1953 Farmall Super A

[moparguy]

My story to the wife; "it actually called out my name when I walked by". She wasn't so sure, but it did follow me home from a local auction last Saturday. For $900 including about 20 pieces of necessary plows and attachments I thought it was a steal.

Everything seems to work as it should. Spent a lot of time figuring out some of the basics on setting up plows for gardening. However I haven't been on a garden tractor in 50 years plus, so if anyone wants to share or advise I'm all ears.

I did get a planter with pea plates that's missing the lid. Hope to get that sorted out in time to plant later this week.

 

[RVTRKN]

It all works, so your ahead of the game, but are you going to restore it. That might involve some deep pockets. I'm not familiar with tractors being a city dweller. Give more info please.

 

[mwilson]

You did well, Grasshopper..... Nice old piece right there.

 

[BSeyler]

A wealth of information here:

http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/

Old iron has a way of following some people home. They sense a weakness...

 

[RVTRKN]

Looking at it closer, I see a distributor so it's a gasser?

 

[moparguy]

Looking at it closer, I see a distributor so it's a gasser?

Yep, 4 cyl gasoline. 16 hp Baby with hydraulics, that's basically why it's a Super A. Plan is to use it as intended, gardening. I'll plant a small garden at the house this week (if it drys up enough). Then diskup a larger pea patch with the 253 Massey at the cabin located about 3 miles away. Thinking about planting 10, maybe 20 pounds of purple hull peas. At picking time invite everyone we know over for free peas. Catch is they gotta pick-em.

BSelyer, "Old iron has a way of following some people home. They sense a weakness..." That does explain a lot



Pic of the attachments.

 

[jhenderson]

I know you're supposed to plant your peas early but aren't you pushing it just a little?

 

[moparguy]

No, it's time here....south central Arkansas. Last average frost date is (I believe) March 27.....well,rushing it a tiny bit, just need a little good luck. You can see the grass greening up in the image below. Also another piece of old iron, 1951 3/4 ton daily driver.

 

[Bill Lins]

Folks down here planted a month or so ago- corn's already a foot tall.

 

[fest3er]

Folks down here planted a month or so ago- corn's already a foot tall.

Only a foot tall? :--)

 

[jhenderson]

The phrase up here for corn is " knee high by the 4th of July". Soil temps are slow to rise in New England. It could have something to do with the fact it's snowing right now with a forecast of up to 6 inches today, 20f tonight and low teens tomorrow night.

 

[mwilson]

No snow for us but only 12 degrees when I fired Hoopty up this morning.

Ice is still not completely out in spite of a weeks worth of rain and temps in the high 40's last week. The only thing growing here are the wife's plastic plants out by the driveway...

 

[moparguy]

You guys are making me happy to be in the South after spending 4 years in far NW North Dakota, last project started 6 miles south of the border and we finished up just before Christmas. It was -15 and blowing snow at 1 pm (in the heat of the day) when I decided it was time to retire.

 

[CBari]

Moparguy where are you at in LA?

 

[moparguy]

At the end of a dead end road with a gate near Grapevine, Ar. It's definitely in the country.

 

[Bill Lins]

Beautiful place you have there, Mike!

 

[Bill Lins]

The phrase up here for corn is " knee high by the 4th of July".

I remember that phrase from when I was a kid in Michigan & Ohio.

 

[GW208]

Nice tractor, sounds like you will be able to put it to good use.

 

[Deleted member 995608]

Keep the pics coming. An old buddy of mine and myself semi-restored a few tractors years ago for county fair contests. We completed a Caterpillar model *thirty* and a John Deere model *D* orchard version. A lot of fun and a lot of money. I started collecting toy tractors instead. A little cheaper......sort of. Here's a sample of my collection. Jul hates my toy tractor fetish.

 

[Bill Stockard]

Keep the pics coming. An old buddy of mine and myself semi-restored a few tractors years ago for county fair contests. We completed a Caterpillar model *thirty* and a John Deere model *D* orchard version. A lot of fun and a lot of money. I started collecting toy tractors instead. A little cheaper......sort of. Here's a sample of my collection. Jul hates my toy tractor fetish.

I see a John Deere model L (yellow color industrial version) in your line up with a sickle bar mower. It's very similar to the tractor I learned to drive; however, ours didn't have an electric starter or lights as your toy tractor. It was the standard John Deere green and yellow color, hand crank start with a magneto, and a manual hand lift on the sickle bar mower. No 6-volt battery, generator, or lights. Did you know that the center mounted sickle bar had a spring loaded breakaway that allowed the right rear wheel to run over the mower head if sickle bar struck an immovable object?

Bill