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Growing up Dad would lend me or one of my 5 brothers out to help neighbors with farm work. It always amazed me of the names that they gave there tractos. One had a 666 International that he called satan, good tractor and reliable. Another had an Allis chalmers D 21 he called junk yard dog. He bought it from a salvage yard and fixed it up. very good tractor. One had a 4430 deere that he named after his wife, it was tempermental as could be. It would be running very well and all of a it would quit. Go back 1/2 hour later and it ran well again
 
(quoted from post at 16:01:21 01/20/20) Growing up Dad would lend me or one of my 5 brothers out to help neighbors with farm work. It always amazed me of the names that they gave there tractos. One had a 666 International that he called satan, good tractor and reliable. Another had an Allis chalmers D 21 he called junk yard dog. He bought it from a salvage yard and fixed it up. very good tractor. One had a 4430 deere that he named after his wife, it was tempermental as could be. It would be running very well and all of a it would quit. Go back 1/2 hour later and it ran well again
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ine only are called by names when they are giving me trouble & those names vary with the degree of trouble. :twisted:
 
I call my 1950 Farmall c Alice because the red paint faded to Allis Chalmers color.

I call my Kubota Hota. I think Hota is a class act.

My friend cnamed my terramite Might Moe.

Jubilee is called Jubilee.

So my tractors have names.
George
 
T only time I called a tractor a different name than what the decal stated would been a misguided name coming after causing me to have some sort of pain or disappointment.
 

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My tough 'ol gasser 4020 snowblowing tractor is named "Ingrid" in honor of the tough 'ol Norwegian neighbor lady who used to drive her.

The two Ingrids spent many hours pulling a 106 combine every fall.
 
Yep everything gets a name around here. Lawnmower baby deere, JD 4200 little deere, Case 830 CK BOB , 88 Dodge 4x4 Cammy Wagon. 2001 Chevy 3500 van Dog house LOL.
 
I bought a Ford 850(?) one time. She said no and then made a bet about the word "Bonafide" in a movie. I bet her the tractor purchase.
She lost. I got another toy for awhile. I called it "Bonafide" as long as it was around.
 
Man I used to work with got the police called on him early one morning for having a one sided conversation with his kick start Harley!
 
Just "Fergie".

Some are still undecided whether it's male or female.

I say male because it always starts, never complains.
 
No fancy names on this farm. It's all short abbreviations of the model, the 10, the 46, the SC, new A, old A, 630 etc. Two of the pickups do have full names though; Money pit and Whitey.
 
My 1948 8n is named Mr.Ed after the original owner and the other 48 8n is named Mr. Fixit for obvious reasons. For several yrs I had my Father in laws. 46 2n with Wagner loader it was named Grampa Ray and still goes by that name at my son in laws home. I haven't come up with a name for the 1710 yet just the blue one.
 
Wife's R was named the Couch Moline because of its wide seat by grandson #1. Grandson #2 named the Z we take on rides the Dirty Moline cause it's never been painted. He also named our U the Mighty U I guess for what he thought were obvious reasons. The first Z I acquired has a family history to it so I refurbished it as far as engine and paint goes. I named it my Pigtail tractor because of the gearshift configuration. And I've also been accused of being a male chauvinist pig. Can you believe it?
 
I don't have names for mine, but you don't want to know what I've called them on occasion.
 
I have 2 Oliver 1850 diesels, #1 has a turbo and #2 is original, call them 1 or 2. Farmall 400 is called a worthless piece of s--- along with other not so nice names, 88 Rowcrop is called Trusty Rusty, The Oliver 550 that runs is called PITA because it's hard to get on and off of. I'll have to pick a name for the other 550 when I get it back together and running.
I recommend naming your tractor instead numbering them. Odds are your wife will not remember all the names. So if you say Betty has a flat tire and Shirley is burning oil, might have to overhaul her it will go over better than saying #22 has a flat tire and #64 is using oil, it probably won't go over very well. Chris
 
My B2650 is the Cabota. The Pasquali 986 is Guido.

The 1938 Farmall F14 was The Red Menace.

