To add to how things have changed

[tractorkrum]

I did not want to highjack the thread below, so this some things that I have lived, and I am still not that old. Never had a cab or winter housing on a tractor. We spread manure in the winter as long as we could get through the snow. I remember standing up to get the heat from the exhaust. Had an Armstrong barn cleaner. Silo unloader was also Armstrong until I was about 16 when we added a new silo and bunk feeder. Always had a hand trip loader. Still use the hand trip loader on the WD45 since this is my big tractor. The good thing is I no longer farm so the equipment is just to play with.

 

[Fawteen]

I'm as nostalgic as anyone about "the good old days" but I have NO desire to go back to open station tractors, carbureted cars and trucks and no A/C!

Heck, I feel put upon if I don't have cruise control!

 

[Bill of TN]

Heck, I feel put upon if I don't have cruise control!

Never mind heated seats and steering wheel....

 

[Vito]

I'm as nostalgic as anyone about "the good old days" but I have NO desire to go back to open station tractors, carbureted cars and trucks and no A/C!

Heck, I feel put upon if I don't have cruise control!

Power windows and mirrors are also a nice option to mention just a few. I don't know half of the options in my car

Vito

 

[Ericp351]

News flash. We are at war. Now is not the time to be so soft. Show such weakness. The entire Republic ain,t Minnesota. I hope!

 

[joeysmith]

I do miss wing windows an floor dimmers tho

 

[rrlund]

Thank God for progress. Anybody who thinks those were the good old days didn't live them. I DO still farm. I wouldn't if I had to do it that way again.

 

[ss55]

News flash. We are at war. Now is not the time to be so soft. Show such weakness. The entire Republic ain,t Minnesota. I hope!

What do you have against us here in Minnesota?

 

[GChief]

Thank God for progress. Anybody who thinks those were the good old days didn't live them. I DO still farm. I wouldn't if I had to do it that way again.

My 86 yr old dad always asks "for who?" when someone uses the "good ole' days"

 

[GChief]

What do you have against us here in Minnesota?

They are told to hate you guys... the assimilation is complete for some.

 

[rrlund]

My 86 yr old dad always asks "for who?" when someone uses the "good ole' days"

Dad always said, the only thing good about the good old days is that we were younger. Remember Carly Simon's song "These are the good old days"? NOBODY thought so at the time. It was a like a joke.

 

[rrlund]

They are told to hate you guys... the assimilation is complete for some.

Somebody is always preaching hate. Whether it's because of religion or politics. Jesus taught love and forgiveness, but you'd never know it.

 

[GChief]

Somebody is always preaching hate. Whether it's because of religion or politics. Jesus taught love and forgiveness, but you'd never know it.

I am not religious but respect his teachings, as I do with many "prophets".

 

[TractorDad3]

Grew up with an S10 and Ranger, been rocking older minivans. I just bought a full size truck for my business. The heated steering wheel on cold hands is absolutely amazing and I can’t tell you how much I love having a full size. Three car seats along the back, can hand all the snacks back to keep the peanut gallery in line.

 

[KCTractors]

I did not want to highjack the thread below, so this some things that I have lived, and I am still not that old. Never had a cab or winter housing on a tractor. We spread manure in the winter as long as we could get through the snow. I remember standing up to get the heat from the exhaust. Had an Armstrong barn cleaner. Silo unloader was also Armstrong until I was about 16 when we added a new silo and bunk feeder. Always had a hand trip loader. Still use the hand trip loader on the WD45 since this is my big tractor. The good thing is I no longer farm so the equipment is just to play with.

How about vacuum operated windshield wipers!!

 

[Johnnypopper]

Sd

How about vacuum operated windshield wipers!!

or a clock that that you had to wind by hand every other day.

 

[rrlund]

Sd

or a clock that that you had to wind by hand every other day.

Remember add on blinkers for vehicles that were made without them? Dad had a pickup without and used hand signals. I doubt you'll find over a half a percent of drivers who even know hand signals. Crank windows and hand signals in the cold. Yep, those were the days.

 

[moresmoke]

News flash. We are at war. Now is not the time to be so soft. Show such weakness. The entire Republic ain,t Minnesota. I hope!

You should visit Northern Rocks and Cows in January. You will be crying for a heated cab with heated seat and steering wheel!

 

[Curt Cooke]

What I have found about the good old days is that when you have a chance to re-experience some of it, it only takes about 20 minutes and that's enough of that BS. I do plow a little with a Farmall A and mounted plow, just like we did when I was a kid. About an hour of that and I've had enough of hand lift, getting beat silly by the rough ride, and aching for the next few days. But it is fun to remember.

 

[Jeff Blaney]

I used to work on a local dairy farm years ago. I remember on a few occasions the weather was just awful and yet the old boy who owned the place (he was in his late 70’s) would always opt for the open station White 2-70 Field Boss when spreading manure. The kids and hired hands jumped in the cab tractors!