[AT] Ford 6000 Commander

JTakemoto at wildblue.net JTakemoto at wildblue.net
Wed Nov 28 19:07:40 PST 2007


Try this website and they have two ford 6000 tractors One id the early
Grey and Red  and a later model Grey and Blue. The later looks more like a
tractor than a home made Butt Ugly DoodleBug.
J.

http://home.att.net/~jmsmith45/identify.htm

> Joe, I have always loved looking at the 6000, there is something about
> that
> tractor.  Maybe it's the fact that it's so butt-ugly that makes it
> attractive :)  Have fun on your new project.
>
> Dick
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:25 PM
> Subject: [AT] Ford 6000 Commander
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>>
>>
>> Is there any interest in these things?? They seem to get little to no
>> press, while I know they had there short commings, were they so bad that
>> the antique tractor world?turned?its back on them??
>>
>> A few years ago a friend of mine bought an old farm house, and offered
>> as
>> an "extra" was a Ford 6000.? I went over to check it out for him, and it
>> started right up from cold in the middle of winter with a few turns of
>> the
>> starter.? I told him to buy it as it seemed to be a good deal..then the
>> problems started, the only thing really wrong with it is somewhere along
>> the line someone cobled up the hydraulics on it to hook up a loader, and
>> by doing so disconnected the hydraulics that provide the juice to the
>> three-point hitch and the breaks.? My frined being no mechanic tried
>> working on it over the years but never really got very far.? He had it
>> for
>> sale for awhile, but most would come and look and express an interest
>> but
>> never actually come back to close the deal.? He's tired of looking at it
>> in his yard so he called me today and asked what I would charge him to
>> haul it to the scrap yard.? I assured him that I would haul it away for
>> him, and he wouldn't have to pay me a thing.?
>> He knew what I meant and just wants it out of his yard, even if it sits
>> in
>> mine for the next --- years.
>>
>> What I know is it is a Diesel, has a wide front and a loader, SOS
>> transmission, decent tires and sheet metal, and it will be in it's way
>> to
>> my house next weekend.? I guess I just got another project...
>>
>> Enjoy, Joe
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