[AT] was Mike Sloane--now Farmall AV

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

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