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Twentieth Century Trivia
One hunderd years ago the mechanical age was in it's infancy. Many felt it was a passing phase while others embraced it. As our nation embarks on another birthday I felt this bit of trivia might be fun to read.
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Restoring a 1959 John Deere 630
My son Bryce and I left on a Saturday morning in October, 2010, at 2 am from Lenoir City, Tennessee. We drove our 2007 GMC Duramax and pulled a 14K goose-neck our friend Chad graciously loaned to us. The trip to Kalona, Iowa, was 1500 miles round-trip, and we returned on Sunday at 2:30 am. We Praise God for a safe trip!
The 630 was even nicer than I had hoped it would be. It runs nicely and has no leaks (after we took EXCESS oil out of the crankcase and power steering). It had been repainted, but needs to be completely "taken down" to really "show her stuff".
2010 Antique Tractor Guide
Press Release
April, 2010
Volume X of the Antique Tractor Guide Published
Heartland Ag-Business Group, a division of Heartland Communications, Inc. of Fort Dodge, Iowa, announced the publishing of the 2010 “Hot Line Antique Tractor Guide”.
How to choose an acreage Tractor
First you need to figure out what you want your tractor to do for you. Do you live on an acreage and how many acres? Does your preference lean toward antique or newer models? With the amount of work you are going to demand out of the tractor will determine size and horsepower. Do you want gas or diesel?
Will a Lawn Tractor fill your needs? Pretty much for mowing and not much of anything else. Some of the higher hp models can be used for snow blowing.
Fordson Ireland History
By 1921, Fordson tractors represented about half of the tractors sold in the U.S. Henry Ford, however,adamantly refused to improve his tractor. Although he made more than 100,000 Fordsons during 1923 and again in 1925, the glory days of the crude little Fordson, with its iffy ignition and lack of a governor, were coming to and end in this country, signaled by the 1924 introduction of the all new Farmall row crop tractor manufactured by International Harvester Co.
