[AT] When did you start collecting old tractors?

[Gene Dotson]

    I started farming in 1972 with my Case 700 diesel, that I still use for 
my field work and most miscellenous jobs. Also farmed with a Case 800 and 
1070. Then had a minneapolis G900 and Massey 1030. The last 4 were sold at 
farm sales. Started serious collecting in 1998 when I bought the Case LA, 
then the S, then VAIW, all restored, then a case D and 430 which I sold. 2 
Case VC from Dave Cesan in Massechusetts, one to run and 1 for parts, also 
got the VAIW from Dave. Got a Case V and VC from North Dakota and a VA from 
South Dakota. A Case 900 from Nebraska and IH 660 from Minnesota. A Case VAH 
and 430 from North Carolina, A 530 military from New Jersey and a SC in 
downtown Philadelphia. Another 530 military from 1 county west of me and a 
VAI in southern Ohio. The Case VC I am restoring came from near Wooster, 
ohio along with my Case 200 baler. My Case 320 dozer came from Orchard, 
Iowa.
    Some other short lived residents were an Oliver 77, Allis B and C. Had a 
1961 Farmall Cub for a couple of years and sold at Cubfest 2008.
    Restored an Allis CA and C for friends.
    Collecting has come to a halt for now as barn space is limited.

                        Gene



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> When did you start collecting old tractors?
> Actually I asked my self that question today and I am having a hard
> time coming up with a good answer.
> I have always liked tractors and I do have strong memories of the two
> McCormick 10-20's my father bought to make into one good one after
> WW-II when new ones were still not super freely available and good
> used ones were hard to find as well. Still, Tractors were pretty much
> just a tool to me until my father and I picked up a few extras in the
> late 1960's. Even then it was mostly for using not formal collecting.
> The Farmall CUB we bought as a farm mower with a Woods model 42 deck.
> Then we bought the little Allis C just because it belonged to an old
> family friend who had passed away. Its "job" was mowing with the mid
> mount sickle bar mower and running the auger and big double chain
> elevator. I bought the MM-R because it was bought new by an uncle.
> We bought the Super M mostly to carry a New Idea 2 row mounted picker
> that a neighbor was selling. The S-MTA was an expansion on that job so
> we would have a picker tractor with independent PTO. I found it over
> in the next county. The Farmall 400 LP was just bought "because".  :-)
> My 1948 John Deere A was given to me by a fellow that knew that I
> liked old tractors... My Farmall F-30 (a project) was given to me by a
> neighbor across the road (now deceased). My Farmall F-12 (a project) I
> bought at a sale for $2. My Allis WC (another project) came from list
> member Scott Pike. The MF-165D HA my father bought new about 1971. My
> Deere 4020 I bought used from a dealer in Seymour IN who I found in
> conversation that his first employer just out of high school was one
> of my mother's uncles who owned a factory there for many years.
> My first Case VAC (project) and Son Scott's VAI (not running but
> complete except for tires that hold air) I got from a scrapper friend
> in exchange for some scrap iron.
> I bought and sold numerous tractors and implements for a number of
> years. For a few years I was the largest farm equipment dealer in our
> county. Of course that didn't take much. I had a little 3 building
> complex out on a highway and I had a couple of rows of tractors and
> implements lined up. After growing up with about 10 new tractor
> dealers in the county at one point I was the only person in the county
> selling farm machinery... How sad is that? Right now as far as I know
> nobody is selling anything at all in this county now.
> Anyway, when did you start collecting?
>
>
> -- 
> Have you hugged your horses today?
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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