Classic still working.

Somebody needs to fix that beautiful machine up. Sad...

It's not a prom date or a show piece, it works for a living.

Be useful in your olt' age. You willl ive longer.


Go to state and county fairs,,,,look at all the old tractors. Allis Chambers, Farmall, Oliver, Case, all gussied up like factory new.,,,,I asked a guy once why I hardly ever see an old 9N Ford like mine. He answered, "Because, like yours, most of them are still working for a living.


It helps to be useful, even if you are olt'.

kind of like a lot of our snow cats on the forum some are pretty most like mine still work hard enough to earn their keep.

Here is a real nice one restored and still being used.

muleman said:

Here is a real nice one restored and still being used.

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Tha farm is a few miles from my son's house. Been there. That truck is well done. It is a show piece for the farm Store.

http://hastingsfamilyfarm.com/AboutUs.html

weather we are takling about dozers, snow cats class 8 trucks ,pickups ,or gofast cars this new crap will never last aslong as those old well built americain pieces of iron will.

Electronics will be the death of many machines. We used to mechanically wear out a piece of equiptment. My bet is that many things will not reach this point, as it will be impossible to find the electronics that would make it work. Discontinued electrical/computer gear will be the end of useful life for many machines, I fear. They won't be available 20-30 years out....

It's like those componets are more important than the actual machine is... They allow it to be used, in a better fashion. But they don't do the actual work of the machine.

I miss the old days...

Regards, Kirk

For sure there are more headaches with all the technology these days. Old machines and vehicles were simple and easy to work on. Can't find stuff that is not complex anymore. I will say the electronic ignition modules for Briggs&Strattons are great improvement over points and condensers.

To be honest about it,they were easy to work on, yes. But then that was a good thing.
They needed to be worked on a a lot.

FrancSevin said:

To be honest about it,they were easy to work on, yes. But then that was a good thing.
They needed to be worked on a a lot.

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Thankfully for the most part you are right about that franc...

That said, there are many examples where the mechanicals are a sound design, but the issues are with the electronics. Any thing British with "Lucus" on it is suspect for example. Or the 6.0 liter diesel Ford used in PU trucks. Great engine with garbage electronics with high failure rates. Don't ask me how I know..Or farm equiptement that may still be used in 30 years, is the then, "old technology" going to be supported, and for how long? My experiance is that those tech pieces are the first to become no longer supported by the Manufacturer. They vended them out, and the vender no longer makes or supports those componets.

Some times the aftermarket comes to the rescue with the needed parts. Some of us here know this from our experiances with old snow cats. Hopefully that will be the case, if I need something, some day.

BTW, I aways walk through the old tractors. Unfortunately some times it makes me realise my own age....

Regards, Kirk