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<p>I have 3 5 bottom semi mount and at least 5 4 to 5 bottom pull
type plows bought for the same reason. just too cheap to let go
to the scrap... Usually one of the auctioneer's hands is a
scrapper. That is how I ended up with 2 Owatonna swathers and an
extra header....</p>
<p>Cecil<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/24/2019 7:55 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:deanvp@att.net">deanvp@att.net</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Spencer,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not sure being able to turn around on
your 15 acres is a game ender. We Antique Tractor owners
seem to be able to adapt. Give some thought to a 1958 JD 820
or 830. They will provide the macho feel, All it will take is
around $10 grand restored. Sometimes opportunities will
arise where you just cannot turn them down. Many years ago
before plows became expensive I was at an auction where a 5
bottom tag plow was being sold. It was pristine. JD of course
and all the origin decals still were there and the moldboards
and shares were like new. I stupidly sat there and watched
the bid get up to $25. I said to myself that is a steal.
But….. I don’t have anything to pull it with. It sold for
$25. About once a week I kick myself for letting this thing
get away. So if the right opportunity comes along….. be
reckless and figure out what you are do with it later. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Apache junction, AZ<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> AT
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com"><at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com></a> <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Spencer Yost<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 24, 2019 5:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Update on the MF 1155<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am not sure of the age of your son
Scott, it sounds like we must be pretty close in age. When
I think big tractors I think of those Massey’s too. More so,
I think of the “six” series Farmall and IH tractors. Like
the 706 and 966. I still keep an eye out for them. It’s a
pipe dream, I never will own one. Recently I saw this on
craigslist:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If I was stupid rich or just plain
stupid I would buy it. On my puny 15 acres I don’t even
have enough room to turn it...<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Feb 24, 2019, at 10:33 AM, Indiana Robinson <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Son Scott did buy the MF 1155. I
figured that he would. He has wanted one for too
long and this one was in too good of general
condition for him to pass it up. He had asked me to
go with him when he first looked at it when there
was no one around. It was sitting on the lot of a
dealer I have bought stuff from for a very long
time. Not constant purchases and not big stuff. I
never farmed very big, couple of hundred acres most
of the time. The farm is a lifestyle thing, I made
most of my income from other enterprises. Still it
takes a lot of equipment to do the job. Over the
years I bought a couple of combines from him, a 20
something foot wide harrogator, a wider set of wings
for my big disk, field sprayer etc. Several years
ago we bought a Vermeer round baler from him. He
always treated me well. When I started dealing with
him he was a small independent dealership and a
farmer like a lot of other small dealers were. Today
he and his sons have a huge operation with one huge
building that is absolutely full of classic tractors
that are not for sale. Over the years he has bought
most of the farms that surround him and he now has
his own system of private roads from one to another.
We became business friends over those years and I
was always impressed that when I walked in he always
treated me the same as if I was one of the biggest
farmers in the state. That is the way you should do
business.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anywho... Scott had his mind
mostly made up but wanted me to go along to help
check it over carefully with it running and him
driving it to check each function. We studied it
pretty carefully for maybe 2 hours or more and if
anything had popped up he would have backed away but
he was confident enough that we went in a semi with
a low-boy. I had to meet him at a local shopping
center because it is pretty tough to get even a 40'
trailer in to this farm and this was a 52' trailer.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Everything seemed OK and they
were willing to drop the price $500. He asked them
to pop the duals off and load them on the truck.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind of a funny bit of irony
here... They have large industrial battery electric
impact wrenches so they don't have to drag air hoses
around. Worked really great but to get the duals off
they had to jack the tractor up a little. Yep,
pneumatic jack and an air hose dragged out to the
apron where the tractor was sitting. :-)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It all went well, of course Scott
loads and hauls big stuff almost daily, sometimes
several times a day. He spends more time behind a
desk these days but he is still on job sites most
days.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 1155 is quite wide. It has
power adjust (spin out) rear wheels but also wide
slide out axles. He is considering cutting down the
axles some so the don't stick past the wheels.
Thinks it might save some doorways. The duals are
clamp on and don't use the axles. I doubt he will
ever use the duals.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a little Case VAC that has
the wide axle option and I'm still considering
chopping those... (shrug)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have 3 ways to get to the farm
here, none of them semi friendly. :-) Coming in
from the north requires going through an oddball
20' tall rail-road underpass that was built long
long ago as a bridge over a fair sized creek and
then back in about the 1920's people started driving
around one side of it in dry weather on a gravel
bar. It wasn't even a road then. Later a heavy one
lane "U" shaped concrete "shelf" was poured around
there for traffic. Scott comes through there fairly
often with a tri-axle dump truck towing a tri-axle
trailer with a backhoe/loader or maybe a good sized
excavator but it is not suited for a semi at all.
The other two directions are only slightly better
due to utility poles in too close to the corners and
narrow culverts. Scott considered parking on the
wider road and unloading the tractor and me driving
it home but then we would still have had to deal
with the duals and it was a cold day. :-) He
managed to get the longer trailer "buttoned" past
the corners with only minimal damage to the road
ditches which were about like quicksand.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">He has already been working on
the 1155 for several days now off and on. I can
about guarantee you that the first thing he did was
rework all of the wiring. I noticed yesterday that
he has the hood off and I think the whole exhaust
system. It had some minor exhaust leakage where the
manifold mounts to the heads and I know that he
ordered a batch of gaskets for it. I know that he
was planning on putting some money in it trying to
get everything just right.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is important to understand
here that while this tractor will not be an actual
"trailer queen" this pretty much falls under the
heading of "a toy he always wanted" like his Harley
or his 4 wheeler and not a tractor to farm with
productively. He works very hard and makes very good
money and he plans his fun stuff too. I am not sure
of the value of this tractor, the big tractors (this
is 140 HP and about 20,000 pounds ballasted) have
never been on my wish list so I have not followed
them. The 10 to 60 HP tractors are my choice and I
like the smaller ones more all of the time like my
Cub, Pony, VAC, Allis C etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don't guess he would mind me
saying that he paid $7,000 for it. It's a nice
tractor and when he asked me I told him that if he
didn't like it after he bought it or something
failed badly he could probably at least part it out
for more than that...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'll have to see if I can
convince him to take it to Portland. Then if he uses
the semi he can haul a couple more for me. :-)
:-) :-)<o:p></o:p></p>
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Francis Robinson<br>
aka "farmer"<br>
Central Indiana USA<br>
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