[AT] Most wore out tractor (long)

[Carl Tatlock]

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> On 6/16/2013 9:18 AM, Ken Knierim wrote:
>> In an effort to get the list woke up, what's your most worn-out
>> tractor... and do you still use it?
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> __Carl Tatlock in Vermont:  Mine is a 1945 9N Ford that has apparently been untouched by serious wrench since new.  I got it out of the puckerbrush from a guy who was using it to haul feed to Alpacas or llamas (I never can remember)on a small "craft farm" as we call 'em here in Vermont.  No muffler, which made it hard to hear engine noises when I was trying it out, and no brakes-- Who knew? It was hitched to some piece of equipment that "couldn't be moved at the moment", but it really will run good, he said.
>   Only change was he had converted it to 12v with alternator (which didn't work).  Price was right so I fIgure....  I had a Cub w/ belly mower (bad invention), had retired it, and a really good shape 8N I had "restored" some years before to drag a 5" mower for 4 acres of grass, so I wanted a winter plower.  This was it.  With 50 wt oil (at 20 below zero) and a little urging (starting fluid) it will start pretty easy (low compression) and get ready to plow a couple hundred feet of drive.  Before the oil pressure drops to zero (from 10) as the engine warms up. If I'm fast I get the job done before this happens.  Original tires, I think, but OK with chains.  Hydraulics work great--- raise that back plow up faster than I can get my neck around.   Main bearing still makes thumping noises until the 50 wt gets to 'em, still no brakes ( who needs them with snowbanks?) but I love the old girl, and with a little bondo and Tractor Supply grey paint (it really LOOKS pretty good) we are good to go.  My theory is you don't have to 100% perfect to be loved and be useful.  Actually that's my wife's theory,bless her heart.

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