Tractor colours.

Paul_H · March 21, 2005, 05:37:31 PM

My vote is for MF35 too. I traded my dirt bike straight across for this one a few years ago.It has a Perkins diesel that runs like a top.We use it for tilling and disking out the back and have used it a little bit to load small logs,but it is light on the back end.
The loader is a "Superior" and I don't know how old it is but it seems to suit the tractor. I would like to find a grill for the MF one day.

The last pic is of the disk.A farmer was clearing his place a couple years ago and told us to come and get it before he scrapped it.It belonged to his Dad but I don't know how old it is either.

Mark M · March 21, 2005, 06:02:46 PM

How about this one? It's a JD 59 7/8

etat · March 21, 2005, 06:19:09 PM

I reckon I need to do something to adjust the colors on my computer. My colors are all messed up cause I swear, I almost thought I just saw a RED John Deere. ???

asy · March 21, 2005, 06:49:56 PM

Quote from: DanG on March 20, 2005, 10:03:31 PM
It would be a good idea to install a ROPS (Roll-Over Protection System). The less experience you have on a tractor, the more important this becomes. Tractors have ways of upsetting themselves that the novice would never even dream of, and you don't want to be under an up-side-down tractor.

I am trying to search for where I can buy one, just to get an idea of prices, but when I googled it, I get hundreds of government websites, but none from suppliers, will keep looking. I agree that this is very important, especially since it's quite likey that the kids will be driving the tractor in the not too distant future.

Hmmm... With the slope of the yard it may also be an idea to put an ROPS on the ride-on...

Quote from: DanG on March 20, 2005, 10:03:31 PMDon't be afraid of your tractor, but respect it.

Good advice. Thanks.

Quote from: cktate on March 21, 2005, 06:19:09 PM
I reckon I need to do something to adjust the colors on my computer. My colors are all messed up cause I swear, I almost thought I just saw a RED John Deere. ???

They painted the tractor red to detract attention from that HAT!!!!!

asy :D

tnlogger · March 21, 2005, 06:54:38 PM

now i'ves seen green and yellow, and even brownish rust ones but this sure is the first time i ever seen a red JD :D :D :D :D :D :D

Weekend_Sawyer · March 21, 2005, 07:18:00 PM

I say paint your tractor the color you want it. If you ever get rid of it it will sell better with original colors. But who ever gets rid of a tractor!

Important safety tip, if you are going to pull something or skid a log leave an implement hooked up like a back blade or box scraper, that way if it comes up in the front the implement will act like a wheele bar, now it still could break something and go over but this adds alot of safety.

Oh yea, I would run it for a while the way it is. That way you can see if there is anything that needs to be repaired, seals, brakes, radiator whatever and you can do it while you have it torn down for paint. Might save you having to scratch up nice new paint to do repairs.

Jon

Engineer · March 21, 2005, 07:35:16 PM

Nicest tractor I ever saw was a mint-out-of-the-showroom condition, 1950 John Deere (I dunno what model), propane-powered. The guy was competing in an antique tractor pull.

I am just starting to get into antique tractors and single cylinder gas engines. Fascinating stuff. My current machine is a four-year-old JD 4100, so I don't have an antique yet, but I'm working on it.

My vote is to paint it whatever color you fancy. I am part of an old woodworking machinery group and my vote there is the same thing - paint it what suits ya.

Jon

asy · March 21, 2005, 08:58:02 PM

I really liked the photos of the original Red with Yellow Wheels, so, once we determine that it runs fine (thankd for that tip W-S) I think I'll paint it those colours. Thanks also for the colour details Tom!

I believe it to be in excellent condition though, as this guy does all the maintenance himself.

I will have to look for a decent chair, though, as the one that's on it now is a plastic school classroom chair screwed on... Don't think I could sit on that for any time!

As I said before, the Roll Cage will be a priority, if not for anything else, then for somewhere I can make a shade canopy from! hehe

asy :D

etat · March 21, 2005, 10:15:55 PM

I wish I was closer asy, I'd BUILD ya a rop. Stay tuned for pictures of mine I built for my 3020 JD. I built it a few years ago. Ain't postin a picture of it til I get it painted though.

asy · March 21, 2005, 10:25:02 PM

Oooooh!!!

Yes please, I love photos!!!!

Fast please!

asy :D

DanG · March 21, 2005, 11:06:56 PM

You'll probably have to have a rops built for it. It doesn't have to be fancy, just strong.

There's an outfit that makes aftermarket parts that are like the originals. I'll hafta plunder through my junk to get the name. Paul, I'm sure they would have a grill for ya. They got original seats and steering wheels, too.

I think I'm in the wrong business. I should be going to the midwest and New England and buying old tractors. They go for a mint down here. Today, I saw a Ford 8-N with a box blade advertised for $4400!

In the same paper there was a Yanmar FOR PARTS that they want $3000 for!

