Re: Remember a new tractor coming home when you were a kid???

Posted by david on May 09, 2001 at 11:52:24 from (162.114.24.109):

In Reply to: Remember a new tractor coming home when you were a kid??? posted by Alberta Mike on May 08, 2001 at 09:23:40:

I have two stories, one was the first tractor when I was a kid. I was in high school (10th grade) and had been farming with my dad for as long as I could remember. In fact when I was 3 I rode on my dad's lap on his 4000 Ford gas when he was cutting have with an old JD sickle mower. In 1981 he bought his 3rd new tractor (and biggest). The other two new ones were an 885 Case and then traded for a 990 Case. Neither of these would pull a round baler to suit him on our hills so he got a 5600 Ford. I'd not really got to use the Cases but oh I loved that Ford. We still have it. I just loved that blue paint.

Last year I bought my first "newer" tractor. Over the years since 1981 I've either used my dad's stuff or what ever "heap" I could get cheap, fix up, use a year, and sell at a profit. This past year I was able to buy an '89-7710 Ford. For a lot of guys this isn't a new tractor but compared to some of the "heaps" I've been using it's like a new Cadillac. Incidentally, I bought a heap last year, a 1410 Case, that I've spent enough on to make a new one. Paid 5K for the tractor and spent another 5K replacing everything from the clutch forward. My dad offered me the 5600 for 10K, should have bought it. Guess they hold their value, he paid 11K for it new.

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