[AT] Breakage

[Rob Wilson]

It always amazed me seeing a tractor with the hood off or
side panels off. I always think to myself what the heck
happened that caused the guy to use the tractor without
it's sheet metal. Nothing looks so bad and rigged as a
tractor without sheet metal. I'd rather see an old work
horse all rusty than one incomplete. There's an old
farmer near me that has a 7020 Allis-Chalmers that looks
like the last time it saw the shed was when it came from
the dealer. The hood is off and the cab is all beat up
and it sits out all the time. I guess it's a testament to
the quality of the machine that after all the abuse it
still gets out there and does it's job. 
Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
Almost-Running Deere
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:05 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: RE: [AT] Breakage


In growing up on a farm we had very few incidents where anyhting got
banged 
up.  Maybe being a bit poor we respected it more.  In looking around at 
auctions like yourself I am always amazed at how beat up some stuff is.
For 
some reason the utility tractors seem to take it on the nose-literally.
I 
have seen more nose cones busted than I care to remember.  It seems to
me 
the small new generation JDs  1010, 2010, 1020, 2020 etc have had an 
exceptionally rough life.  I've often wondered why.  Another thing that 
interests me is tractors with the sheet metal removed.  With the posible

exception of the side sheilds on Olivers why was it taken off and never 
replaced? Not to far doen the road I've seen a guy who plows snow with a
cub 
which has no hood or grill.  Took me a couple times seeing it to
understand 
what it was-it looks like a "homemade" from a distance.

Dana
SE PA