Posted by Lefty on December 20, 2009 at 16:27:47 from (207.118.227.21):
In Reply to: Re: ain't it amazing.... posted by Stephen Atkins on December 20, 2009 at 14:57:39:
Growin up we had 200,160 open on our dairy farm,ran 30,later 45 head of cows and the young stock.First tractor I remember was a Fergie 20,later supplemented with a used 9N.Fergie had 2-14 plow,3pt 6' disk,manure loader which it shared w/9N.Still threshed a few yrs with neighborhood shared combine and thresher.Fergie got tired and was traded on a used 8N.First new implenet I recall was a JD 14T baler(replacing Wisconsin powered NH?The 9N got swapped for a used 860 Ford and 3-14 plow and we began renting 80 acres from elderly retired neighbor.Grew all our own hay,corn,oats for feed,but hired local custom harvestor for haylidge,silage,combining.He had"huge"tractors,for the time,IH 760 choppin,IH 460 on the silage blower and a 16' combine(WOW).Remember well trying to make the hill on gravel with 8-10 ton of silage behind the N,scratchin and snortin in low.As time passed the 8N became a Jubilee w/indy loader,and implements grew.About 69 Pop swapped the loader,weights etc from the Jube to the 860 and bought his 1st new tractor,a Ford 5000 diesel with 4-14 plow and that was it til he retired in late 80s.That 5000 was the"big dog" in the neighborhood for several yrs and we were about the only Ford Farmers in the area,cept for a couple N's held as spares.Pop did the routine maintenance and except for an issue with the Sherman hi=low on the Jube and an injector pump failure on the 5000,don't ever recall a tractor"leaving home" for repairs.
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