Friday, April 4, 2014
Farm Cleanup Day
We had our annual farm cleanup today. I fired up the 1937 John Deere A to help us do some heavy lifting. Someone gave the tractor to my Dad in the late 60's. We helped overhall the engine a few years later and painted it. Dad figured out how to add power steering. The pedestal in front was broken so he welded it and braced it. The loader was made in the 40's by a local blacksmith. The tractor starts by turning the flywheel.
My Dad had a neighbor who had a John Deere A. Dad said one day he will get his fingers caught in the flywheel! The old "put-put-put" always drove Dad crazy. Dad was a Farmall man!
ReplyDeleteGrandpa's first tractor was a Fordson. He replaced it with a John Deere AR and our family has been mostly Green ever since.
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