[AT] a challenge

[David Bruce]

There is only one problem with spreading out the tractors - remembering 
where you put 'em <g>.
Of course that is the idea - keeping others from remembering OR counting.

Sort of trying to free up some dollars for a fully restored TO-30.  My 
aunt bought it for my uncle and since he has passed on it is available.  
I'll sure be buying some of the implements just not sure about the 
tractor.  There is also a N series Ford (don't know which model) which a 
local collector wants.  I want the TO-30 but might not be within the 
budget and if my aunt can get more money from someone else she should go 
that way.  She sold a barely used older Ford PU yesterday.  She is 
keeping the S-10 even though she rarely drives.

At least she has gotten rid of the expense of the Ford PU and the '74 
Chevy Malibu.

Wonderful to see your post Gil.

David
NW NC

GIL wrote:
> Okay farmer, and anybody else that cares, I'm going to give this a try.  You 
> don't hear much from me anymore because I can no longer type so I just hang 
> around.  Typing went by the wayside, as did writing and anything else that 
> requires a steady hand.  Parkinson's, essential tremor, and palsy seem to 
> have taken their toll.  I now use Dragon software and do most of my little 
> computer work by speaking into a microphone.  Anyway, here goes.
> In 1946 or 47 I did my first tractor driving on a 9n or 2n Ford Ferguson. 
> My father had purchased it new immediately after WWII.  After a couple of 
> years he also acquired a WC Allis.  I drove both from time to time until he 
> got rid of the WC and traded the Ford Ferguson on a new WD Allis in 1949.  I 
> guess you'd have to say those were the first three tractors I drove.
> Along about 1988 came a John Deere G puller.  That one lasted about two 
> years and we got rid of it before someone got hurt.  The count then steadily 
> increased.  As of right now we have one MM, 3 Cockshutts, and a whole bunch 
> of AC's.  One thing we learned was never to have your tractors all in a row 
> because someone will get an actual count and then decide just how crazy you 
> are. Ha
>  Gil 
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