( on my own. circa 1973. I was 9. Grandpa was my instructor....he and I spent many hours working on the old Harvesters for the museum. Good man.

48D

[Todd B]

I can't say I have ever seen a wide front on a "B". Very cool.

My oldest grand daughter is 7 years old and every time she comes for the weekend we "must" water with Johny B (my John Deere and then go to the local icecream shop for icecream with the old semi. I told my wife is something would happen to me that she should have our grand daughter show her how the water pumps start, how to start Johny B & blow the horns, and how to start the semi and blow the air horns. She is a city girl so all the things here are very interesting for her.

Proud Grampa, Todd B

[Don Coatney]

Have spent my fair share of time on tractors...ugh....lol.

This is where it all started....my first time driving the John Deere ( on my own. circa 1973. I was 9. Grandpa was my instructor....he and I spent many hours working on the old Harvesters for the museum. Good man.

48D

I was a bit younger than you when I was introduced to tractors. Top left photo taken around 1950 when I was 3. I later first learned to drive a 1953 Ford Jubilee when I was eight or nine. By the time I was twelve I was taking my dads car without his knowledge and crusing the drive ins. I dont know how I never got caught.