Vintage Ads

[Big Bud guy]

4 hours ago, redneckchevy9 said:

do you have any idea what year steel was still offered as a FACTORY option for tractors?

JD offered them right up to the end of the 2 cylinders.  Beyond that I’m not sure.  

[redneckchevy9]

13 minutes ago, Big Bud guy said:

JD offered them right up to the end of the 2 cylinders.  Beyond that I’m not sure.  

BBG, what year would that be, I'm not well versed in yellow wheels.

[Big Bud guy]

17 minutes ago, redneckchevy9 said:

BBG, what year would that be, I'm not well versed in yellow wheels.

1960

[lightninboy]

You could get steel wheels on a 560? New Idea offered horse spreaders in 1975.

[R190]

19 hours ago, Big Bud guy said:

JD offered them right up to the end of the 2 cylinders.  Beyond that I’m not sure.  

they were still a catalogue option on the 706 thru 1206 in 1966 according to my PL  ag dealer price list which is the book we ordered  Our equipment from IH for that year unfortunately I only have three we saved one from the 350 era , onefrom the 706 era , and one from the 5088 era .

[U-C]

The WW2 years were the last years Swiss Tractor makers offered steel wheels on there tractors but mostly for there export models but some were sold inland too. Here is a pic of a Huerlimann tractor with a wood gasifier.

 

[Loadstar]

I know Cockshutt offered a steel wheel option up into the mid fifties on their 30-40-and 50 tractors. I don't have an ad scanned though. 

These John Deere snowmobiles were popular here in the early seventies. Guys in NW Sask. could use one today to inspect their crops after the latest unwelcome snow storm. Way too early to be talking snowmobiles though. 

 

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Fendt ad for there Dieselross tractor line

 

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Bührer tractor from 1930 properbly the model C

[Loadstar]

3 hours ago, U-C said:

Fendt ad for there Dieselross tractor line

 

 

That Fendt kind of reminds me of the Custom or Intercontinental tractor ads I posted here. 

This is another rare one that probably never sold very many. A 1949 Chief. All of 3 horsepower. It resembles a motor driven plow. 

 

[Loadstar]

When I was a kid growing up seemed like GWG was the big name in farm and ranch work wear. Everything from overalls, smocks, blue jeans and shirts. You could also get the cheap stuff made in China but GWG was regarded as quality work wear. This ad from 1953 is typical of the time. 

 

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Lang tractor ad from 1939 or in the 40s

 

 

[Loadstar]

A while back the subject of steel wheels on tractors came up. I have this Cockshutt catalogue from about 1950 showing some of the options available. Steel wheels was one of them. 

I know the later parts books for the 40 show the steel wheels too. 

 

[IHhogfarmer]

Well by today’s standards the IH model S-120 4x4 pickup wouldn’t be considered a full size body and a full-size cab pickup but I’ll bet it was high tech back in 1956 

Here’s a Staley Feeds ad that’s says using the “Pig Mama” feed will increase the efficiency of getting more pigs out of 4 litters than 5 

[Loadstar]

9 minutes ago, IHhogfarmer said:

Well by today’s standards the IH model S-120 4x4 pickup wouldn’t be considered a full size body and a full-size cab pickup but I’ll bet it was high tech back in 1956 

 

I'd have to disagree with you. That S 120 IH box is likely a full 8 foot or possibly 9 feet long. Back then they built trucks for work, not just for show. Every time I look at today's pickups with the silly little 6 foot box that you can't even reach into over the side without a step ladder, I ask myself, "who are they building these trucks for"?

For quite a few years , at least as far back as my B110, IH offered the "bonus load" box that was eight and a half feet long. You could throw a load of 8 foot plywood in there and close the tail gate with no problem. 

 

[IHhogfarmer]

6 minutes ago, Loadstar said:

I'd have to disagree with you. That S 120 IH box is likely a full 8 foot or possibly 9 feet long. Back then they built trucks for work, not just for show. Every time I look at today's pickups with the silly little 6 foot box that you can't even reach into over the side without a step ladder, I ask myself, "who are they building these trucks for"?

