[AT] was Mike Sloane--now Farmall AV

[charlie hill]

I knew a guy that had an AV when I was a small boy.  He ran
the local feed mill and had several farms tended by tenant farmers.
That thing  looked to me like it wanted to fall over sitting on flat
concrete in front of his mill.  It's easy enough to turn a Super A over
on the left side even down here in flat land country.  A fellow would
need to be mighty careful with an AV I think.   That said, it would make
a fine collector piece and I wouldn't be opposed to owning one myself.

Charlie


-----Original Message----- 
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:11 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] was Mike Sloane--now Farmall AV

Meaning no disrespect to Mike, I saw a mention of restoring one of his old
tractors in a post and thought it may make a good new thread.

Jim, tell us more about your AV restoration. As I have said a hundred times,
you can't throw a rock at a shed around these parts without hitting one of
the offset series IH (A-140). Strange enough, the high crops are quite odd.
I only remember 2 or 3. A tobacco farmer down the road had 1 or 2 high crop
140's (I think that’s what they were), and another farmer across town had an
AV. I really wish we had one for plowing tobacco when the weeds started
coming in after it got too tall to use with the standard models. I can
recall many weeks over the summers pulling weeds. One year it got so bad we
bought a weedeater just to use in the tobacco fields. I ran it 9 hours a day
for over 2 weeks straight. I was MUCH younger and in better shape back then!
I guess one of the main reasons for not having a high clearance tractor was
stability issues. We never had any real trouble with the regular Super A's
but those high clearance models were a tad bit scary and would have limited
their use considerably. I still think we'd have been better off with one
even if we only ran it 2-3 weeks a year.

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Thomson
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 9:06 AM
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group' ; 'The SEL email discussion
list'
Subject: Re: [AT] Fwd: [Farmall] Mike Sloane


BTW, I have one of Mike's old tractors, a 1947 Farmall AV that I am
currently restoring. I have to get my butt in gear and finish this up for
Mike!



Jim Thomson



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