[AJD] ebay # 280197269334, now NG tractors

[John B]

No problem with articles on NG tractors here. I was
surprised to find that 2030 and 2630 tractors are now
considered "collectible". I have one of each and they
are my main (and newest) work tractors in our walnut
orchard. I never thought of them as being sought after
by collectors, just good, well built tractors still
doing their job. My collection centers mainly around
row crop A, B, and H tractors, which are not very
useful in an orchard setting, but I do have a
mechanically (but not cosmetically) restored 420W that
sees a lot of use on a mower.

John Boehm
Woodland, CA
Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com


--- "J.R. Hobbs" <jrhobbs2004 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Not trying to be blunt, but whoever wrote the ad
> copy for that "D" is full of it. For one thing,there
> weren't any "correct" style of tires in 1930,
> because those type of rear ( and front for that
> matter) tires simply weren't available in 1930,
> period. Model "D" Tractors didn't get the rubber
> tire option until 1933, and very few were built, it
> wasn't until 1934-1935 that there was any
> significant sales of rubber on the "D"s, and in my
> opinion, this wheel equipment belongs of one of
> those year tractors, not this tractor. Yes, I know
> that retrofits were available, but still....... It's
> called hype, fellas, and unfortunately, there's
> getting to be entirely too much of it in this hobby.
>    
>   While we're talking about unpopular subjects, how
> many of you guys popped a vein or had to take a
> blood pressure pill when you saw the cover and
> contents of the January-February issue of
> Two-Cylinder?  We've taken quite a bit of heat from
> a few people, and I'd would like to know what our
> friends here think. It's the last NG feature for
> 2008, and some really neat two-cylinder stuff is in
> the works already for the rest of the year.
> 
> Gary Epps <garyepps at fidnet.com> wrote:
>   This is a good looking D John Deere, but I wonder
> at the comment in the 
> description that it has the "correct style tires".
> What do you think? 
> While there is not a good pic of the sidewalls of
> the rear tires, they 
> don't look right to me. Also, isn't a 14.9 tire a
> size smaller than the 
> two recommended tires? I think the recommended tires
> current sizes 
> should be 16.9 or 18.4. Am I missing something here?
> 
> Gary
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