I think I can I think.....

paul

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The little fella got 2 loads of hay baled and in.

You can see why it got pressed into duty.

Paul

(I’m in never never land with photos; one uploaded as a video but isn’t, the other 2 uploaded but I don’t see in preview. See what happens.....)
 
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My iPad took 5.3 meg pics, they want under 5 meg. And I have confused it so it only takes one image at a time now.

Paul
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Tires looked bigger than on my 1720!
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Wow good job for you “little tractor” they are great tractors!
 
Iv run my 1720 with my ih 37 baler! It ran it fine, I sold that baler and bought a john deere, i like deere small square balers the best,
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Those are good little tractors. I have no hankering to lust after a little baler ever ever again to much work to slow and all around misery i loaded 25 600 pound 2x3 today it was 100 degrees and i never even got my heart rate up hardest thing i did wss crawl on the tractor 🚜
 
I got real lucky the other day that I didn't flatten a loaded rear tire on the 2-135 White. I was chopping corn, stopped to unload a load and when I went back, a front tire was flat. There was a rusty old rake tine or pickup tine stuck in it all the way to the coil spring. If it had gone in a rear, it would have turned in to an expensive, long lot of down time.
 
Never ceases to amaze me, what can be done with those little compact diesels. Figured a baler on a 1720 would be no problem. A bale basket? I'm impressed! Always wondered how many 17-2120s got put to work as a farm tractor. Around here, they were primarily contractor & light duty construction machines. Still remember seeing a few of them working for a contractor that had the job of median & terrace work along I-43 just north of downtown Milwaukee. The Marquette Interchange to be more precise. I'd say early to mid '90s. Our local Ford NH dealer had a few of them on the lot, but Milwaukee Ford had a sea of them. Should have bought a new one, but it was too big for our needs at that time. Settled on a 3225 Cub Cadet. Also a good purchase. Not making any small squares with it though.

Still would like to have a MFWD 1720 with a loader & mid mount mower. An offset 1710 would be nice, but they're hard to find. Figure everyone is still using them.

Mike
 
My barn doors are 8x8 feet, needed a loader to fit in. Would have liked a bigger loader tractor, but had to fit in the barn pens.

It’s my Swiss Army knife, use it every day about.

Don’t know what I would replace it with, the new stuff is so computerized and plastic. Dont seem dependable for the long hours, manure and minus 20 snow days.....

Paul
 
The glow plugs, with synthetic oil, will start it at 5 below F.

I feel bad for it, but it is my snow mover si it does have to go some days.

I try to get a magnetic heater or two on it for the cold days, when I have the time.

Block heater is/was available, mine doesn’t have.....

Paul
 

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