Corley5 · March 21, 2005, 11:17:38 PM

http://www.kingauctionservice.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.eventDetail&id=17

Last year this was definetly a buyer's auction. Dad and I are hoping to be there on Friday afternoon and will be there for sure on Saturday. Last year a Cockshutt 40 follwed us home. On second thought everybody stay away from this sale it's no good, prices are way too high ;) ;) ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D

etat · March 21, 2005, 11:37:09 PM

DanG, the price has done dropped lots in the last few years on them little ford tractors around here. There's a guy just down the road that imports them little orange foreign tractors straight from overseas and then distributes them to dealerships across the US. He's been doing it for years and has got a heck of a pretty good business going. But them pretty little tractors with their power steering and loaders or whatever has just about cut the price of them fords in half or less of what they used to be.

Paul_H · March 22, 2005, 12:28:10 AM

DanG,

If you come across that name for the after market parts I would sure like to see what they have.There is no padding on the seat so I end up putting my shirt down if it's cold or wet out.When I was out there today I found one coat and a couple shirts hanging off the tractor.

Was wondering where they got to

Ianab · March 22, 2005, 05:53:03 AM

Spent a lot of time in my youth driving those old fergies

Neighbour had petrol 19 and 24 if I remember right, and we had a 35x.
The 35 x was just a bad idea gone wrong

It had a little lever on the dash that would change you down one gear by flicking it down. OK, that was good when you were going up a hill pulling a load. But the lower gear was a FREEWHEELING one

So if you started down the other side of the hill without flicking it up.. you were in NEUTRAL. Lots of fun :D Did i mention that a lot of Taranaki farms aren't exactly flat?

Have to say I liked the International tractors that we had of the same vintage better. They seemed more clunky, lots more travel in the grear lever and pedals, but more positive if you know what I mean. When you pushed in the clutch pedal it went about 12 inches and you KNEW it was dis-engaged ;)

Oh.. and I second the Rops thing, I never came really close to rolling a tractor, but mostly cos I learned to drive on hills and was carefull. Our 35x did have a basic cab / rops but mostly it kept the rain off. You probably wont be able to buy a factory roll bar for the older model, but the local farm engineering shop should be able to build you one. It wont have a Standards sticker on it, but get him to build it to current standards. As the tractor wont be legally required to have ROPS you dont need to get it certified or anything, just get it built and attached properly for your own peace of mind.

Ian

asy · March 22, 2005, 07:03:24 AM

Thanks for that Ian!

The ROPS is essential as far as I am concerned. None of us have ever driven a tractor before (you can all stop laughing now)...

The ground is hilly, and the soil is deep.

I can see it won't be long at all before Sasha (11yo) is up and driving the tractor, and if nothing else, that makes it essential.

CK, photos!!! hehehe

asy :D

redpowerd · March 22, 2005, 07:30:27 AM

QuoteOh.. and I second the Rops thing, I never came really close to rolling a tractor

i dont think one comes "close" to rolling a tractor. from what ive read and heard from people that have rolled tractors, it happens so fast you aint got time to move nowhere. a close call would be breaking your kneck or being paralized, compared to busting a leg. ive had my little 684 into some pretty aqward positions.

slowzuki · March 22, 2005, 08:22:56 AM

Thats a nice looking 684. We use a 584 of the same vintage and setup only with a Laurin rops cab on it. Can't seem to get it into tricky spots, as soon as it goes a bit nose down the power steering and hydraulics quit. We have it about an inch overfilled on the dipstick and that helps but not a lot.

I consider a rops essential on a working tractor, I've never known anyone who was in a rollover accident that thought the machine would rollover.

http://www.me.psu.edu/sommer/projects/tractorFY1/

New Holland TN65 rollover videos, a real eye opener to what a little bump can do.

redpowerd · March 22, 2005, 08:37:27 AM

the little one in the middle there has a hat along with the rops. someday ill put a folding rops on the front wheel assist. i got the 684 with the hat hung up in the woods all the time, one thing it steers a bit tighter than the 4x4. yours may need a new pump, you can shim the valve in the one you have now with some spark plug washers. helps out a bit. rebuilt pumps are 300 bucks. cessna or plessey.

bioguy · March 22, 2005, 08:52:32 AM

Hiya asy - My vote goes to painting whatever color strikes your fancy. I am repainting my NAA Ford from its current blue to red. I don't know who painted it blue, but it is a terrible color and I can see the red undermneath when it gets nicked.

The red I use for my Fords is IH red. I love that shade. Seems to hold the red color a lot longer than the orange-red Ford paint. What do you think Redpowerd? Good choice?

I think I need to get a digital camera. Can I post pics from my 35mm?

Mark M · March 22, 2005, 09:47:18 AM

Asy you should get 2 of those and hook em together:

Or heck, why got get three!

Corley5 · March 22, 2005, 10:10:33 AM

Mark, looks like you were at Rollag 8) I like that Ollie 88 setup 8) 8)

Mark M · March 22, 2005, 05:06:43 PM

Yup! - That 830 triple is the one I can't believe, it looks like it is a new factory model. There are a bunch of combo tractors at Rolaag that are fun to see.