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larry@stinescorner

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I took these pictures in PA yesterday,and thought of the post of the young man on the site here whos so called friends razz him about farming with old equiptment.I thought to myself maybe these kids want to tell my neighbor it cant be done? lol
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I had to put the old 1950 Oliver 66 to work yesterday on the same job. I had raked some up double with the wheel rake Friday and it had a wet streak on the bottom that just wasn't drying out,so I hooked the Kuhn rake to the 66 and sailed through it in 5th gear. That had it dried down as fast as I could rake it.
 
Beautiful countryside.

Looks like the old Farmall and NH rake are getting the job done.

Thanks for sharing your photos with us.
 
(quoted from post at 18:40:38 07/07/13) And it only uses about 1 gallon per hour, and it is paid for.
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Exactly! There's no reason in the world that tractor can't get the
job done, and it will do it cheaper and easier when it comes to
maneuverability than a great big piece of machinery.
Those payments are hard to drag! LOL

Larry, thanks again for the great pictures!
 
Larry,

Thanks for the pictures.Nice to see the old iron still earning their keep.

Vito
 
My neighbor pulls a bar rake like that with a Case 5130 @ 90 HP on a flat field. Kinda makes me laugh. Burns a little more fuel than needed...
 
the only old green tractors in area are olivers,there is not to many Jds in the neighborhood,the nighbors have Farmalls,and olivers
 
Great pictures Larry,
Now if we could just get Rowdy Randy to post some of his Oliver 66 to compare!
 
I left the rake hooked on when I got done,was gonna take a picture,but by the time I got done baling,it was almost 7 o'clock and all I wanted to do was put things away and take a shower. (and crack open a cold beer)
 
There's no reason why those old girls can't get a little exercise during their retirement years. I lent a green and yellow tractor to a young man to pull his rake for the summer. I figured it was better than leaving it to rust in the shed . The other day when I went to town I went past a hay field he was raking and the scene looked just like this one but different colors. Jim
 
Nice pics - thanks for sharing.

The ole Farmall h is gettin'er done. Must be a good clean runner too as there in not any oil burning smoke in any of the pics.
 
My apologies! I was going to add, "Looks great, too & with such a picturesque neck o' the woods! And TANKS!", but I had seen the time, got a bit air-headed & hit the send button aaaaaand went to deliver my hay. Didn't want to sound like I'm grumpin' about it. Sometimes, my brain leaves for the tractor before I do. Lol!

Mike
 
You know that is a bee in my bonnet too? Just the other day I say a brand new MF tractor, a gigantic thing probably 200 + hp with a 4 rotor hay tedder on the back! No doubt a 40+ PTO hp tractor would have played with it.The thing is over here 100 hp is a small tractor now, you just don't see many little tractors about
 
Agreed - an H (and the newer 300 and 350s) were/are very good on fuel - especially when used on hay or other light duty work. An M doing the same job seemed to use double the amount of fuel.
 
My 1948 John Deere D pulling my 1940 Allis Chalmers 60 combine. Baling straw with my 1944 John Deere B and IHC #45 baler.
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The oldest tractor we have is my Oliver 1600. It's a gas so it doesn't get used too much, although this year it's been getting more use than it has in a little while atleast.

Last year it missed just about the whole season from the middle of corn planting to the start of silo filling because of a bad hydraulic pump, and then I still had the seat off until I fixed the linkage for the 3 pt. this spring.

I love raking hay with it, as well as hauling wagons and other chores. It's ok on the baler, but the Massey 285 is our baler tractor. More choice in slow speeds in thick hay and just a hair more power.

My brother has a 550 that he's put a good amount of time on it since he got it fixed up too. The 285 is the newest model, and that's a '78...

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
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