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Re: Can anyone tell me if I've done something stupid?


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Posted by Howard H. on March 18, 2009 at 09:16:01 from (156.110.78.2):

In Reply to: Can anyone tell me if I've done something stupid? posted by Jeff McGuire on March 18, 2009 at 08:54:44:


So what hobby does your boss think you need to be spending time & money on??? :)

You didn't get hurt at that price. It partly depends on why you bought it - they are not that easy to drive (hard to shift, not a super tight turning radius) - but I think they are pretty collectable.

They didn't make too many of them. One of the JD magazines (either Green or Two Cylinder) had a big write-up a while back on that model along the lines of "last model of the D lineage"... In other words, it's the "grandson" of the long, time-honored line of JD's.

To me, it is THE classic western, wide-open spaces, hard core, old-style wheatland pulling tractor... It is one powerful old mule - just about the last before the Soundgard cab came on the scene and "pansy-ized" everything... ha.

Although, if I'd known as a kid working slave labor for my Dad what I was missing with all the neighbors in Soundgard cabs - I would have probably revolted at the time. ha...

There were a lot of hot, hot, hot old summer afternoons I spent driving that old beast with my feet up on the window ledge because the floor would get too hot even through work boots...

If you pull into a tractor show with it - all the little JD A's and IH M's & H's will all be scurrying for cover!! ha...

I'd keep it in the shed, if you spend much money on the A/C. We could never keep the A/C up - even on the 6030 Dad bought brand-new. The fan motors point straight up on top of the cab, for one thing, and moisture will ruin the motors very quickly.

They look pretty fearsome all "prettied up". I hope you got the engine covers with yours - those are very hard to find.

I wouldn't take $9000 for mine and hope Dad never sells his.


Howard


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