Ford Tractor photo thread, lets start one!

[TSO]

Here's the 550 Industrial TLB I recently acquired. Needs a little attention & TLC, but she's in running condition.

 

[ovrszd]

Nice!!!! That's exactly what I need to stumble onto.

Not trying to be nosey, what did that cost you?? You don't have to answer if you don't want. I'd like to find something like that in the $7K range but not sure that's possible??

 

[TSO]

Nice!!!! That's exactly what I need to stumble onto.

Not trying to be nosey, what did that cost you?? You don't have to answer if you don't want. I'd like to find something like that in the $7K range but not sure that's possible??

Well don't get mad... But basically nothing. Sort of inherited it. May turn out to be a gem, or a money pit. Either way it'll require a good amount of project time. Needs about $800 in just filters and fluids to start. Then a bunch of new hoses/lines. Some new pins. New metal on the floor, new seat. Cab project. New tires. Paint. On and on and on.... Not sure if I'll ultimately keep it or sell it.

 

[ovrszd]

Well don't get mad... But basically nothing. Sort of inherited it. May turn out to be a gem, or a money pit. Either way it'll require a good amount of project time. Needs about $800 in just filters and fluids to start. Then a bunch of new hoses/lines. Some new pins. New metal on the floor, new seat. Cab project. New tires. Paint. On and on and on.... Not sure if I'll ultimately keep it or sell it.

Jealous maybe, not mad.

Friend of mine bought an old Case 580B for $6500. Within a month he had to replace the clutch and main hydraulic pump. He's disappointed but is building a homesite including house, machine shed and 1/4 mile driveway. He'll recoup his costs.

Keep us posted on your restore project. Blessed man you are.

 

[sawtooth]

While my 3910 might be considered by some as a Princess. That my friend is a Queen!!!

Yeah problem is I guess I left the fuel in to long (5 years) and tank looks rusted or some algae growth inside it causing filters to clog. I drained it out (looked like muddy water and stunk) and put in new fuel with a cleaner and biocide. Hope that solves the issue. After my friend and I painted it I just couldn't use it other than driving it around the farm. Now have her back at work a little.

 

[ovrszd]

Yeah problem is I guess I left the fuel in to long (5 years) and tank looks rusted or some algae growth inside it causing filters to clog. I drained it out (looked like muddy water and stunk) and put in new fuel with a cleaner and biocide. Hope that solves the issue. After my friend and I painted it I just couldn't use it other than driving it around the farm. Now have her back at work a little.

That's a "show quality" restore for sure!!!! I use mine daily when weather is good. I put around 500hrs per year on it. Most of that is brush cutting and mowing roadbanks. Dandy tractors and a joy to run. Mine is an 8x4.

 

[BigDog1956]

sawtooth that is a dandy blue tractor there.

 

[sawtooth]

Thanks guys. I'm putting her in the dirt again next weekend. May run a short video for you tube pulling a heavy "Brown" harrow and try to roll just a little coal.

 

[ovrszd]

Hey, it might not be a tractor photo, but it's a tractor part photo.......



This Summer I've got a lot of black dirt to haul using my clamshell scraper. The dirt is a pile created from dredging a pond. Gonna load it with the Kubota FEL and pull the scraper with the Ford. Scraper uses a pintle loop hitch. Had to build a Hammer Strap for the drawbar.

This is a 5yd scraper. I'll post some pics when doing this. The little Ford will require all it's fortitude to drag the loaded scraper.

 

[Big Barn]

Hey, it might not be a tractor photo, but it's a tractor part photo.......



This Summer I've got a lot of black dirt to haul using my clamshell scraper. The dirt is a pile created from dredging a pond. Gonna load it with the Kubota FEL and pull the scraper with the Ford. Scraper uses a pintle loop hitch. Had to build a Hammer Strap for the drawbar.

This is a 5yd scraper. I'll post some pics when doing this. The little Ford will require all it's fortitude to drag the loaded scraper.





