[AT] Was Texas now "alternative" brand tractors

[Tyler Juranek]

Hi folks,
Speaking of serial numbers, all of the 36 A's had a serial number of
424000 somethin, right?
For some odd reason, mine has a plate that says 487000 somethin, I
don't remember the rest.
Would that still make it a 36?
It is a row crop unstyled.
Also, does anybody know of anyware that you can email the serial
number of a tractor, like the two cyl Jd's, and then get the history
of the tractor?
Thanks,
Tyler

On 7/21/12, Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net> wrote:
> On 7/20/2012 2:32 PM, Dean VP wrote:
>> Ralph,
>>
>> Yep, I completely forgot about the late AR's changing to 12 Volts in 1949.
>> The early
>> numbered Series 50 and 60 that replaced the B&  A in 1952 respectively all
>> had 12 volt
>> start. I suspect the AR and AO were the first to get 12V  start as a test
>> bed for the
>> early numbered series.  All JD Two Cylinders were Positive ground. At AR
>> serial # 281400
>> JD was forced to using a water pump caused by having  to use a steel cored
>> radiator  that
>> was due to a copper shortage caused by the Korean War. The AR had been an
>> unstyled tractor
>> due to benign neglect, the Row Crop brothers had been style in 1939, all
>> the way to their
>> introduction in 1949 when JD finally got around to styling the AR and AO
>> in 1949 and then
>> made several improvements that were an indication of what was to come in
>> the later early
>> numbered series. First time Live hydraulics driven by a hydraulic pump on
>> the governor was
>> standard equipment but could be deleted, 12 volt lighting and starting and
>> the new styling
>> of the R which included major changes in styling. The styled AR wasn't
>> replaced until 1953
>> when the 60 Standard finally came out. The very last AR serial # built was
>> shipped from
>> the factory in 5/13/1953 was an all fuel version Serial # 284073 . The
>> very last Gasoline
>> AR was serial # 284055 shipped from the factory 4/30/1953. The AR had
>> slightly less HP
>> than the D and wasn't considered a replacement to the D, the R was, but
>> the AR could do a
>> lot of the D's work.
>>
> Dean, I don't know what year my dad's D was but I'm sure it had electric
> start. Many times I heard the story of how, as a little kid riding along
> on it I brushed against the batteries and the acid burned a hole through
> my pants. I think it took two six volts, was a "styled" D likely from
> the late fourties.
> I'll have to check the serial number of my AR and maybe find for sure
> what year it is.
> The D was a heavier tractor than the AR with bigger tires and would pull
> a heavier load. No road gear or turning brakes though. The D had a
> p.t.o. because I know Dad used it on a pto binder. Also he installed a
> char lynn hydraulic that ran off the pto shaft.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>>
>
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