Farm tractor/ equipment survey

Just wondering based on what I saw on another board how many here or their fathers or grandfathers bought stuff back in the day with the intent of keeping it for many years after that piece may have been supplanted by more modern equipment? I see people being upset at something with very low production numbers sitting in the weeds but it would have been the original owner's main and perhaps only concern being making use of it. I know that around here back in the day equipment was purchased with the only intent of using and some just happened to stick around because the next step in growth never happened making retaining the original a high priority. Or that there was an open spot in the shed so the "retired" piece was never "in the way" plus "was out of sight therefore not in mind." Did anybody ever run the farm from the standpoint of being a collector rather than being only a farm operator?

Who would have ever thought back in the day that some danged fool would ever collect this stuff? Who would have put orchard fenders over the top of the originals on serial number 3 of a low production tractor in the first place if they'd had a clue?

Who would have ever thought the moldboard plow would go out of style? Or the chisel plow? Actually, the moldboard plow survived for many, many years, while the chisel plow was more or less a "flash-in-the-pan".

who would have thought some of these tractors from 40s 50s 60s and 70s are still in use?
my 1964? oliver still meets my needs.

My dad is a first generation farmer so he had to start out fresh in 1948 buying or borrowing equipment as he went along. He never borrowed money for machinery. He traded off two tractors in his lifetime. I still have the 51 JD A, 1960 Deere 630 that dad bought new and a 35 Deere A he bought used in 1950. I also have the Deere straight disk he bought new or I assume was new in the late 40's and a couple of plows he bought new, one in 1950 and the other in 1960. The last tractor he bought was in 1960 when he was 36 years old. It was the big horse till I came into the farming scene in 1974. Oh yes, there's the spring tooth harrow, drag harrow and rotary hoe he bought new and they are still laying here on the farm, and the Deere side delivery rake I still use. All of the flare and barge wagons he bought mostly new are still hanging around the farm in buildings.

I also have the 1954 Deere R my step mom's dad bought new in North Dakota. It was retired from farm duty in the mid-60's but has been shedded ever since.

What do you mean I resemble that comment. Still using the H to run augers,rake hay cut wood and anything else it will do. No tractors newer than a 2940 deere here. The rest are 66 series IH and older. With 2 Stiegers thrown in.
Dad still has the D-4 cat Grandpa bought new in 36 or 37. The rest of the equipment is still here. Oliver 4 bottom trailer plow for the D-4 2 12 foot Drags 1 12 foot disk. The drill and corn planter got sold or traded off for newer and bigger ones. There is a old Jd 6 bottom Jd trailer plow and JD chisel plow we still use both of them. The chisel more than the plow.
I'm Have not been convinced on the nothrill method yet. I have tried it with more failure than success. Heavy Clay does not seem to work well for nothrill here to well. And the sandier dirt drys out to fast to me.

(quoted from post at 17:23:28 11/24/17) What do you mean I resemble that comment. Still using the H to run augers,rake hay cut wood and anything else it will do. No tractors newer than a 2940 deere here. The rest are 66 series IH and older. With 2 Stiegers thrown in.
Dad still has the D-4 cat Grandpa bought new in 36 or 37. The rest of the equipment is still here. Oliver 4 bottom trailer plow for the D-4 2 12 foot Drags 1 12 foot disk. The drill and corn planter got sold or traded off for newer and bigger ones. There is a old Jd 6 bottom Jd trailer plow and JD chisel plow we still use both of them. The chisel more than the plow.
I'm Have not been convinced on the nothrill method yet. I have tried it with more failure than success. Heavy Clay does not seem to work well for nothrill here to well. And the sandier dirt drys out to fast to me.

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Funny but not only are chisel plows pretty common here but mow board plows are being seen more and more. Only one guy here doing no till and he's new to the area. Everyone else who tried it saw a drop in yields starting with the 3rd year. So no till here is the flash in the pan.

Rick

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(quoted from post at 17:23:28 11/24/17) What do you mean I resemble that comment. Still using the H to run augers,rake hay cut wood and anything else it will do. No tractors newer than a 2940 deere here. The rest are 66 series IH and older. With 2 Stiegers thrown in.
Dad still has the D-4 cat Grandpa bought new in 36 or 37. The rest of the equipment is still here. Oliver 4 bottom trailer plow for the D-4 2 12 foot Drags 1 12 foot disk. The drill and corn planter got sold or traded off for newer and bigger ones. There is a old Jd 6 bottom Jd trailer plow and JD chisel plow we still use both of them. The chisel more than the plow.
I'm Have not been convinced on the nothrill method yet. I have tried it with more failure than success. Heavy Clay does not seem to work well for nothrill here to well. And the sandier dirt drys out to fast to me.

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Funny but not only are chisel plows pretty common here but mow board plows are being seen more and more. Only one guy here doing no till and he's new to the area. Everyone else who tried it saw a drop in yields starting with the 3rd year. So no till here is the flash in the pan.

Rick

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There is some evidence around here that yields DO increase when going back to conventional tillage, but not enough to offset the added cost of multiple trips across the field, compared to just ONE trip using a no-till planter.

Chisel used mostly here, moldboard getting used more each rear again. Very little no till corm, mostly no till on the soybeans and wheat. I have seen a lot of failures country over from no till. First ever no till I saw was in seed corn company's test plot and perhaps half a dozen plants. Suprised it ever came about. Only considered it for beans and wheat on rented highly erodable ground but was not farming it long enough to ever get anything to put it in. First no tiller in county went back to moldboard plowing.