Ron Cook Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Sometime right after WWII, my dad bought a new Case A-6 with the V4 Wisconsin pulled a 1941 John Deere A. He updated the platform to hydraulic lift and then pulled the machine with a 1936 F20 that had hydraulics. Excellent combine and normal hard starting Wisconsin. It did all our harvesting and some custom harvesting until 1955 when my dad bought a used Massey Clipper.as he had bought a new John Deere 60 with the independent PTO. Due to my short small stature, I was designated the operator of the Case with hydraulics and my dad operated his Clipper with the new 60. Two reasons. He loved that Clipper for some reason and he wasn't about to let some kid use his new 60 John Deere. Then in 1959 both machines were traded off on a new IH 101 SP. Man, we had just moved up to the big time!!!!! Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Sometime right after WWII, my dad bought a new Case A-6 with the V4 Wisconsin pulled a 1941 John Deere A. He updated the platform to hydraulic lift and then pulled the machine with a 1936 F20 that had hydraulics. Ron That is the same time my dad got his A6 Case as well. Hi used it right up to 1965 when he got a ten year old Massey Harris 60. It had a little more capacity and a less troublesome engine to deal with. We never saw many of these Claas combines like the one in this 1964 ad. That Matador Giant was a huge machine for the time with a 49 inch cylinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Binder Guy Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Ralph, I haven't had one thing worth posting here lately. I am going to change the subject with this REO ad. I believe Ransom E. Olds, developed his Oldsmobile automobile in 1897? If not it was 1899. The 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile was his last model he sold, I believe. Then the company was bought by General Motors (again, I believe?). In 1904, Ransom E. Olds developed his REO automobile. The company ended up with the REO truck line. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Ralph, I haven't had one thing worth posting here lately. I am going to change the subject with this REO ad. I believe Ransom E. Olds, developed his Oldsmobile automobile in 1897? If not it was 1899. The 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile was his last model he sold, I believe. Then the company was bought by General Motors (again, I believe?). In 1904, Ransom E. Olds developed his REO automobile. The company ended up with the REO truck line. Gary Gary, you know it never takes much to get me talking vintage trucks (and cars). Legend has it that one of our early fuel delivery trucks in the area was a Reo. Although it was a little before my time. Oldsmobile was a great line of autos which , unfortunately , will soon be as forgotten as the name Reo. And here is one of my favourites. The 54 Mercury. I'll add that the hood ornament is easy on the eyes on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bud guy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Loadstar, on 16 Jan 2015 - 12:36 PM, said: Ron Cook, on 15 Jan 2015 - 09:13 AM, said: Sometime right after WWII, my dad bought a new Case A-6 with the V4 Wisconsin pulled a 1941 John Deere A. He updated the platform to hydraulic lift and then pulled the machine with a 1936 F20 that had hydraulics. Ron That is the same time my dad got his A6 Case as well. Hi used it right up to 1965 when he got a ten year old Massey Harris 60. It had a little more capacity and a less troublesome engine to deal with. We never saw many of these Claas combines like the one in this 1964 ad. That Matador Giant was a huge machine for the time with a 49 inch cylinder. That is a big combine. JD and Case both had cylinders 50" and 52" wide. But neither had that much separation area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
664 CDN Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Ralph, I haven't had one thing worth posting here lately. I am going to change the subject with this REO ad. I believe Ransom E. Olds, developed his Oldsmobile automobile in 1897? If not it was 1899. The 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile was his last model he sold, I believe. Then the company was bought by General Motors (again, I believe?). In 1904, Ransom E. Olds developed his REO automobile. The company ended up with the REO truck line. Gary Gary, you know it never takes much to get me talking vintage trucks (and cars). Legend has it that one of our early fuel delivery trucks in the area was a Reo. Although it was a little before my time. Oldsmobile was a great line of autos which , unfortunately , will soon be as forgotten as the name Reo. And here is one of my favourites. The 54 Mercury. I'll add that the hood ornament is easy on the eyes on this one. Ralph, I still have a working 54 Merc O Matic transmission in my relic pile in the old drive shed. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Oldsmobile was a great line of autos which , unfortunately , will soon be as forgotten as the name Reo. And here is one of my favourites. The 54 Mercury. I'll add that the hood ornament is easy on the eyes on this one. Ralph, I still have a working 54 Merc O Matic transmission in my relic pile in the old drive shed. Ray Ray, all you need now is the rest of the car to build around that automatic transmission. Or if I ever get my 52 running and it needs a transmission I will know where to find one. Here is another Case pull type combine from about 1960. The model 80. Looks like a newer version of the A6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Its interesting to look back at the price of tires in the early seventies. This from a local Firestone dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Binder Guy Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 This is a Best Tracklayer ad showing a 60 Best crawler pulling road graders. I believe it was 1925 when the Best and Holt companies merged to form Caterpillar. The 60 Best was a proven model, so became the 60 Caterpillar. This was an old Caterpillar 60 that set in Helena for years, but left for a museum scene about three years ago at Missoula, Montana. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 This is a Best Tracklayer ad showing a 60 Best crawler pulling road graders. I believe it was 1925 when the Best and Holt companies merged to form Caterpillar. The 60 Best was a proven model, so became the 60 Caterpillar. This was an old Caterpillar 60 that set in Helena for years, but left for a museum scene about three years ago at Missoula, Montana. Gary Gary, I know I have posted a Cat ad or two here before but I think this is a new one. Anything that could pull 22 feet of tillage back in 1953 was an impressive tractor. This D4 is pulling two cultivators. They don't appear to be running very level from front to back although maybe they level out when in the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
