[AT] A CHALLENGE - - Can you name the first three tractorsyoudrove?

[charliehill]

Alan, was your grandfather named Tom Sawyer by any chance?

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Nadeau" <ajnadeau1 at myfairpoint.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] A CHALLENGE - - Can you name the first three 
tractorsyoudrove?


>I drove a JD 40, then a JD 520 followed by yet another Deere, a 2010.
> Raking hay and spreading manure, which we did every day.  At 14 I thought 
> it
> was great fun to get down to the farm for Christmas vacation and do the
> spreader runs.  3 loads a day, regardless of weather or temperature.  When
> it was snowing a blizzard or below zero my Grandfather and Uncle were more
> than happy to let me have that duty.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jon Fridgen" <jon.fridgen at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 12:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] A CHALLENGE - - Can you name the first three tractors
> youdrove?
>
>
>> The first tractor I drove was a Case 830 Comfort King diesel - I think I
>> was
>> about 9 or 10 at the time. After that was an Oliver 88. As a kid, I hated
>> the 88 we had - the brakes didn't hold too well, it steered hard, and it
>> was
>> hard for me to use that over-under shift they had (i.e., could never get
>> it
>> from the top set of gear to the bottom ones). The third tractor I drove
>> was
>> a John Deere 3020 diesel with Power Shift. I remember being amazed as a
>> 10-yr old kid how you could shift through those speeds w/o using the
>> clutch.
>>
>> I started collecting tractors in 1990 when my Grandpa passed away and I
>> took
>> possession of his Massey Harris 44. That led to several other MH 
>> purchases
>> over the years that included a 30, 444-diesel, and 101 Jr. Oh, and
>> somewhere
>> along the way I picked up a John Deere 30 pull-type combine.
>>
>> Happy Holidays.
>>
>> -Jon
>> --
>> Jon Fridgen
>> jon.fridgen at gmail.com
>> Tolono, IL
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Indiana Robinson
>> <robinson46176 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Lots of great responses here. Now the challenge. I'm recognizing the
>>> names of all of the guys that have responded so far as "regulars". I'm
>>> throwing out a challenge to all of the readers that do not normally
>>> post to jump in and answer this and the earlier question about when
>>> you started collecting old tractors.
>>>
>>> Happy Holidays...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Have you hugged your horses today?
>>>
>>> Francis Robinson
>>> aka "farmer"
>>> Central Indiana USA
>>> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Jon Fridgen
>> jon.fridgen at gmail.com
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