cockshutt 50D pics

Andrew

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Hears some pic from last summer with the 50 diesel
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Thank you thats one out of 38. Not all are restored but getting close. I can post more pictures of others soon when i have photos uploaded!
 
Looks great! The one I drove never used to smoke that much though . Is that a Degelman rock picker that got you stuck? They can be really heavy for a small tractor. Nice set of diskers too. Don't see a lot of them working anymore.
 
is that a rod weeder behind the 50D? Must be Canada. What tractor is pulling those two seeders or as somebody called them "diskers"?
 
(quoted from post at 16:18:35 11/21/12) is that a rod weeder behind the 50D? Must be Canada. What tractor is pulling those two seeders or as somebody called them "diskers"?
Yes ,Id bet that is western Canada. Those Cockshutt 225 diskers were popular here in their day (60s and 70s) but one 12 footer would be about all you'd want to pull behind a 50. Dad pulled a Case 12 foot with his 50 gas and it was just fine, might have handled a 15 foot if the land was all flat and dry. Taking a wild guess, is it an 1800 or 1850 pulling the tandem setup of diskers?
 
Very nice looking 50D. How heavy is this tractor and are the tires filled with fluid. I now have my Dad's 50 gas (still all original) and can remember when he could pull the corn chopper and full wagon thru wet low spots that all the neighbors tractors couldn't do it. Those 18.4-34 rice lug tires had fluid and 1 set of wheel weights. Was the air cleaner (glass jar pre-cleaner) a stock item on the 50D?
 
Yes, 50foot morris rod weeder with 50 feet of flexible harrows. The disker are two 15foot 225's pulled with a White 2-135
 
(quoted from post at 20:55:21 11/21/12) Very nice looking 50D. How heavy is this tractor and are the tires filled with fluid. I now have my Dad's 50 gas (still all original) and can remember when he could pull the corn chopper and full wagon thru wet low spots that all the neighbors tractors couldn't do it. Those 18.4-34 rice lug tires had fluid and 1 set of wheel weights. Was the air cleaner (glass jar pre-cleaner) a stock item on the 50D?

Seems to me dad's 50 gas with full fluid in the rears weighed about 8500 pounds (single rear weights). I see yours has double. Also I see you have converted to a delco alternator from the old style generator. And the old style seat , must be an early 50. Mine has the newer "knoedler" seat with the spring and shock.
 
Acutally mine is one of the first ones the 50's serial numbers were started at 101 mine is 269th off the line
 
(quoted from post at 18:19:58 11/23/12) Acutally mine is one of the first ones the 50's serial numbers were started at 101 mine is 269th off the line
Mine is #1420 which I think is a 1953. It was actually sold as a 1956 model when my dad bought it in 1959. The hood had been painted yellow and it had the "deluxe" decals to make it look like the newer 50s but I am guessing it was originally all red. It came with disk brakes and the shiftable hydraulic gear.
 

At last years Cockshutt club banquet, one of the guys in the club was the keynote speaker. At his dealer they had an early E5 they couldn't sell, so after awhile they painted it red and made it a Cockshutt, still didn't sell. In '56 the Deluxe line came out, so they repainted it yet again. Guy came in and bought it on the spot. Same guy had looked at it before but didn't like it....

My serial chart is kind of screwy for 52 -54. But I think yours is a '52.
 
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My serial chart is kind of screwy for 52 -54. But I think yours is a '52.
I found a chart somewhere on the net that indicated my number would be a 1953 but who knows. Mine was unique in that the "deluxe" decals had a typo on the one side and it actually read "deuxe" 50. I wonder if there were many like that produced? I don't think I have any pictures of it and not sure if it is still visible after several brush on paint jobs over the years.
 
I have a 50 gas standard front axle s/n 353 (1953) that is being restored, and also a 1954 50 gas(adjustable wide front)s/n 2050 that was my Dad's tractor (still original)He sold in 1963, and I bought it back in 2007, I plan to keep original.
 
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My serial chart is kind of screwy for 52 -54. But I think yours is a '52.

I have the book "Cockshutt The Complete Story" and it has a serial number chart that also indicates my 50 is a 1952 model. The 50 was premiered in October of 52 with production beginning in December of 52. There is a serial number chart for all models online at
http://users.xplornet.com/~jackson5/shed/product2.html
 

Thats the one I am using, same as in the Complete story, but if you look they only made one from 53-54?
 

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