664 CDN Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Gary, I know I have posted a Cat ad or two here before but I think this is a new one. Anything that could pull 22 feet of tillage back in 1953 was an impressive tractor. This D4 is pulling two cultivators. They don't appear to be running very level from front to back although maybe they level out when in the ground. Ralph that,s an odd hitch on the cultivators, offset like that you would think it would not pull straight in the ground. 70 to 80acres in a day is not much for todays combines. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardaleBob Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hi: There is nothing odd about that hitch. There is what we used to call a "CART" in front of the cultivators.The cultivators are slightly different, but when pulling straight, they make a nice job. CardaleBob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
664 CDN Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 OK I see that now just the way its turning at the end hides the fact that there is a squadron hitch on the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Binder Guy Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Ralph, This first IH ad is about their crawler tractors, but not farming. (But.... It IS an ad!) This is the 1953 TD-18A Dad and I bought about 1964, at Bourke Motor & Implement in Lewistown, Montana. I knew Gordon Borcherding at Moore(Eddies Corner), Montana who bought this TD-18A brand new. He pulled 24 feet of "duck foot" as he called it. Dad had bought this 620 John Deere 24' "tool bar" not long before we got the TD-18A. He was toying with hooking two of our WD-9's together to pull it, but he'd been using McCormick-Deering TD-40 TracTracTors since about 1934, so loved the idea of this TD-18A, and clattering grousers! It had 24" width grousers as Borcherding wanted "flotation" when he bought it new. This is a picture of it pulling out a stuck IH A-160 grain truck about 1965 or so. This is the TD-18A and the implements we pulled behind it from 1964 until I traded it on a new IH 806 in 1967. And the last two pictures are of an IH Tractor on a Montana Farm too. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bud guy Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Old Binder Guy, on 19 Jan 2015 - 8:17 PM, said: Ralph, This first IH ad is about their crawler tractors, but not farming. (But.... It IS an ad!) IH 5- TD-18s, 1- TD-14.jpg This is the 1953 TD-18A Dad and I bought about 1964, at Bourke Motor & Implement in Lewistown, Montana. I knew Gordon Borcherding at Moore(Eddies Corner), Montana who bought this TD-18A brand new. He pulled 24 feet of "duck foot" as he called it. Dad had bought this 620 John Deere 24' "tool bar" not long before we got the TD-18A. He was toying with hooking two of our WD-9's together to pull it, but he'd been using McCormick-Deering TD-40 TracTracTors since about 1934, so loved the idea of this TD-18A, and clattering grousers! It had 24" width grousers as Borcherding wanted "flotation" when he bought it new. This is a picture of it pulling out a stuck IH A-160 grain truck about 1965 or so. TD-18AA160Oops.jpg This is the TD-18A and the implements we pulled behind it from 1964 until I traded it on a new IH 806 in 1967. And the last two pictures are of an IH Tractor on a Montana Farm too. Gary TD-18A primed cab, tool bar, rod weeders, harrows_edited-1.jpg Great uncle pulled a 24ft duckfoot with a pair of doubled up WD9s. Traded the 9s in for a 1256 and pulled the same plow. You have some tough soil. 24ft is what we pulled with our TD 14A. Cousins pulled 34ft with their TD-18A. We traded crawlers one time. The needed ours to dig out a basement for a new house since ours had a blade and theirs didn't. Their 18 handled the 34ft plow then our 14 handled our 24ftplow. 18s had a much better power/weight ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Cook Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Okay Ralph. Start digging up ads again. Well, maybe you need to get some things done in the warm weather first but it will get gold again. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Binder Guy Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Ralph, I couldn't find any machinery ads other than this one (machinery?) ad for you to get going again. Hope this works for you? Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Ralph, I couldn't find any machinery ads other than this one (machinery?) ad for you to get going again. Hope this works for you? Gary Thanks for that interesting ad Gary. It is one I have never seen but reminds me of the old EAtons and Simpsons Sears catalogues we used to get in those days. Maybe I will have to scan a page or two of vintage This ad, sort of the same general idea with a pretty girl helping to sell Dr. Pepper cola is one of my favourites. I know I posted it here before the forum crashed but it seems to have gone missing. So for those that missed it, .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithFink Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Ralph, I couldn't find any machinery ads other than this one (machinery?) ad for you to get going again. Hope this works for you? Gary blow up bras of the 1960s ad.jpg Wow, Gary, I get your point. Keith- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Old ads are cool & gives a younger interested guy like me a glimpse into the messages the company's were trying to sell you as a farmer before mainstream tv & social media Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Not quite as fancy as the "foundation garment" ad Gary posted, I think this 1952 Eatons catalogue ad would be more appropriate for a Sask. winter. Its hard to get a good scan without breaking the back of the book which I don't want to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
664 CDN Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 She might need that right now in ON. -25c last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 She might need that right now in ON. -25c last night You are right Ray, and we are headed the same direction here. -17C or 0F here this morning, which is really closer to normal than we have been for the past week of warm weather. I don't like the cold weather as much as I used to but back in 1969 I would probably have been out playing in the snow with my new Arctic Cat Panther if I had one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
664 CDN Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Yea right Ralph, notice nobody wearing a helmet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Binder Guy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Ralph, I was going to say, I can't remember what I had for breakfast, then it came back to me, I haven't eaten yet. Who screws up your ads more than me? I can't remember if I ever posted this one or not? If not, fine. If it have, it's an encore ad! Rumely Oilpull plowing with a steering guide too. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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