Ford Tractor photo thread, lets start one!

[motownbrowne]

Cool thread you guys! I noticed it a while back, but just read from cover to cover this morning.

My dad farmed vegetables from 1974-2013 with Ford tractors. He started with a '49 8n and then bought a second one in about 1994. The second one was a 1952 with the Sherman over-under and electronic ignition. Also, the brakes worked, so it was a substantial upgrade .

Still, though, they were poor tractors for what we needed to do (rototill, bush hog, etc.). Just geared too fast and no longer hydraulics or PTO. So I sold the 1952 last year and I've got the '49 on Craigslist right now.

If dad had bought a 3 cylinder 3000 or even a 600 or 800 series machine, I probably would keep them around, but I just don't have much love for the 8ns. I did buy a NH to replace them, but it's actually a Shibaura, so kind of a whole different deal.

Here's my dad on the '52.

 

[Thall303]

Here my 1990 Ford 5610 series 2, building a front counter weight...

Love the puppy in the window!

 

[ovrszd]

Here my 1990 Ford 5610 series 2, building a front counter weight...

Very nice tractor!!!

 

[bird1968]

Thanks guys.. Love this tractor.. even got the wife & dog doing work around the House..
they don't make tractor this good/nice anymore.. Cab is super quiet..

 

[D7E]

Thanks guys.. Love this tractor.. even got the wife & dog doing work around the House..
they don't make tractor this good/nice anymore.. Cab is super quiet..

These ford super-Q and MF 3000 series of same era are still better cabs than todays .

 

[kuschneider]

My 1963 Ford 4000 Row Crop with the Select-O-Speed transmission.
This is how we found it, mid re-boot and on my place a couple of weeks ago. Had been sitting for many years.

 

[ovrszd]

My 1963 Ford 4000 Row Crop with the Select-O-Speed transmission.
This is how we found it, mid re-boot and on my place a couple of weeks ago. Had been sitting for many years.

Very nice!!!!! Another jewel saved!!!!

 

[Shaneard]

Washed the 4630 yesterday so I could haul it this morning to get the right rear tire repaired. Bush hogged Labor Day weekend and must have gotten a thorn or something in it.

 

[ovrszd]

Gotta love that tractor!!!! Aren't they turbo'd?

Friend of mine has a 4610. He asked me a couple months ago if I knew where he could find a pair of rear weights like yours? I said I've only saw a couple sets in my life. Hard to find around here.

 

[Shaneard]

Gotta love that tractor!!!! Aren't they turbo'd?

Friend of mine has a 4610. He asked me a couple months ago if I knew where he could find a pair of rear weights like yours? I said I've only saw a couple sets in my life. Hard to find around here.

The later ones are turbos. Not sure what year they started. They may have put turbos on when they added the new holland name. This one is a 1993 and isn't. The man I got it from put 2 sets of weights on the rear and had another set.