My Great grandfather (dad's side) started with Farmalls- an F30 in 35 and some F12s shortly thereafter. He liked horses, but understood tractor economics. His son, my grandfather moved to our current location in April of 37. (3 miles from the homestead) Like his dad and younger brothers, he bought an F14, and a Cletrac crawler. The crawler was used in some marshland he cleared and ditched. He used the Cletrac with a John Deere rear-end cable loader to keep the ditches clear.
In 44, he doubled the herd, and in 45 with his 2nd son (my dad on the way) he developed an ulcer. He and my grandmother had an auction. After living off "the fat of the auction check" for a year, he wanted to go back farming again, and wanted an H Farmall. Being right after the war, he could not get one- and instead bought a JD B, and one of the first Deere wire tie balers. He did custom work for a summer, and baled enough to pay off the baler and the mountain of wire he had purchased. An A, and then another (one of the first with the creeper gear) followed. The B and the low speed A are still here.
At that point, back to Farmall for an MTA. We are not sure why, perhaps because of smoother PTO power. THe MTA was less than successful- TA failures, PTO clutch failures, etc. It was Deere only after that, 4010, 4020s (2), 5020, and today 30, 40, 50 and 55 series.
Interesting that in the early 50's, my great grandfather and sons drifted away from Farmall at there place, too. Instead of an M after the war, they bought a MM UTU, followed by more. In fact ever farm on that road had an MM of that vintage! The MM dealer did well on hwy K.
Today, we still have great grandpa's F30, an F12, and the U's. They are tucked away, awaiting some free time.
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