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tassmannn

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1985 Ford F250 6.9 IDI, 2006 Ford F250 6.0 (bulletproofed), JD 5075E, JD 994R, JD 310J (5045Ht054), Kubota RTVX 1100C, CAT D4G, 1954 Ferguson TO30, 2021 John Deere 333G High Flow
I am going to try to restore a Harry Ferguson Tractor. I believe they were made up to 1951, but I am unsure. It was my wife's father, and he passed away in 2020. I wanted to restore it for her.

I called yesterday's Tractor company and gave him the Serial on the tag, TO-127576. He told me it was a TO30 but couldn't tell me the year. I googled the Tractor, and I see them all grey, including some that have a blend of Massey Red, Grey, and black. Can anyone tell me the year? I also see a number on the engine, but I will need to get it here to my shop to clean it up to read it. I'll post the pictures I took, and any assistance would be
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I am going to try to restore a Harry Ferguson Tractor. I believe they were made up to 1951, but I am unsure. It was my wife's father, and he passed away in 2020. I wanted to restore it for her.

I called yesterday's Tractor company and gave him the Serial on the tag, TO-127576. He told me it was a TO30 but couldn't tell me the year. I googled the Tractor, and I see them all grey, including some that have a blend of Massey Red, Grey, and black. Can anyone tell me the year? I also see a number on the engine, but I will need to get it here to my shop to clean it up to read it. I'll post the pictures I took, and any assistance would beView attachment 2307195View attachment 2307196
My book says it is a 1954.
 
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Thanks @KCTractors , what book would that be? I'm gonna get the shop manual for it.
Tractor Serial Number Reference Manual from Jensales INC. They would include this manual every time you purchased a manual from them. I haven't bought a manual lately from them so I don't know if they still do that.
 
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Harry Ferguson was a genius that definitely had major impacts on the tractor business !!!
 
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Harry Ferguson TO30 operators manual
I owned one for about 20 years. Mine had a option for live PTO. It was a hand clutch out of left side of transmission, with a 8" clutch disc in the output side of the power to rear wheels.
It got busy when reaching the end of a row, lifting the bush hog while stopping and turning left or right. One needed 3 hands.
 
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OP: great project, esp since it's in honor of your wife. keep the progress posted
i had it's big brother, TO35 for 28 yrs, never let me down
 
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OP: great project, esp since it's in honor of your wife. keep the progress posted
i had it's big brother, TO35 for 28 yrs, never let me down
10-4. I'm going to try to get it this weekend. I am sure I will have a lot of questions. :) I'll post pictures as I go. All four tires are flat. I hope they'll hold enough air to get on the trailer.

I love working on these old things and bringing them back to life; especially this one since it's a tribute to her dad. He left us too soon :(. I am also working on an F250 from 1985 that has a 6.9 IDI in it.
 

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