Recently drug this one out of the shed, and thought I'd post a couple of photos just for the sake of general information. I'm the second owner. The original owner was a neighbor who had a custom hay baling operation back in the '50's. During its working life, this tractor's primary, and very nearly only duty was to haul and operate a New Holland 77 PTO baler around the hills of northeastern PA, hence the license plate on the grille. I bought the tractor and the baler from his widow in 1988. The non-original items on this tractor are the tires, the muffler, the battery and ignition parts, and the radiator hoses and clamps. The front hitch bar is owner-designed and fabricated for use when he got too close to the swamp, but doesn't appear to have gotten much usage. So, other than that, it's just about the way it came off the truck. He hitched the baler to a plate bolted to the stationary drawbar, and the swinging drawbar was used only as a step for getting on and off the tractor, It has never been hitched to. I have many more pics of the tractor from various angles, which I'd be happy to post if there's interest. Hope you enjoyed the trip back to 1954, as I do every time I look at it.
