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What is the oldest tractor you own?

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JohnV2000

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I have recently been intrigued by some of the very old tractors, such as a Caterpillar Twenty, McCormick-Deering 10-20, and others from the 1920s, and even beforez

I found a really nice website that has lots of great pictures, and it got me thinking, what is the oldest tractor you have?

Here is the link, hopefully it is clickable. http://www.chriscomachinery.com/SerialNumberList.htm

John
 
Currently my oldest tractor is a 1942 2N Ford, I used to have a
1939 Ford 9N and a 1939 Farmall A, but sold and traded them
off years ago
 
1955 Massey Harris 44 Special...also look after my dad's 1950 Fordson Major E27N
wood gasifier.
Ben
 
Oldest is a '39 Allis Chalmers B.
Newest is a '56 Ford 960.
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1940 Farmall H

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1950 Farmall C. She isn't a show girl, I use it all the time.
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BTW She loves to smell the flowers, surprise lilies.
 
The oldest tractor we have is a 1950 Ford 8n. Before that I'm guessing Farmall m, but that was sold off years ago
 
Man, there's been a run on the "best of" surveys over the past while, this one might be the last one that
hasn't been discussed yet, but I suspect someone will think up something.
 
International 15-30 that I was told is a 1923. Need to verify that, but it is early. Also 2 1935 F-12's and a 1935 John Deere A That has been in the family for over 60 years.
 
I was born in 1962 and my oldest tractor is
a 1976 Farmall triple six.Seems to be a
generational connection between age of
farmers and their tractors.

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It might be interesting to ask a follow-up question like: how many of your oldest tractors are still being used regularly; or what is the oldest tractor you use regularly?

The 1920' and 1930's tractors are all great museum pieces and some should be preserved, but very few tractors with steel wheels, hand start and no hydraulics are being used much anymore. Most are tucked away in sheds to be taken out on a plow day or in a parade. Many pre-1960 tractors are going that way too. No real 3 point hitch, no live PTO, weak hydraulics, less efficient gas engines, poor ergonomics and no power steering limits their usefulness and resale value, especially as even the collectors loose interest.
 
(quoted from post at 08:02:14 01/11/19) It might be interesting to ask a follow-up question like: how many of your oldest tractors are still being used regularly; or what is the oldest tractor you use regularly?

The 1920' and 1930's tractors are all great museum pieces and some should be preserved, but very few tractors with steel wheels, hand start and no hydraulics are being used much anymore. Most are tucked away in sheds to be taken out on a plow day or in a parade. Many pre-1960 tractors are going that way too. No real 3 point hitch, no live PTO, weak hydraulics, less efficient gas engines, poor ergonomics and no power steering limits their usefulness and resale value, especially as even the collectors loose interest.
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Oldest regularly used tractor is a 48 SC Case
 
I especially like the photos of tractors in front of suburban homes. Shows a real commitment to those machines. No hiding there's a tractor in the garage when you go to open the door or park the car.

Out on the farm you can tuck one away in the corner of the barn, machine shed, or even outside somewhere. Could even forget it's there after awhile.
 
Hart Parr S# 89385: .....18-36 1930?

Left Charles City Iowa,(Railway)North to Canada,then across the Canadian Prairies to Northern Alberta. Was then driven from Rail Landing (seven miles) to
present day location:

When I was a young lad in 1959, I recall this tractor in tandem with the McCormick 15-30 towing a large building on the first frost of the fall...Sept,Oct,?

I purchased the 244 acres in 1974,built a shed and backed both tractors in:

This 15-30 McCormick is supposedly equipped with 22-36 pistons and sleeves,as per original owners history of both the Hart Parr and the McCormick:

Both these Tractors were purchased new by my neighbor,who sold his land and equipment to me in 1974:
I'm supposedly the second owner:

Bob....

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You said "tractor" and that would be a 1940's 2N. All rubber and no mag. It came home originally for the loader and needs to go away.
That should leave me with a 1950 Ferguson currently with a Howard and Hupp.
Then you mentioned "Caterpillar" and that brings out (2) Model Twenty-Two machines.
One with a blade and winch and the other with a motor that is not frozen.
Eventually the two shall become one.
Then there's the wife.
That when the fight started. . . .
 
Oldest tractor I have also has a lot of family history to it. My grandfather got it I or around 1940 It is a 1935 JD-B in steel wheels. I played on it as a kid and so have my grand children so that makes 5 generation of people that have sat on it. I even have the original owners manual that came with it when new. If it has ever been rebuilt my grandfather would have been to one that did it and that would have been in the 50s if ever
 
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"Uncle Earl" is our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCUEeGboEbi8NcttNiRDnDmLsAyI87uwI">1939 John Deere Model B</a>.

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1926 Twin City 27-44. This is not mine but is owned by Farmamerica where I serve on the Board of Directors. The organization owns 14 tractors, this one being the oldest.
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Thanks. Nice music too and you listed the credits. What model rake? Seems I remember 640 but not sure. I have an 896A rake.
 
504 Farmall diesel, with single front. Has midmount hydraulic spray booms and a 150 gallon spray tank on the back. Use it for roadways and
ditchbank spraying as well as smaller vegetable seed fields. Very reliable and fun to operate.
 

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1936 F20 off of our farm in Iowa.

Scott
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Most of you have seen my oldest. This McCormick Deering 22-36 I'm guessing about a 1929 model. It has been siezed solid for over 40 years
now. Even though it is just a lawn ornament it is still a tractor. I move it around regularly so it does not settle into the ground.

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I have a 1941 Silver King, Model 41, 3 wheel. My Grandfather bought it New. It was the last Silver King to come into this area before the start of WWII. The paint was not completely dry when it arrived here in Central Pennsylvania.
 
would be my 2 1928 22-36's, both are running . the one on the right ran the thrashing machine in 1986.
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. don't know why picture is sideways. and don't know how to fix it.
 
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCUEeGboEbi_N8yZD6l5CIS4t2dbHK28F">JD 640</a> Left Side Delivery Rake.
 
I have 2 48!8ns, Pigpen and Henry. Pigpen I believe is the oldest as the trumpets have 47 casting dates. Henry I use for 3 point work, Pigpen is now our primary Tractor ride and going after corn tractor since it has the overdrive.
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41 9N Ford that is still down to complete overhaul started in 04 and got sidetracked by blizzaed of 05 with no power to shop for couple of years then heart bypass in 11 And lack of strength and shoulder repair in 12 that I did not gain full mobility untill 16. Then there is the 44 2N that came to live with me when I was about 9 months old that when I get a head gasket in will be running again. Got help ligned up as I no longer have enough strength to do it. That 2N Dad bought new in may of 44 with plows for $890, still have plows as well.
 
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