[AT] Early John Deere Tractor Cab Manufacturers

[Spencer Yost]

I love to hear your stories, Farmer. Keep them coming!

As many of you have heard, I never grew up on a farm. All of the farms in my family were always once removed. You know the 2nd cousin three times removed kind of thing.  My great uncles farm had a great swimming hole.  It was awesome till the bulls came to drink. O-:=

One memory stands out from a neighbors farm.  There was an old derelict tractor in the weeds. I used to get on that thing and plow millions of imaginary acres.  If I had to guess, I believe the tractor was probably a Fordson or maybe a McCormick Deering.

One day when I was cleaning brambles off of that tractor so I could begin my plowing, and I hit my head really hard on something. I was covered in blood by the time I reached the house. My grandmother fainted and my mother screeched. I ended up with stitches and no worse for the wear.

Fortunately when I was a teenager, I got to work on many farms. Mostly doing hay.  Some with old stuff, some with newer iron(which back then were those blue Fords mostly).  I still love old tractors, even though I associate them with blood sweat and tears(well, grandmas fainting anyways).

Every once in a while, while mowing with my old Ford 861 I can't help but taunt the old iron gods:  they got me once but they haven't won yet. (-:

Spencer