Us Young People on YT

Fullers Farmalls · Jun 23, 2011

I see a lot of post from a lot of people. I respect a lot of what people say on here and appreciate the advice given. Just wondering who else on here is younger and likes working on tractors. I'm 20 and love working around the house. My sister jokes I'm like a 50 year old man because of the stuff I do and know but i wouldn't trade my life for anyone elses.

bobs old iron · Jun 23, 2011

i'm a 27 yr old traped in a 57 yr old body,lol,i glad to see that young ones can do somthing i have to wait for 45+ yrs to do. keep up the good tractoring.

Pat-CT · Jun 23, 2011

20 and go to college to design/ test tractors

Mitch D · Jun 23, 2011

20, dairy farm and repair/collect tractors

big fred · Jun 23, 2011

Pat, I take it you're an engineering student then? I got my BSME 32 years ago, but never had anything to do with tractors, except that they often use tugs that are pretty much just tractors to move the airplanes that I've designed hardware for. I've noticed that engineering graduates are a lot sharper nowadays than when I graduated. Back then, it was normally assumed that a new engineer was costing the company money until he had about 5 years under his belt. Nowadays I think that's down under 2 years, with some of the new kids I've seen here at Boeing paying their own way almost immediately. They were just starting co-op programs and internships back when I was in college. I think that experience during your college years is a big factor in the increasing value of young engineers. In any case, I wish you the best and hope you enjoy your career (or careers, I've had 4-5 distinct careers in my 30 years at Boeing) as much as I have.

Pat-CT · Jun 23, 2011

I will be after next semester, Transferring from a tech degree to a bachelor program for agriculture tech, Where many of the students are picked up to design (tractors, attachments, construction equipment etc...) and test. My dream job is to be a test engineer for either CNH or John Deere. getting paid to break stuff then see why it went wrong

big fred · Jun 23, 2011

I had a chance to go into test engineering back in 1984, when the design job I had got written out of the Air Force contract. I didn't make the move, though, since I really wanted to do design. Looking back, it was the right move, but I sure think it would have been a more interesting and fun career path. Ran into the guy that wanted to give me the test job about 10 years later. He was investigating why a particular military plane lost part of it's vertical stab in a test flight. Neat stuff.

Pat-CT · Jun 23, 2011

Im really looking forward to it. Thanks for the kind words and story!

Beatles65 · Jun 24, 2011

I am 20, and love the old iron! I just cant get enough of it, thats probably why I keep buying it all! I am glad that this is my hobby, as I wouldn't change it for anything! My dream is to open a museum so I can show others my collection and use it to educate them on the history of our agricultural past.

From Denton, Nebraska.
Andrew Kean

Dell (WA) · Jun 24, 2011

big Fred........would you believe that was "my airplane"??? The Boeing F-86 photo chase plane ran outt of film and didn't gitt enny pictures. (frown) Summ farmer down Chehalis way was callin' local radio station about this airplane part in his corn field. (grin)

One of Boeing airplane design features is what I call "tear on the dotted line". Iff'n yer gonna fall off, fall off here and NOT there. .......Dell, ret Flt Test Engr

Patsdeere · Jun 24, 2011

Been playing with the old stuff for 14 years and that is 50% of my age. It won't ever leave and some ask if I have more senior friends than ones of my age. I just laugh. At least I have something to show after spending $500 compared to their hang overs.

Down under farmer · Jun 24, 2011

24, farming and collecting and playing with old gear. Love it always have. most people get a shock when you tell them your intrestes or turn up at a show with sum gear. Just a pity we farm 12 months of the year in Australia and dont get snow bound in winter to work on tractors like you guys. I no what id rather though going mad here with all the wet weather we have had the last 12 months.

tractorsam · Jun 24, 2011

I'm 25 and I've been playing with old tractors now for over 10 years and still enjoy it. Unfortunately life is starting to get in the way

Sam

M Nut · Jun 24, 2011

I'll be 32 next week. Wife says I was born about 30 years to late, but I like classic tractors, rural America, and if given the choice of topics of discussion, I choose tractors and farming every time. Dad says he remembers back in the 50's when every 40 to 80 acres in our county had an active family dairy farm on them, and there was a creamery in each small town, about 10 miles apart. Today you can count the dairy farms on one hand and still have an extra finger. The owners of those dairy farms are all 60+ years old with no one interested in taking over when they are finished. I'm certain that in the next ten years family dairy farms in our county will be gone forever. In our small community of about 500 residents there were three car dealerships and two implement dealers. Today you can't buy a hamburger after 1 p.m., and would struggle to find a fuel cap for a car or tractor, much less a combined total of 5 different dealerships. Would have loved to see life back in, as dad says, "the good times". There are a few guys like me who still raise beef cattle, but it doesn't matter if you have 5 cows or 100, it is still only a hobby. All of us guys, and most of our wives too, work full time off the farm to support our families.