I see what you mean I’ve got an 8 foot bed in my ‘92 GMC and it is nice to have a longer bed. I’ve also thought the same thing about today’s pickup beds they look useless... no room for anything that you would want to haul with a pickup

[mader656]

54 minutes ago, IHhogfarmer said:

I see what you mean I’ve got an 8 foot bed in my ‘92 GMC and it is nice to have a longer bed. I’ve also thought the same thing about today’s pickup beds they look useless... no room for anything that you would want to haul with a pickup

I'll never go back to a bed after having a flatbed yes it was a but heavy

[sandhiller]

1 hour ago, Loadstar said:

I'd have to disagree with you. That S 120 IH box is likely a full 8 foot or possibly 9 feet long. Back then they built trucks for work, not just for show. Every time I look at today's pickups with the silly little 6 foot box that you can't even reach into over the side without a step ladder, I ask myself, "who are they building these trucks for"?

My guess is the 6' box is to shorten the wheelbase for maneuverablility in the city. The height, I dunno.  Finding a pickup with an 8' box is getting harder and harder. I usually put a flatbed on so I can use the area behind the cab. The only pickup I own with a 6' box is a dedicated cake pickup, bought for $500. it gets around in the hills well but don't need to haul stuff in the box other than salt and mineral.

[IHhogfarmer]

14 hours ago, mader656 said:

I'll never go back to a bed after having a flatbed yes it was a but heavy



A guy that we get cattle feed from said the same thing. He said it is so much easier to haul things. He could carry 2 feed totes this past time he brought the feed to us it was just a 1200 lbs tote.

When I was a little I wanted a pickup with a flatbed I thought a Chevy that was either red or white but it didn’t happen the way I wanted it but maybe someday....

[iowaboy1965]

I dont even consider most of todays trucks to be trucks, they are really suburbans or expeditions with 3 to 6 ft of the roof cut off. Probably be better off to buy a burban or expedition.

[Loadstar]

15 hours ago, sandhiller said:

My guess is the 6' box is to shorten the wheelbase for maneuverablility in the city. The height, I dunno.  Finding a pickup with an 8' box is getting harder and harder. I usually put a flatbed on so I can use the area behind the cab. The only pickup I own with a 6' box is a dedicated cake pickup, bought for $500. it gets around in the hills well but don't need to haul stuff in the box other than salt and mineral.

So many of the new pickups are used as cars or people movers. So an extended cab helps with that but add on an 8 foot box and parking becomes a problem in some areas. 

Of course our fascination with big wheels and sitting up high led  to 20 inch wheels  on pickups as well.  They should supply running boards so we can reach over the side of the box to get anything out of it. 

Back at the time of this ad (1954) I think that GMC pickup  would have had 17 inch wheels. Believe it or not, a lot of grain was hauled to market in trucks like these. 90 bushels per trip on high pressure, single tires. 

The big news for 54 was the optional  hydra matic transmission in pickups and up to one tons. 

 

[ray54]

7 hours ago, Loadstar said:

So many of the new pickups are used as cars or people movers. So an extended cab helps with that but add on an 8 foot box and parking becomes a problem in some areas. 

Of course our fascination with big wheels and sitting up high led  to 20 inch wheels  on pickups as well.  They should supply running boards so we can reach over the side of the box to get anything out of it. 

Back at the time of this ad (1954) I think that GMC pickup  would have had 17 inch wheels. Believe it or not, a lot of grain was hauled to market in trucks like these. 90 bushels per trip on high pressure, single tires. 

The big news for 54 was the optional  hydra matic transmission in pickups and up to one tons. 

 

My dad bought a 1/2 ton Chevy hydra-matic  at the end of the model year as  it had been the dealer demo truck. They gave a real good deal as everyone was afraid of the new technology. He had real good service out of it.  Even pull a good sized trailer with it a lot.