[AT] MPG of tractors

[George Willer]

Jason,

Just to add to your statement... I doubt very many here remember.  Everyone
who wanted to buy a tractor had to put his name on a list.  When your number
came up you had a chance to buy whichever tractor came up next or drop back
to the end of the line.  Many times the customer settled for a tractor other
than the one he really wanted.  Pop really wanted a JD B, but he settled for
an A when his number came up.  He bought it with a 2 bottom plow because he
really enjoyed the time he spent plowing.  A 3 bottom plow would have got
the work done soon enough to allow earlier planting and would have soon
payed the difference.

George Willer  

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Jason DeJoode
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 3:33 PM
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> 1945 would make sense to possibly be on steel for another reason, WWII.
> As we know, due to rubber shortages, many tractors during the war were
> shipped with steel wheels.
> 
> Jason
> Eagan, MN
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> >
> >
> > In a message dated 5/6/2006 8:27:28 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> > jldejoode at highstream.net writes:
> >
> > Sometimes, tractors were built without the "road" gear when they were
> > originally equipped with steel wheels.
> >
> > Jason
> > Eagan,  MN
> >
> >
> >
> > Jason you could be right mine is 1945 and it was used by a company  that
> > hauled logs out of the hills around Amity, OR.   A real  possibility it
> > came out
> > with steel. The records were lost for this year so I  can't get the
> facts
> > on
> > that.
> >
> > Walt  Davies
> > Cooper Hollow Farm
> > Monmouth, OR 97361
> > 503 623-0460
> >
> >
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