RLA · Jun 24, 2011

so I supose being 54 & young at heart doesn"t count??

bjb in TX from Ne · Jun 24, 2011

I am 26 and have been into tractors even before I could walk or talk. Every time we went to one of the farms I had to get a ride. Been addicted ever since. Condition is terminal....

dej(Jed) · Jun 24, 2011

(quoted from post at 21:02:53 06/23/11) I see a lot of post from a lot of people. I respect a lot of what people say on here and appreciate the advice given. Just wondering who else on here is younger and likes working on tractors. I'm 20 and love working around the house. My sister jokes I'm like a 50 year old man because of the stuff I do and know but i wouldn't trade my life for anyone elses.

Hi I am 60. I grew up on a farm, but got me a big city education. I am a chemical engineer. I now work for PPG on a solar panel project. I own 300 acres here in Pa., so tractors are essential to keeping it maintained.
There aren't however enough hrs in the day and I notice that after about 12 hrs of my daily activities, I run out of go power. Old age I guess? My 3 sons; 33,31 & 19 don't have much interest in tractors. It is good to see some of you younger guys on here.

Jason the Red · Jun 24, 2011

I'm 30, and been operating various tractors since I was 11. I got hooked, however, on my first ride with my grandpa on his H Farmall when I was about 6. I own my own '46 H now, my next purchase will be grandpa's H, if and when my uncle will sell it to me, as he still uses it.

olliekid · Jun 24, 2011

i am 18. love old tractors and farming. especially hay.

davediehl@hotmail.com · Jun 24, 2011

Age 42 here. Went to college for auto mechanics while working in a marina which sent me for boat mechanics. Certified in both by the age of 24. Always wanted to be a police officer as my father was for 35 years. Now I restore tractors at the rate of 2 per year, I am a police officer of 20 years with a local department and I work at Radio Shack for fun.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 24, 2011

M Nut, I know this is going way off topic but you hit the nail partly on the head ! Nearly impossible to keep a boy on the farm making less than minimum wage and expect things to continue when the grass looks so much greener on the other side of the fence. You are a prime example, to keep what little you have going, you work another full time job. It's my belief that the family farmer also contributed to his demise. When milk prices dropped he added more cows, when crop prices dropped he planted more acreage. To add insult to the problem the govt started paying them not to plant crops because of the over supply. Some greedy ones saw the opportunity in this. They readily took the govt money for not planting their land and then rented their neighbors farm (who went out of business rather than take the money ) to plant more crops. So called progress took over, now they are mega businesses ( so called farms ? ). Some times progress bites the honest people in the -ss. Add 30 to your age and that's me today, life long health problems forced me off the family farm long ago not the lure of money. As for good times,yes and no. Long hours farming plus 8 hrs at school ( working full time in your case ) isn't so good. Family time with kids and seeing things grow , yes, priceless. Keep up the fight you wont regret it ! And when it becomes to much sell. BTW you'll make more money per acre selling than you ever did farming per acre.LOL

Leroy · Jun 24, 2011

Andrew, that was my dream, 20-25 years ago. Now just hoping I can still be getting my breath tomorrow and starting to get rid of what I had colected at age 67, Good luck to you. I have some Deere implements that would look good with what you have but just too many states away.

Tyler Jackson · Jun 24, 2011

Just turned 19. I'm always lookin for somethin else to work on!

Fullers Farmalls · Jun 24, 2011

Where are you at in PA?

Fullers Farmalls · Jun 24, 2011

I'm with you Andrew. I'd love to open a Farmall Museum in my home town. But wishes in one hand crap in the other as my pap use to say.

jordan watson · Jun 24, 2011

I'm 23, me and my dad have a 55 head cow/calf operation in northeast alabama. We both work fulltime jobs so we have our hands full. I really have mine full because i ger to keep all our old equipment going, along with trying to spend time with my wife and 2 year old daughter.

Brad Gyde · Jun 24, 2011

I also fall in the "younger" category at 30.

The first tractor I REMEMBER riding on was a 8630 JD.. I was about 6 then.. I'm sure I had rode along before then, it's just the first time I remember still. I grew up around the family farm, back then, I'd guess grandad and uncles worked about 1500 acres.. Now, it's about half of that..

I don't know what got me started with "old" tractors.. the oldest stuff they had in my lifetime is the 1967 D-17 (that I bought from grandad about 7 years ago) and a Farmall M.. Everything else was newer.

Now, I have 7 tractors (the newest being the D-17), a self propelled picker, and some tillage tools, and still hope to farm on my own (did once, but had to give it up due to work)..

Oh, and a 2 year old that has caught the bug too! He gives me hope that maybe my old tractors (and my labor of love) will be held onto when I'm gone, and not just sent "down the road" or even worse.. to the scrap monster.

Brad

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