Farm Tool GAW

[Old Engineer]

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I enjoyed the photo of that old Case Steam Engine . Case made the largest one ever made .It was much larger than this one and I think they only made one of them .Thank you for the nice photos my friend . I retired from them in 2001 after 34 years .

Harry

 

[MolokaiRider]

NOT AN ENTRY

I am always tickled when I see these giveaways. It's an indicator of the integrity and charity of Porch Dwellers.

However, In the spirit of the thread I'd like to post my favorites.

While these are relatively modern, they are a couple of tools that help make life easier, and keep the roof over my family's head.

This custom set up helps me plant plot nursery, and is simple enough to fix on the fly. An important feature when the nearest dealer is several thousand miles away.

This machine has also helped keep crops clean and healthy. Without this, I don't think I'd be farming much more than fodder for insects and disease.

 

[Johnnythefox]

I just wanted to see old farm machinery, I cant be the only one who loves the old stuff.
Its corny to say but they really dont make em to last like in the old days.

 

[meako]

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[meako]

Sorry ...new phone...
Trying to post a link to Big Lizzie Australian traction engine from early 1900s...

 

[E40]

That "M " was a , great tractor , as well as the " H". In 1958 I was lucky enough to work for a farmer that had a Super MD . I have no idea how many hours you have on your 40 year old Combine , but it looks like you have maintained it well .

Harry

We had two "H"'s, this M and a 300. We still have one of the H's, but it hasn't run in many years.

I honestly can't remember how many hours on the combine, pretty sure it is north of 3000. We quit doing wheat several years ago and double cropped soybeans when we did, so less hours a year than it did for many years. It is to the point where we either have to spend a good chunk of money on it or spend a good chunk of money on anther one. That decision is moot for the time being, my Uncle agreed to lease the tilled ground to a seed salesman that he has done several test plots for over the years. If the salesman is successful, then we will sell most of the equipment, save what we need to maintain the farm, including equipment to mow the set aside ground. This is a 140 acre farm and some occasional custom farming in the past.

It got a good pressure washing before the season, so looks nicer than it has for a few years.

 

[dantzk8]

Not an entry.

Massey Harris 1953. The tractor that mechanized the french agriculture. Before that, horses were used.

Ford 1964.

Made to last.

Dan.

 

[mbkr]

Gotta love the old "low horsepower" steam tractors.
Have you seen that 150 HP CASE steam tractor pulling the 44 bottom plow, or the even lower HP steam tractors doing a full pull at the tractor pulls - without spinning the rear wheels - like the modern tractors, on YouTube?

I just watched the 44 plow vid. Impressive

 

[mbkr]

An old Twin City - predecessor of the Minneapolis Moline tractors.

 

[Old Engineer]

Gotta love the old "low horsepower" steam tractors.
Have you seen that 150 HP CASE steam tractor pulling the 44 bottom plow, or the even lower HP steam tractors doing a full pull at the tractor pulls - without spinning the rear wheels - like the modern tractors, on YouTube?

Yes , I have seen the video of that big old Case Steam Engine pulling that 44 Bottom Plow . I wish they would have stated the size of those Bottoms .

Harry

 

[Just Tom.]

Not an entry.

Massey Harris 1953. The tractor that mechanized the french agriculture. Before that, horses were used.

Ford 1964.

Made to last.

Dan.

Ha! That first picture (I think you posted it before) was the one I thought of first when Johnny said he would “even ship to France”, but I couldn’t find it. After that I just searched for “tractor” and came up with mbkr ‘s winning post (which I also liked a lot by the way - no bad feelings over “first” or “second” here… ).

 

[Johnnythefox]

Ha! That first picture (I think you posted it before) was the one I thought of first when Johnny said he would “even ship to France”, but I couldn’t find it. After that I just searched for “tractor” and came up with mbkr ‘s winning post (which I also liked a lot by the way - no bad feelings over “first” or “second” here… ).

“even ship to France”,

just a bit of Anglo/French banter

 

[dantzk8]

“even ship to France”,

just a bit of Anglo/French banter

That's how i understood it. Just a joke like: "England? A former French colony which turned bad."

Dan.

 

[Johnnythefox]

That's how i understood it. Just a joke like: "England? A former French colony which turned bad."

Dan.

One word reply.

Longbow

 

[JB in LV]

Cool thread, Johnny. I grew up working summers on a farm and driving an old Allis-Chalmers ca. 1955 (photo from tractorshed). Carried a Buck 110.

 

[dantzk8]

One word reply.

Longbow

I suspect that at Azincourt the longbow archers were Welsh, not English. Anyway i don't feel concerned by the 100 years war. My Breton ancestors lived in their own nation not yet French and pushed back the English to the sea, "where they still swim." we are used to say.

Dan.

 

[Johnnythefox]

I suspect that at Azincourt the longbow archers were Welsh, not English. Anyway i don't feel concerned by the 100 years war. My Breton ancestors lived in their own nation not yet French and pushed back the English to the sea, "where they still swim." we are used to say.

Dan.

I suspect that at Azincourt the longbow archers were Welsh, not English. Anyway i don't feel concerned by the 100 years war. My Breton ancestors lived in their own nation not yet French and pushed back the English to the sea, "where they still swim." we are used to say.

Dan.

Have I stirred a hornets nest?

Fact or myth?


“During the Hundred Years’ War the French would cut the middle finger off the hands of captured English archers so that they could no longer draw the strings of their deadly yew longbows (the type of wood from which they were made.) Because of this, English archers would taunt the French by raising their middle fingers and exclaiming that they could still ‘pluck yew’, hence the four-letter word (f**k.)”



One thing is for sure when I was with the French Commandos we where forbidden to tell them why our hackles where red at the top.

 

[dantzk8]

Have I stirred a hornets nest?

I fear that...yes.

Fact or myth?


“During the Hundred Years’ War the French would cut the middle finger off the hands of captured English archers so that they could no longer draw the strings of their deadly yew longbows (the type of wood from which they were made.) Because of this, English archers would taunt the French by raising their middle fingers and exclaiming that they could still ‘pluck yew’, hence the four-letter word (f**k.)”

Myth! I can't believe the French were so barbaric and the English so vulgar!

One thing is for sure when I was with the French Commandos we where forbidden to tell them why our hackles where red at the top.

You have been well inspired to take that advice and fortunate enough they were not allowed to ask you what's the meaning of that dress fantasy.

Dan.

 

[afishhunter]

Yes , I have seen the video of that big old Case Steam Engine pulling that 44 Bottom Plow . I wish they would have stated the size of those Bottoms .

Harry

I heard them say "14 inches" and "50 feet per pass."

 

[mbkr]

Fourteen days from the U.K. to my door. I've had packages take longer from Virginia. Thanks John
It's a stylin' little knife


Put it to work right away.