What is the oldest tractor you have driven

Eric in IL · Dec 9, 2023

The oldest so far for me is an Aultman Taylor 30-60. I drove it pulling a plow at the Mascoutah Il show several years ago. It belonged to a friend/coworker. All I did was steer, he did the rest of the controls. It was sort of similar to herding cats or pushing a log chain to keep it where you wanted it to be.

paul · Dec 9, 2023

I think it would have to be the F-20 dad and uncle used for picking corn. Not very old for the scope of this question. Ha!

Paul

urbancase · Dec 9, 2023

Well going show my age, 1946 vac case, my grandfather first tractor then it was my uncles and now I have it.

Cheesehead Fred · Dec 9, 2023

A 1937 WC Allis and an early Oliver 60 (year unknown). I was in the fourth grade.

Kansas4010 · Dec 9, 2023

Actually I don't know. My dad was friends with a guy that had a big tractor at a show. I was just a little kid and don't remember much about it. He let me steer it during the parade. About all I can remember is a round drum type thing on the floor with several holes going around it. I took a bar and had to keep turning the drum in the direction we wanted to steer.

chcase · Dec 9, 2023

My 1929 C case with steel wheels with full spades. Will let your stomach know on hard ground.

wolfman · Dec 9, 2023

A Farmall Regular. also a Mini Mo ??? that had a wooden foot plate, seemed you nearly stood to drive it. Probably both from the thirties.

old · Dec 9, 2023

1935 JD B that was my grand fathers. I now own it and last time I tried to start it it did still start

Vito · Dec 9, 2023

At one time I owned a 1931 John Deere D. This was the oldest tractor that I have owned and driven.

Vito

J Hamilton · Dec 9, 2023

So far the oldest for me is a 1913 Titan 45 that belongs to The American Threshermans Association.

dairyman · Dec 9, 2023

Nichols Shepard steam engine belonging to a good friend of the family.

55 50 Ron · Dec 9, 2023

McCormick-Deering 22-36. Not sure of the year. 1920s probably.

Kerwin · Dec 9, 2023

1941 JD H. Bought new by great uncle and I own it now. Been in the family 82 years.

quefan · Dec 9, 2023

Steam - 1907 Sawyer Massey 17hp
Gas - 1924 Hart Parr 16-30

PJH · Dec 9, 2023

I think it was an F-12 or F-14 McCormick. No idea what year it was made. I was in the seventh grade, 13 years old, and Gary Gordon, an eighth-grade friend, owned the tractor. We would cut mine props and we would use the tractor and a rough homemade trailer to haul them to the highway for pickup. I don't know the history of the old McCormicks, but I think that this one was originally on steel wheels and later converted to rubber. It was slooooow on the road. We drew straws to see who HAD to drive the tractor to the next mine prop patch. I remember Leroy, another boy involved in the enterprise, cranking the old tractor - trying to start it. He loudly asked, ''How long do you have to crank this thing to start it?'' Gary's father was nearby and he said that you had to crank it until the water boiled in the radiator. Leroy was a hoss. Gary elbowed me and we watched Leroy whipping the crank like a madman, then feeling the radiator to see if it was hot. Good old days, I guess. No money, but fun times going broke.

Goose · Dec 9, 2023

1925 Fordson.

olgentdc · Dec 9, 2023

That is a good Question , off the cuff , I have to say it was my 1936-7 OLiver styled 70 .i can't recall anything older until tomorrow LOL .......the newest tractor I ever drove was Dad's 66 CASE 430 diesel in 1966, The newest tractor i have is 1984 Yanmar 2022,,. The oldest is a tossup between a 1942 SC Case , and JD B ,, Neither are running . I do have a 43 SC that is a runner.

DeltaRed · Dec 9, 2023

1915 Emerson-Brantingham Big 4 twenty.Oldest one I have owned is a 1930 Farmall 'Regular'.

Royboy · Dec 9, 2023

Case cross motor owned by a member of out tractor club in Phoenix AZ. Probably about 23 yrs ago.

Janicholson · Dec 9, 2023

My 1937 AC WC Jim

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