What tractors did you drive as a kids?

[NDIHC]

Could have been a R, 80, 820 or 830

I don't think it was a 20 or 30, don't remember it having yellow on the sides, all green. I was on the farm where I ran it a while ago and talked to the son of the father/son pair who I worked for in high school. I never thought to ask him what became of the JD and the Massey. I can still hear the 2 cylinder hammering away, puking fuel out the exhaust and being covered with it by the end of the day. I really didn't like that tractor much!

 

[TedinNE]

For got to add my Grandads old L Case no turning brakes what a beast.

 

[Jeff0253]

Starting at age 9, I spent thousands of hours on a Farmall H by the time I left the farm to go to college. Leaving the farm wasn't my best choice ever, lol. But I was young and stupid.

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

Farmall Super A
Farmall Super C
Farmall H

 

[Fawteen]

'49 John Deere B
'5x John Deere A
'53 McCormick Super W6
?? Co-op E3

The B and the W6 were Dad's, the A and the Co-op belonged to the neighbor across the road who rented Grandpa's house and helped out on the farm.

 

[Ultradog MN]

Allis B Case DC3 and a MF 35

 

[jon f mn]

First tractor i remember driving was our 830 case-o-matic. We were picking rocks and I remember I was so small I wasnt close to reaching the pedals, but being a com I could add or reduce the throttle to move or stop. Next was a Ford Jubilee. I was in kindergarten when I was pulling a hay wagon so mom and my little brother would pick up the corn missed by the corn picker at corners and such. Mom sold that corn for spending money. I was so small I could stand on the clutch and it wouldnt go down, I had to pull on the steering wheel to help. Lol. Then as I got stronger and bigger it was the 870, dc, and later 730 and 970.

 

[buickanddeere]

A deere 60 tow cylinder rowcrop with had clutch for baling straw . Was not old enough to attend school .

 

[TheBartman47]

John Deere 50 with 2-row bedders for the garden, a Farmhand 5 round bale mover for hay.
John Deere 60 for drag mower since it had live PTO while the 50 didn't.
John Deere 4020 by the time I was in high school for pulling tandem disc harrow or field cultivator with fiber shank, seed drill, fertilizer spreader, other.
John Deere 730, the same one I have now, for 4-row cultivators and other random tasks.

 

[Jim in LA]

These are the tractors I drive as a kid that belonged to Grandpa, Dad or my Uncle;
Ford 8N
Fordson Major diesel
*Ford 800
Case VAC
*Case SC
Case DC
IH Super WD-9 diesel
*MM GB diesel
MM U
MM UB dirsel
MM G708 diesel
*MM Jetstar
MM 5 Star
Co-op
JD A

* my brother still has these tractors

8N at eight years old and still have the tractor,moved up to a 460 Farmall at thirteen.

 

[sammydwm]

Farmall 460
Case 800
Farmall M
Ford 4000
JD G
JD 720
JD 730
Cockshutt 50
Ford NAA
Ford 801
Allis D17
Allis 170
Massey 135

 

[deere4040]

These are the tractors I drive as a kid that belonged to Grandpa, Dad or my Uncle;
Ford 8N
Fordson Major diesel
*Ford 800
Case VAC
*Case SC
Case DC
IH Super WD-9 diesel
*MM GB diesel
MM U
MM UB dirsel
MM G708 diesel
*MM Jetstar
MM 5 Star
Co-op
JD A

* my brother still has these tractors

JD 4040
JD 2355 Uncles
JD 2440
JD 2440/loader
JD 2950
JD 2955
JD 6400 if 13 is still considered a kid
IH 666 Uncles

 

[NIK OWEN]

FORD 9N, WOULD INSTANTLY BOIL IF STALLED..THEN F-20 FARMALL, 1/2 STEEL, MEAN STEEL STRNG WHEEL WHEN SPINNIN, THEN JACK CO. LATE JD B, & HAPPY TX SUPER M'S, BOTH GRANDADS...NIK, VIET VET 66-67, OLD AS DIRT...GOT 44 JD D TO SELL

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

I didn't grow up on a farm. I only recall sitting on some machines at construction sites. My summer job in 1968 with the metro park system, they let me run a JD 300 with a loader a little and drive the dumps. Got married that fall and the wife's dad was farming. COOP E3s and JD A.

 

[MeanGene1]

IH- 340U with an IH/Wagner loader; 424; Farmall M (x2); Farmall 706D (x2); Farmall 806D; 91 and 93 combines
Deere- 420 (x2); 630; 3020; 4020
Oliver- 66
AC- D17; 190XT
Ford- 8N with Wagner step-through; Fordson Major Diesel with a loader; Jubilee (x2)
Ferguson- TO20 with loader; TO30 with loader

 

[ufdaland]

Tony in SD asked what tractor did you drive as a Kid?
I drove a 1932 Ford truck that had been stripped down to the bare necessities. Rear springs, cab, fenders and wind shield were all gone. 9:20 rear tires were added. the gas tank was the seat. There was not a hint of brakes. That was about 1942. I had to drive it to my Uncles place for haying, about 25 miles away. Yes I tried to take the back roads. That was our only tractor until about 1945 when we got a Mpls Moline Don't tell me about the good ole days.

 

[roper4570]

Started out on L Case at 6
LA Case
900 B case
930 longnose
932 Case
When I first started farming
1030
1175
1570 1976 wish I still had that one
2590
4490

 

[300jk]

These are the tractors I drive as a kid that belonged to Grandpa, Dad or my Uncle;
Ford 8N
Fordson Major diesel
*Ford 800
Case VAC
*Case SC
Case DC
IH Super WD-9 diesel
*MM GB diesel
MM U
MM UB dirsel
MM G708 diesel
*MM Jetstar
MM 5 Star
Co-op
JD A

* my brother still has these tractors

Oliver 1650 gas we still have. Was maybe 5 or 6. Just disking around in circles till dad finished talking to the neighbor. Also plowed snow with an International I-6 with a front blade. Maybe 10 or 12 ? Still have that one also.

 

[Mark-Ia]

41B John Deere, 49A John Deere and 51G John Deere.