My future tractor collection

[wore out]

I think it would be cool to have real life versions of all the tractors that I farmed the living room carpet with. Everything from about 1981.
A Deere 4440
An IH 1086
An Allis 7040
A Massey 1130
A Ford TW-20
A Case 1070
I've never ran any of these in real life. Tractors have always been smaller in my part of the country. What do you think?

Here's my little collection of "horses" from the 70's and 80's:

I also have a Versatile "145", two "4020's" and a "4630" for which I don't have photos at hand

 

[Buckhammer]

I carpet farmed with just a JD3020. My bank (parents) didn't have enough money for me to grow my operation. I wanted to get bigger so i could hire the cute neighbor girl to be my grain cart driver but my mom would have nothing of that matter happening on her living room floor.

 

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I think it would be cool to have real life versions of all the tractors that I farmed the living room carpet with. Everything from about 1981.
A Deere 4440
An IH 1086
An Allis 7040
A Massey 1130
A Ford TW-20
A Case 1070
I've never ran any of these in real life. Tractors have always been smaller in my part of the country. What do you think?

I had quite a few in my carpet farm as I was a kid. Two of my significant toys ended up full size in my real life farm. The Massey Ferguson 2805 was marketed as the largest 2wd production tractor from 1977 through 1982. I have a 1979 model now that I pull a 6 bottom plow with as i did when i was a kid. My bucket list tractor was the Massey Ferguson 4800 series 4wd. 2 years ago, I bought a 4840 and pull a John Deere folding disk with as I did when I was a kid.

 

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This is my "Reds".

 

[DRussell]

No pictures, but I carpet farmed with an IH 966, a FWA Ford 7700, a couple JD utility tractors and an IH 3400 backhoe. And of course a full line of equipment, in a variety of manufacturers. Every room in the house was a field.

 

[TheBartman47]

I had an International with disc harrow running through shag carpet in the early 70s. It made nice straight lines in the carpet.

 

[flying belgian]

I had an International with disc harrow running through shag carpet in the early 70s. It made nice straight lines in the carpet.

Did you have any problems with plugging?

 

[INCase]

brother and I incorporated and farmed carpet, hardwood and some sandy ground with a pair of Ford 8000s, a 190 AC and a 135? MF as well as an IH that had no model number and a "true scale" with mounted corn picker. JD 4 row corn planter, IH drill, IH dump wagon, IH 4 bottom plow, JD combine that the real spin when you pushed it along (dad had to braze the sprocket back on), an IH manure spreader, a Ford 4000 (front axle wasn't strong enough to ride on it, go figure) later on I got an 800 Case to match the one outside. low hour unit still in its box. also had a "true scale" hay rake and chopper.
would like to have an IH 444 but they apparently only made 1 or 2 IH utility tractors and not the 444. also had a pair of JD 3020s?? but they were sand box toys when i was real young and hardly remember them as i was pretty little still have one and would like to find new tires and decals for it.

 

[INCase]

brother and I incorporated and farmed carpet, hardwood and some sandy ground with a pair of Ford 8000s, a 190 AC and a 135? MF as well as an IH that had no model number and a "true scale" with mounted corn picker. JD 4 row corn planter, IH drill, IH dump wagon, IH 4 bottom plow, JD combine that the real spin when you pushed it along (dad had to braze the sprocket back on), an IH manure spreader, a Ford 4000 (front axle wasn't strong enough to ride on it, go figure) later on I got an 800 Case to match the one outside. low hour unit still in its box. also had a "true scale" hay rake and chopper.
would like to have an IH 444 but they apparently only made 1 or 2 IH utility tractors and not the 444. also had a pair of JD 3020s?? but they were sand box toys when i was real young and hardly remember them as i was pretty little still have one and would like to find new tires and decals for it.

and to build our BTO empire we had a wood barn dad made me and a dozer and dump trucks, power shovel. for vacations we had a tonka pickup/camper, a jeepster with boat and trailer. for market we had a "shop rite" semi and for emergencies a rescue truck, tow truck and Jeep ambulance.

 

[TheBartman47]

Did you have any problems with plugging?

Since the carpet was straight strands, no loops, it didn't get hung up on anything.