[AT] Happy tractor news

[Grant Brians]

All, I got a real surprise today. The first of my two promised new Farmalls 
was delivered (using my 24' tilt trailer with the aircraft wheels and no 
brakes or lights - a real farm trailer) late today  that I traded for. So I 
walked over to it and looked at it. It sure didn't look like a Farmall to 
me! It was a Massey-Harris Pony! I was very surprised. This will be my first 
Red tractor that was not an International. It has pipe racks and a harvest 
platform on it, set up on 80" wheel spacing to match my vegetable beds. It 
sure has TINY tires and motor! I looked up the Nebraska test rating of just 
under 11HP and am thinking it sure is small, even compared with my AC C pipe 
tractor.
    I hope there will be enough clearance for my squash and beans, but I 
suspect it will only clear the shorter beans, not the squash. My Summer 
Squash at the home place right now are about three feet tall and growing and 
producing like gangbusters. I am crossing my fingers that we do not get a 
frost until Christmas like some years as then I might be able to survive 
this fall financially!
    So, I will be checking this tractor out in the next several weeks and 
may have to solicit advice from the list. Happy old tractors! Oh, I did not 
yet check the serial number as I had to haul produce....
        Grant Brians
        Hollister, California