Big Bud guy Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 On 5/10/2018 at 9:39 AM, jflaw92 said: A guy here by home that we farm his ground has a bunch of Cockshutts and Coop tractors and other odd ball brands. I don't know if he has one of every model but he isn't missing it by much My grandpa farms with all Allis Chalmers and I've been around them my whole life but none of them have the cool factor that a 66 series IH have but as far as usefulness the 6000 series and 8000 series have most all of them beat for the time period. We have a D21 but it's nicer to look at that it is to use, in my opinion. If there was one cool tractor from IH of that time period it would be the V8s. You can keep the 66s. Allis Chalmers didn't have much of a presence around here for as wheeled tractors go. Part of the problem was they didn't cater to western wheat farmers until the D21. By that time IH, JD, and Case firmly had the market under their control and trying to crack it was just not going to happen with the few AC dealerships there were. AC did alright with the D-21 around here but the 5020 far out sold them. They did have the crawlers and they sold a number of them around here but Cat and IH kicked their butts sales wise. I've heard both good and bad about the 7000 series and I've heard the 8000s were top notch and as good if not better then the rest of the competition . I 'm just not a big fan of the 426 or at least in the high hp classes. AC did down rate the engine from the 7080 to the 8070 and I have to assume it was to get them to hold up better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cride383 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 not sure if I would say my favorite non IH tractor but the only non IH tractor left on our farm. I was always partial to the case 1070 we used to have dad didn't share the same feelings as me towards it and it left a farm back in 96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super A_sepa Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Maybe because its the only other brand I've spent much time on, but I always look forward to getting to run these during harvest. Maybe that's just because I'm happy to have a somewhat quiet cab that hopefully has ac and maybe even a radio. 4430, 4440, 4450, and a 4630, all have their good points and bad points. Then again, we have used some magnums on the carts and I'd much rather run that, but a little variety never hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSW Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 4 hours ago, cride383 said: not sure if I would say my favorite non IH tractor but the only non IH tractor left on our farm. I was always partial to the case 1070 we used to have dad didn't share the same feelings as me towards it and it left a farm back in 96 Nice to see one that clean. Most of those in these parts look like a refugee from the Law of Gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red tractor fever Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 On 5/11/2018 at 8:02 PM, ST-470 said: respect your opinion, but don't lump me in with the "rest of the ag world". I wouldn't have one of those POS in my field. I'll join your club. Got a friend that works for a farmer with two of these. One 9620 and one other. According to my friend they are EXPENSIVE to keep running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Bent Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 On 5/10/2018 at 10:11 PM, Cool1566 said: Is it a Goldie? Yes that is a Goldie! Some of the other neighbors know about it also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgage Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 I collect any of them just happen to favor IH and my favorites are my IH's but I can think of a model from pretty much any manufacturer I would like to add to my collection. However, the other brands I currently own and really enjoy are Allis-Chalmers and Oliver. I would say my next favorite is Oliver, we have an old style 88 that has been in our family for generations that I grew up running so Oliver is a bit sentimental to me and I am working on a 70. As much as I love all the letter series Farmalls we have and my F-20 which was always my dream tractor, I was always surprised Oliver didn't outsell all the competition in the 1930s to 1940s. I think part of it was a higher selling price but with the 6 cylinder engines and the first to offer true live pto they were well ahead of the competition at several different points. Like I say I absolutely love my F-20 but comparing the starting and operating experience of a hand crank F-20 with manual timing adjustment and manually oiled valves with that of the Oliver 70 in the late 1930's is a pretty stark comparison as well as even comparing the M to the 88. I also enjoy my Allis-Chalmers WD. Another great tractor that I still use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillman Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 this thread is too good to die yet so...……. I went to buy some plow shares off a guy on Kijiji on this past Good Friday and it turned out I knew him from the dealership 35 years ago. We visited a while and then he showed me his John Deere collection . in the second shed there sat this beauty G1000 and it came home with me?? I got him parked in the shade until I can make room in my coverall. Prolly won't keep him forever since I got one of r pope's 806s as well this spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1206 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 14 hours ago, hillman said: this thread is too good to die yet so...……. I went to buy some plow shares off a guy on Kijiji on this past Good Friday and it turned out I knew him from the dealership 35 years ago. We visited a while and then he showed me his John Deere collection . in the second shed there sat this beauty G1000 and it came home with me?? I got him parked in the shade until I can make room in my coverall. Prolly won't keep him forever since I got one of r pope's 806s as well this spring Our neighbors had on back in early 70s. Was a cool looking tractor & big horse in the area at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 One of my uncles had severel years ago. Drove one once to load some hay i bought from him. Powerful ol brutes.lotta iron in em too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.B. Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 G1000 just looks like it's all motor. Nice find. We had a U302 on the farm growing up. It was a tricycle gear, and the over under was out on the under side I think. I liked using it and if it had been a wide front and diesel I would of considered keeping it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafarm49 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 My other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.B. Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, gafarm49 said: My other I knew red and green could live together on same farm in harmony One of these days I'm gonna have a 4X60 hopefully a 4960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSW Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 38 minutes ago, B.B. said: I knew red and green could live together on same farm in harmony One of these days I'm gonna have a 4X60 hopefully a 4960 I just don't want to pour fuel through one. Or bounce my head off the back glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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