Posted by Ron in Nebr on November 30, 2011 at 21:02:18 from (66.252.120.41):
In Reply to: Its a dying hobby posted by John T on November 30, 2011 at 16:04:30:
John you make a good point, but like always, there"s execptions to the rule. I was born in "67, and at the time I was born our "big tractors" on the ranch were a WD-9 and a 560(IH of course). Spent alot of time haying on A"s, H"s, M"s, and newer....but what"s interesting is that now, I still think of those as "using tractors", just "cause they"re so darn, well, usefull!
What really tripped my trigger as a young kid was the remains of an F-20 that was sitting in our junkpile...hadn"t been used since my dad was little(40"s). The first "old tractor" I ever bought for myself was, naturally, a running F-20. Since then, as time"s gone by, I"ve found myself drawn even more to the earlier stuff- old horsedrawn equipment in particular, but in general most anything used in my great grandfathers and great-great grandfathers time....and if I could find stuff earlier than that, well, I"d drag it home too!!!!
Point being- I didn"t grow up with(using) hardly any of the stuff I like to "collect"....it"s just that I like "old stuff"....my highschool age kids are sorta like that today also...and, although they(we) might become fewer in number as the years go by, there will always be people like us who crave having old things...simply because there will always be those who recognize and appreciate the craftsmanship, pride, and quality etc. that went into darn near each and every item that was built "back then". (For just an example, look at turn of the century school desks with their elaborate scrolled iron-work legs, compared to the "box on legs" kids sit at nowadays...)
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