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You're more than welcome to help yourself, Richard. Coffee's on.



(actually I thought I had a lot more drawbar stuff somewhere).


Terry

 

[ovrszd]

You're more than welcome to help yourself, Richard. Coffee's on.

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(actually I thought I had a lot more drawbar stuff somewhere).


Terry

One of those blue ones might have served me well Terry!!!!! My drawbar is only 2" wide so they might be a bit large??

 

[Shaneard]

Hey, it might not be a tractor photo, but it's a tractor part photo.......



This Summer I've got a lot of black dirt to haul using my clamshell scraper. The dirt is a pile created from dredging a pond. Gonna load it with the Kubota FEL and pull the scraper with the Ford. Scraper uses a pintle loop hitch. Had to build a Hammer Strap for the drawbar.

This is a 5yd scraper. I'll post some pics when doing this. The little Ford will require all it's fortitude to drag the loaded scraper.





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Looks great Richard!

 

[Big Barn]

One of those blue ones might have served me well Terry!!!!! My drawbar is only 2" wide so they might be a bit large??

Just checked.

One is 2"X1". The other 2.25"x1". Both have 5/8" holes 2"OC

Here's another a other method I've used.



Terry

 

[ovrszd]

Just checked.

One is 2"X1". The other 2.25"x1". Both have 5/8" holes 2"OC

Here's another a other method I've used.

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Terry

I repurposed everything including the bolts so I'm in cheap. But your idea would certainly be easier to fabricate!!!

 

[Texasmark]

My Mom was pretty good about taking pics. Before she died she designated me as the successor for keeping family pics. I try. My Mom took these old photos with one of those Kodak box cameras that you held down by your waist and looked down into the top of it, can't remember their technical name.

Here's one of my favorite pics. It's my Great Grandfather with his Model T.



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Here's another of me and my Dad with a Flathead catfish that he noodled. Notice both pics have Fords in them so they apply to this thread.....



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Richard, is your fly open in that pic with the flathead? Back when i was your size I too would forget to zip or button up. My granddaddy once told me that if a policeman caught me "open" like that he'd swoop me up and put me in jail. Never forget it and never forget to button up. Grin.

 

[Texasmark]

Tractors are like guns ......!
When you buy one, don't EVER sell it!
Just buy another one if your needs/wants change.

Or just use them to reduce the price of your new ones. I traded a JD 4010, MF 35, and Ford 3000, all diesels in on my 6530. That got me down to 4.......another reason why Branson was my first new purchase (nobody else would take trades, especially 3 and I liked the tractor's amenities), second one was because I liked the first.

 

[ovrszd]

Richard, is your fly open in that pic with the flathead? Back when i was your size I too would forget to zip or button up. My granddaddy once told me that if a policeman caught me "open" like that he'd swoop me up and put me in jail. Never forget it and never forget to button up. Grin.

Yep. Too busy for such trivial things!!!!

Our neighbor lady down the road a mile was my first grade teacher. Ms Polley. I never wore a shirt in summertime. Lots of days never wore shoes. Ms Polley would let me take my shirt off in school on hot days. If she saw me getting sleepy she'd take me to the coat closet and let me lay on the floor and take a 15 minute nap. Why can't schools be like that now.

 

[moriboy]

Here's my mom and dad gathering small square hay. Mom is on the 1920 pushing bales into groups of 8 with a homemade accumulator.

My dad is picking up the bales with the 7840 using a homebuilt hay grapple. My dad is a very smart man.

What you don't see is that I am above them cutting another field on a TW-5.

There was a lot of blue out that day.

 

[ovrszd]

A family project for sure!!!!

Post some pics of your Dad's hay grapple if you get a chance.

 

[Surreal001]

I'll play! Here is my 3600. She may be pretty but she gets used. Previous owner planted and harvested sorghum with her and pulled a square baler. I brush hog, plow, and anything else that needs a bit more power than my FIL's CUT has to offer with her now.