[AJD] Went to a Sale Today

[Ronald L. Cook]

Dean,
	Yes, that is the two-row pull type lister.  I had forgot about those. 
Used to be numerous in these parts but usually were not pulled by John 
Deere tractors.  The farmers with row crop John Deere tractors usually 
used the integral lister.  Fastened up under the frame of the tractor 
and was lifted with the rockshaft.  Much handier for road travel or for 
maneuvering in tight spots.  The cultivator was the same way.  Around 
here we called them "low-downs", or "go-devils".  That is why I think 
Terry's purchase of a "go-dig" is a listed crop cultivator.  I am 
curious as to whether or not it is pull-type or integral mounted.  He 
will fill us in, I am sure.
	I wish I had paid more attention to the 3-row equipment our neighbor 
used.  I know it was pull-type as the lister was pulled with a D.  I do 
not know what they used to pull the cultivator, but it was a 3-row pull 
type also.  Maybe they were able to keep the D on the lister ridges, but 
I don't see how you could.  They did have a Farmall F-12 so that may be 
what they used for the row crop tillage work.  When the estate was 
auctioned off a few years ago, I didn't go to the auction.  I was living 
in town with no place to store anything and would not have been able to 
resist the temptations.  I grew up around those folks and knew them 
pretty well.  There was a pile of discarded D John Deeres as large as 
most peoples houses.  They had been using them since they came out and 
never stopped.  When one came up on auction or at a dealer, they just 
bought it and stock piled it for whatever it was needed for.  Either to 
scavenge for parts or to use.  Operated only on steel, as they never 
left the farm.  The remains of everything from a Waterloo Boy to 
probably a streeter D was somewhere on that farm.  A local mechanic 
traded his bill for an almost complete Waterloo Boy about 20 years ago. 
  Made me sick.  He probably got that tractor for under a hundred bucks. 
  When I say almost complete, the part that was missing was the magneto. 
  It was on a running D.  Even the oil can was in its place on the 
Waterloo Boy.  Nuff rambling.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA


Dean VP wrote:
> Ron:
> 
> Could it be a two Row Model 730 type Lister?  I've sent you a picture of it.
> 
> 
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> 
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> storeroom door 
> 
> 
> www.deerelegacy.com
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Ronald L. Cook
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 10:43 PM
> To: Antique John Deere mailing list
> Subject: Re: [AJD] Went to a Sale Today
> 
> Come to think of it, another neighbor farmed mostly with model D John 
> Deeres.  They had a 3-row lister and 3-row listed crop cultivator.  I 
> believe both were pull type.
> 
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
> 
> Ronald L. Cook wrote:
> 
> 
>>Dean,
>>    I'm betting it is a lister cultivator. The only 2-row versions I 
>>have seen are integral type affairs mounted on a B or an A. My Dad's 
>>landlord had one for his A and the neighbor had one on a B.  We never 
>>used one as my Dad had a couple pull-type.  All pull-type I have seen 
>>are 4 row. This is not a fact.  There may have been two row pull types.  
>>This is only what I have seen and I do not know the model numbers of any 
>>of them.
>>
>>Ron Cook
>>Salix, IA
>>
>>
>>Dean VP wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Terry:
>>>
>>>What the heck is a Go-Dig?
>>>
>>>Dean A. Van Peursem
>>>Snohomish, WA 98290
>>>
>>>I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>>>storeroom door
>>>
>>>www.deerelegacy.com
>>>
>>>http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>>>Terry L. Hrdlicka
>>>Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 6:27 PM
>>>To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>>>Subject: [AJD] Went to a Sale Today
>>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>Went to an auction today a couple miles south of Lincoln, NE.
>>>
>>>JD 730 lister original unrestored good shape:  $75
>>>JD 44H 2/16" with Leveling Crank (Richard doesn't have the only one!), 
>>>on rubber, unrestored, good paint, great shape:  $110
>>>Unknown model JD 2 row Go-Dig, unrestored, good paint, good shape, now 
>>>sitting outside my corn crib after a 22 mile, 5 MPH trip:  $37.50.
>>>
>>>What the heck did I buy?  I know what it's for, but I've never seen 
>>>one before. Anybody know anything about these things?  Any guesses as 
>>>to the model #?  Didn't go over it too close, but I'll try to find 
>>>some numbers tomorrow.
>>>
>>>Terry