The 1988 John Deere (Yanmar) was the Japanese Deere, except I didn't use all of the first word. Don't think the short version would pass the potty filter here as it'd be deemed racist.
 
My NAA which I bought for my SWMBO is called Tallulah ....... by her. The Massey is Massey and the Ferguson is Fergie
 
No names here. Just model names and years. As a kid I figured out not to name farm animals, tractors not much different.
 
Usually I call them by the model number, 110, 350 etc. My old Steiger Panther my son had named Tracy the Tractor.

4430 is Grandma, 2630 is Little Granny.

Only Ford I own is a 3600 and it?s called Blue Ivy as I gave it to my 2.5 year old granddaughter, Ivy.

I do have a JD 105 riding mower I use at barns. It?s a junk big box store model I bought cheap. I usually call it ? you green SOB?.
 
Only tractor I named was an Oliver 1550- it was much larger than the 8N, JD 420 and IH W4 I'd had up until that time (mid '70's), so called it Bodacious.

Dad got a really good looking Jersey cow from a neighbor, and named it Anne, after the guy's wife. Word got back to her, and she didn't really appreciate the compliment.
 
Well, naming them after their previous owner works around here. Bud, Henry, etc. But the one my grandfather bought will always be "The ZB".
 
The only tractor we had that wasn?t called by it?s brand, letters or numbers was a Ford 8N we called Little Ford.
 
My first 8n is Henry (Ford), the second is Pigpen, it doesn't matter how much I wash it the thing always looks dirty. And when I would take the wife for a ride she would end up with a glob of grease on her.
 
(quoted from post at 21:05:42 01/20/20) I have named mine. #1 #2 #3. Numbered by the order of purchase. Ellis
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I named a John Deere H Fruit Jar. I hauled it from Michigan to Tennessee with a fruit jar over the exhaust.
 
I call my Ferguson "Harry", seems to fit better than "Fergie".
I'll always think of Fergie as Duchess of York or Fergie Duhamel, the singer.
BillL
 
Had a fella working for me as a ranch hand his name was chuck. Well old chuck was always late except on pay day. He was never were he was supposed to be when he was there he always complained. He would say my dad always told him to work smart find the easy way. Well old chuck finally was late one to many times. When I had to fire chuck he left feeling that he was just miss understood and how could We possibly get along with out him. Well a new tractor later we were back in business. We still have the tractor and it?s been a faithful friend. Needless to say We named the tractor chuck
 
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Had an old dc with hand clutch we named Lina. Ahe was a good tractor and we used it a lot. Had a magneto so in my dads mind no need to keep the battery and generator working so it was always crank started. Good thing it started good, two pulls no matter the temp. Also had an old moline we called Fat Albert, it was the most useless tractor we ever owned that stayed on the farm. Used I on the grain dryer is about all. Was a big old horse but you had to stand because the seat was low behind the axle.
 
I grew up in the 50s. My dad bought our '51 8N (used) in 1953. I was 10. The TV series Roy Rogers was a staple for me and I really liked Nellybelle, the Jeep. driven by Pat Brady. It was a 1946 Willeys CJ-2A.
I spent hours cultivating corn and soy beans, that first year, daydreaming about me driving Nellybelle.
The Sherman combo trans gave me thrills driving home on public roads for lunch or dinner. Watchout everyone, Nellybelle and me are on the road. (fortunately lightly traveled areas)
As I grew older, my duties grew to include plowing and fitting ground and later to picking corn and combining wheat or beans. We had also acquired a Farmall H. It took on the heavier work.
Years later, when my kids came along, they only knew the tractor as Nellybelle. She resides in my barn yet today and my kids and grandkids still call her Nellybelle.
For the last 25 years her only duties have been tractor shows and hayrides, until this year. I had my 16 yearold granddaughter driving and pulling my Agrifab lawn vacuum while I guided the hose sucking up the piles of leaves that she had made while driving my golf cart and pulling the Agrifab lawn sweep.
Nellybelle will go to my oldest son when I can't drive anymore.
 
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