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most years of continueous operating one model of tractor.

rustred

rustred

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while cutting hay with the 560 international yesterday, i got to thinking i been operating a 560 for 51 years. dad bought his 560 in 1967 and i was working it in the field at 10 years old. was curious how many have kept a running model of tractor contiuously for the longest and most years you have worked it.
 
I have a 52 8N that has been in the family for 66 years and I still use it several times a week.
I have rebuilt the engine 6 times since I was 14 years old. Was using it yesterday evening.
Richard in NW SC
 
I have dad's 53 dc that he bought in 55 and has been in use on our farm and by me ever since. I'm going to use it this afternoon to lift a gravity box from one wagon to another. I likely first drove it 72 or so.
 
Well I have 1964 JD 4020 that Grand father bought new. It has never been off the farm and is used daily. So that would be 54 years.
 
Dad bought the Farmall C in 1949, when I was two years old. I still use it, will be raking hay with it later this afternoon. I started driving it in 1957 or so, not really sure when.
 
I have my dad's jd 4010 he bought new. Like JD Seller says it's never been off the farm. My uncle has a Farmall f20 his dad bought new. Still on the same farm. Hasn't run it for a few years though. Also has a Farmall M that's been there since early 50's and a jd 630 bought new.
 
I still use a Massey Harris 30 that my dad bought used in 1954, it's a 1952 model. many overhauls, valve jobs. clutches, brakes and tires, she's pretty noisy in the rear end but I still use it for light work.
 
Not a tractor but the only hay rake we still have is a NH 56 my grandfather bought second hand in 1965
 
I have a 1949 Case SC that's been in the family since new. My dad's family owned the Case dealership and this tractor was brought home from the dealership and has never been sold. I use it for light work around the farm and wouldn't necessarily say that I depend on it. I find light chores and drive it in parades just keep it running. In the picture I'm using it to run a Little Giant elevator to put feed in a gravity wagon. My mom's family owned the Deere dealership in the next town over and I have a JD 1530 that my grand dad brought home from their dealership.
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My dad bought a 1944 JD LA in 1946, used. I learned (born 1942) to drive on it. I use it every year for making rows, hillers, in the garden, which includes this year. I bought a 1949 AC 'G' to plow, cultivators, with, haven't had it very long. It got where it was a problem changing the implements out, just can't bend like I use to.
 
Found a couple of pictures of the JD1530 I mentioned above. The first picture was taken a few weeks ago. I mounted a toolbox that I acquired last year when I traded tractors. The second picture is of me in 1983 checking the coolant level. Man time flies by.
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My brother still hs IH 454 Diesel that my Dad bought in 1972. He estimates it has well over 20,000 hours on it as the hour meter rolled over 9999 several years ago and was getting to 5600 hours again when it quit. I visited him yesterday and he was using the 454 on the NH haybine.

JimB
 
I have,and use a 1955 300u IH that Dad and my Uncle bought used in 1956,when I was born. 7630hrs and still ticking,1 engine rebuild,1 T/A.I can remember driving/steering it while Dad and and my Uncle picked up hay bales when I was 3yrs old.They walked along side and would 'help' steer thru the bales. Mark.
 
2-1964? Oliver 1950 FWA tractors we used on the rice farm until 1996 when my great uncle trashed them.I saved them from the scrapper.at least one of them WILL run again someday soon
 
32 years on the 4020 rebuilt it in 2003 in college starred running it on the new Holland square baler then drilling and plowing and spraying hauled round bales with it one a time for a lot of years run between the stack yard and the field in 7th then shuttle to 3rd reverse then shift to fourth and let the front end come off the ground slam back down then hit 7th and back to the stack
 
Our father bought a new 1949 Ferguson TO-20 that my brother and I still use on the farm in our hay and cattle operation.
 
Not certain if this counts as continuous or not?

Dad worked for the IH farm machinery dealer in the 40 s through the 50 s.
In 46 our peresent farmall was bought by a farmer in the area of Sarnia Ontario, he brought it back shortly there after; traided it for a much larger model ( either h or m). Dad used it to move and assemble equipmeht on the lot; liked it so much and its' capabilities he bought it: in 65 when we sold the farm, a friend bought it.
Then in 82 he brought it up to where I lived near Goderich Ontario; Gave it back to me. (I know dad was excited about this transaction.) In 91 the engine gave trouble: have just finished full rebuild, and put over 10 hours on it ( 5 or so of these mowing tall grass along a forest trail here we live.)
As I say, don't know if this counts as continuous ownership and running, this is my trators' story.
A late model ( August / Septemger) 1946 Farmall BN now repaited in cream white cream in memory and to signify its specialty.
Wm.
 
1949 to-20 bought new and a 44 special bought new in 1953 0r 54 still use them almost every day. 1 over haul on the t0-20 44s never been touched
 
I have a 35 A Deere dad bought in 1950. It runs OK but sits in the barn. A 1951 A Deere dad bought new is still being used on occasion. It’s hooked to a load of hay right now.
 
54 years?

H Farmall that my father-in-law already had when my wife and I started dating in 1964. I still use it about every day.
 
1952 Super C. Was driving it by 1954, operating it by 1956; Lived on it in the 60s. It gradually got help from bigger tractors over the years. It quit plowing when the 460 came along. It quit cultivating when I quit sweet corn in the 90s, it even quit the 7-ft trim mowing when the 585 showed up. I did get it out of the shed about a month ago and it still purrs like a kitten. Poor thing still has that 1952 calcium in the tires. Tires, tubes changed twice but the Calcium was put back with 66 year's use.
 
1940 Farmall M grandfather bought new. I feel sure I was sent to the field by myself by age 12 or so. I am 75 now so that makes 63 continuous years of operation on this farm.
 
1951 WD9, came here new right off the train, three generations operating it. Still pulls disc and harrows every year and the dump trailer in between spring and fall tillage. Estimated 18 000 to 20 000 hours on it, counter stopped at 10 000 well before my time, has only ever had the rear crank seal and tires changed.
 
Lets see the 1953 H is stilll in use almost daily at different times of the year. We run augers with it in the fall. Cut wood with it in the winter and use it to spray brush around the place during the spring summer.
Oldest is the 1936or7 D-4 cat both tractors bought new by grandpa and still here. The Cat needs some Mag work to start the little engine so I can get the diesel started.
 
I obvisuly have not been driving it all the time but I came around on 9-11-43 and the following May Dad bought a 44 2N Ford that only owners were Dad and me after Dad passed in early 90's. Just need to put in a new head gasket that I dread starting in on. My health is not good. Still have orignal plow as well.
 
Dads 1966 430 CASE has run forever around the clock .literally from oil change to oil change without ever cooling down in the early 70s . 4 of us slip seated plowing and planting some 250 acres before we went no til .it has light duty now.We always kept a good DC Case around the farm. i am almost 62, and was 8 when the 1st DC roared up the barn drive.I have 4 Now that i have owned for over 20 yrs .Wanna talk about those I got rid of Quickly ? I owned a WD allis for 3 weeks, Oliver 70 for a couple monthes , Massey 210 for 2 many years. JD M for 2 many years. wished i never ever saw this David Brown 1210.had a bad luck 530 Case for a year just problems from one end to the other ,Traded it back to the Liberty Ky Folks for a fine 530 that i simply love.
 
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