'' OLD FARMING'' picture thread, photo's of day's gone bye.

[Chicken]

ive spun the idea,. of making a pic. thread of old, and new farming related pic's.

JITTERBUG thought it was a good idea. ive seen many things i wish i'd have had my camera. but im carrying it daily at work now,

feel free, to post any pic's you may think us members will find intresting, be it OLD OR NEW.

> a old FARMALL i came acroos today

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and o ld seeder, that had a roof collapse on it,

 

[jekylnz]

There's a few old boys that restore the old tractors over here..and old steam powered equipment. .ill get some pics next time I see some..there's nothing like that old school built to last shit aye

 

[BigBonner]

Chicken

That 140 is the same tractor I use for cultivating my tobacco with . They are good for large gardens to .Some people put belly mowers on them and use them to mow large yards .

 

[Fisherman]

There's a few old boys that restore the old tractors over here..and old steam powered equipment. .ill get some pics next time I see some..there's nothing like that old school built to last shit aye

I want a steam engine bad!

When everyone else is outa gas. I would still be making electricity and doing stuff. They still make some and even a 13 hp with manual transmission for a boat. A smart fella with a steam engine and a box of gears and pulleys would rule.

 

[jekylnz]

I want a steam engine bad!

When everyone else is outa gas. I would still be making electricity and doing stuff. They still make some and even a 13 hp with manual transmission for a boat. A smart fella with a steam engine and a box of gears and pulleys would rule.

For sure..they try to make things better with technology but make things more complicated..especially when the power goes off..

 

[SmokesAhoy]

That's all a nuke is, crazy awesome steam engine. Yeah I've been looking for a tractor lately, only ones affordable are the old ones, but they made stuff to last back in the day. My chainsaw is as old as me and I wouldn't change it for a new one with emissions crap for anything

 

[jekylnz]

I used to have one of these toy steam engines..called the flying scottsman.. I never got round to doing a track set up so I swapped it for tattoo machinesit was soo cool though. They're not cheap (about $700usd $1000nzd)

 

[Seanz]

Some old photos of new zealands heyday in tobacco growing. Courtesy of The motueka museum

 

[Seanz]

Tobacco grow trials motueka South island NZ Started in 1938
These look more from the sixties judging by film quality

 

[Boboro]

Cool pics.

 

[Chicken]

i like the old stick drying barns,,,,oooohhhh i see so many of them, some newer, most OLDER, im gonna get some pic's of FLORIDA, stick barns '' GONE ''. but still standing, just not being used,

 

[Boboro]

Some of my family grew tobacco in Fla. in the 50s.

 

[Chicken]

Some of my family grew tobacco in Fla. in the 50s.

fla. is littered with proof, of bacca growing days long gone,

would ya'll like to see a peaunut field,,, a watermelon field,, a corn field, a tomatoe farm????

i go to some major places, for massive farming,,, i can get pic's [ if i figure how to get my camera working, i wiped my comp. clean and it wont upload the pic's,????]

 

[Boboro]

They still farm in mid western Fla. Just not tobacco.

 

[workhorse_01]

My dad has a super "A" he uses for mom's garden from the late 40's, and he has a "A" that's early 40's with the exhaust lift on the side. Mine is a 1957 JD 420 W two row with a 1958 planter.

ive spun the idea,. of making a pic. thread of old, and new farming related pic's.

JITTERBUG thought it was a good idea. ive seen many things i wish i'd have had my camera. but im carrying it daily at work now,

feel free, to post any pic's you may think us members will find intresting, be it OLD OR NEW.

> a old FARMALL i came acroos today

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and o ld seeder, that had a roof collapse on it,

 

[Chicken]

i finally was at this place, [ my mechanics shop ] and had my camera,

this tractor he restored is unrea,. and he has a parts tractoor,

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you know its old when it has a hand crank above the front tires, to start it with,,,

 

[johnlee1933]

Yep, An old "thumb buster" for sure.

 

[Chicken]

he says his grandpa at one time rode the one thats restored, thats why he did it,

he's a damn good mechanic, be it diesel, or anything else, about his mid 30's, got his own shop.

life is good for him,

 

[Jack in NB]

Looks like my first tractor. Farmall Regular, circa 1928. Mine was upgraded - it had an electric starter fitted.

Dual fuel if desired - start on gas, warm up, turn kerosene on and the gas off, and go to work. The small round gas tank - about 2 quarts - is shown in picture 3158 tacked onto the back side of the main fuel tank.

The hand clutch was most interesting. It engaged by pushing forward on the lever. Mine was a snappy clutch. Push lever forward, tractor jumped forward, you bounced back, disengaging clutch, tractor stops, you flip forward, engaging clutch....

Just leggo, you stupid twit!!!

Another interesting feature (not yet hooked up on his) - automatic braking for end-of-row reversal. The casting looking a bit like the business end of fencing pliers, shown on the third color picture, sticking forward from the main front spindle above the tractor frame, moves left or right as the front wheels are turned.

It had cables from it to the rear brakes, and when properly adjusted locked the appropriate rear wheel when the steering was cranked hard over. Gave you a 180 turn so you headed back up the field with your right or left wheel in the same track you came down.

I got mine in the early '60's from an ex Marine carrier Corsair pilot then growing spuds near Houlton Me. $60, I think.

Wish I still had the old critter!

 

[Chicken]

i noticed those pulleys and cables . your talking about, i had no idea what they did,