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grandpa Love

grandpa Love

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I remembered that I had seen this one for sale at a friend's place. Just what we need. It's a Ford! Will come with a couple good used tires, a proper seat and a pair of fenders. Unfortunately not correct fenders, but the hay field ain't gonna complain. No power steering but my 960's didn't work for several years until I was able to find parts. Steers easy enough. It is a 950-951. No two stage clutch but having mowed and baled with the 640 we will be fine. The HP will be nice. Price is right. My wife likes it. It's only 150 miles away. And still the prettiest tractor made!
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Did I mention nice spin out rims??
 
My preference would be the narrow front 450 Farmall. Much more modern tractor. This one has potential, but not the live power and gearing of the Farmall. Jim
 
Stick with the Fords, good plan. You would like my 900 series Ford with the forklift. Owned it for going on 40 years.
 
If I was trying to make a living instead of a hobby I would buy a new tractor. But.......its all good fun for us.
 
First 2 tractors we bought were Fords. Should have stuck with them. Easy to work on. Easy to find parts. Wish I had kept a couple of the fords I have bought and sold....... Looking forward to getting this 900 home.
 
Not looking for a fight, but I couldn't agree more! Get rid of the Farmall A, H, M, Massey and A.C. (did I miss any) and get a decent 4610 or equivalent. Stay with Ford, repair your 960 and stop wasting time with someone else's junk. In my opinion, playing with scrap is fun until you start trying to make money with it, then it is time to get real. Spend your time making hay and building fences instead of fixing tractors.
 
Sorry, I guess I misinterpreted things when you worried about down hay getting wet and how to save it. I also thought you were selling hay. We all know hobbies are expensive.
 
I agree if you have other fords stick with the fords. Now personally if I was you I'd sell my fords and buy those farmalls, but that's just me.
Good luck in your tractor search.
-Garrett
 
Correct me if I am wrong but- you cut most of your hay with a haybine and are currently looking for a tractor to mount a 3 point mounted sickle mower and leave it on (backup hay mower and other mowing jobs?) If that is the plan I would say-if this 950 is in good shape mechanically it should work well for what you want it for. My 960 nf doesnt have power steering and steers fine, mower weight on the back will help it steer better.I have used my 960 on 2 different sickle bar mowers and it plays with them. If the price is right go for it. I do agree with other posts that say you may want to upgrade your main haying tractor someday if you get to doing much more hay. If you stay at your current level the older stuff can get you by as you have enough tractors to cover if one goes down.
 
It'll be fine for what you do, I've done all the haying and similar work you are doing with a 4 cylinder ford, for many years, with 640, 850, '64 4000 tractors, 4 Spd, 5 spd. Select-O-Speed respectively.

I will say any of the thousand series up until the last of them in '99, are certainly even more enjoyable to own and operate. I went from a 14 year run in my 850, to a late model 4630 FWD, it is quite an improvement, a pleasure to own and operate, easy to service, very fuel efficient and capable of a wide variety of tasks. I'm running about 50+ hours per year, not a lot, but glad I bought it even though an older model would do the same work.
 
The case is a 930. I bought it and a 3010 from the son of the guy that used them. He parked both in the shed 15-20 yrs ago. I sold the 3010 on the way home. I put a battery and a nurse tank with an electric fuel pump on the Case. It spun over maybe 30 seconds and fired up. The longer it ran, the better. Traded it off, got to deliver it tomorrow.
 
Blackhole 49, still having fun here with old tractors and equipment. Wanted to bale hay to have something to use tractors on. Garden ain't big enough. Only own 3 acres so we have to play on other folks fields. We enjoy working on the old tractors. Some guys hunt, fish or play golf. We play with tractors. Don't plan to get rich from them or baling hay.
 
JK-NY we ended up with a couple nice hay fields that have 12 ft gates. Haybine won't fit. So I have my biggest field I can get haybine in and a couple more i can't.
 
Well, as long as your goal is to loose money and work on old tractors, your buying the right machines. Now all you have to do is stop worrying about the hay.
 
I'm not real big on Ford tractors but would buy one of those NF ones if a good deal came a long like the way they look,reminds me I have to go pick up the 860 I bought a couple weeks ago.
 
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