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[Duncan Denman]

Have fun with it Grant. I have a 51 Pony myself.
Duncan


Grant Brians wrote:

> 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
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Duncan Denman
Ayton, Ontario
Canada
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