[AJD] Went to a Sale Today

[Terry L. Hrdlicka]

Ron,

It is in fact a pull type.  I posted a link to a few pics a couple of 
hours ago, but it hasn't shown up yet!

Terry


Ronald L. Cook wrote:
> 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
>>
>> 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
>> 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
>>>
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