GBs

Howard H. · Feb 20, 2022

I bought these tractors from a local lady quite a few years ago. I never picked them up because I liked seeing them out on her ranch in the wild from the highway every day as I drove back and forth to work.

But she recently sold the ranch, so I had to move them. It was sure harder loading the one with only three wheels than the other two!!!

These old war horses have tended to an awful lot of wheat and milo in their day

Alan K · Feb 20, 2022

Tony in SD · Feb 20, 2022

I have no idea how many hours I spent on our GB diesel. It was a powerful, very reliable, 6 cylinder, low RPM tractor. I usually pulled a 5-14 case plow with ours. My brother still has it.

J Hamilton · Feb 20, 2022

Those are in amazing condition for sitting outside. I live in the rust belt, you can't find ones that nice that have been in a barn

Howard H. · Feb 20, 2022

Its funny you say that. We are out here in the center of the Oklahoma Dust Bowl and normally old iron sure doesnt have much rust

But one of these had both fenders rusted all out along the lower support. It is pretty peculiar on how completely its rusted along the bottom. Im not sure why that one was completely rusted out and the others arent. Not sure if it got fertilizer or calcium or acid or something spilled along the lower edge at some point.

A bit odd, too, that the one thats been parted out has a PTO, while the others are bareback.

LP was sure big out here in those days. I grew up driving LP JD 720 and 4020s for Dad. He finally bought a new JD 6030 about the time I was in high school and that was the first diesel tractor I saw.

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Duey C · Feb 22, 2022

Neat photos of 403 pure-grunt power from MM Howard! Thank you!
I grew up around an odd-ball (around here) UTU LP powered tractor. 100 octane CLEAN fuel.
That first photo of the difficult three-wheeler shows the major transmission changes from the old style Hugh Jass transverse (sideways) shaft, big belly/bull gear to the smaller appearing inline-shaft transmissions.
Now I want a GB to study!

With two gears forward, my old 21-32 transmissions are larger than your GB's yet less versatile.
Your GB's were born as newer brothers to the old TC 21-32's and carried old grunt power.
Thank you showing these neat, well preserved GB pics! More pics perhaps?
We usually talk about the steel channels beside the engine and the noses being the easy identifiers in the G series.
Here we see the results of the inline transmissions born in the KT, MT and U in the 20's & 30's.
Fun stuff to think about.

This post was edited by Duey C on 02/21/2022 at 10:57 pm.

plowhand · Feb 26, 2022

Ah yes the big rounded fenders..

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