1953 Farmall Super A

[TFucili]

The dairy farmers on this side of the country aren't like that, they will buy a decent piece of equipment, leave it outside to the weather, never service it and then Bit*h when it breaks down in the middle of haying season.
Many of the Potato farmers up North however live more like you mention....and complain that they are broke. A cycle that repeats itself every year.

With rare exceptions, that's what farmers were like back in Warren County. Something breaks, tow it out of the way and let the weeds grow through it until you're in a bind and have to bubble gum and bailing wire it together to use it. I knew one that actually ended up losing his life because he was too tight to properly fix the brakes on a grain truck and ended up turning it over and ended up pinned under it.

 

[jhenderson]

The first clue you should have picked up on was a dairy farmer buying hay. Commercial dairy farming has changed to Go Big Or Go Home.The farmers around here are trying to make a living on ground that won't support the herd they have. Poor, bony soil. It's tough to make money on milk when you buy hay and silage as well as grain. It's a poor business choice but it's always family farms, and generations of farmers don't admit defeat.The tongue in cheek farmer joke around here is " I'm loosing $1.50 a pound on my milk, I need more cows." Although it's really not funny. Take a ride around southern New England or upstate NY and look at all the 2-3 story barns falling down. The sad part is at one time the farm made enough money to build those barns, now they can't keep a roof on them.

 

[moparguy]

mwilson said "moparguy, have you found anymore out regarding the attachments for the Super A??? I've wandered around willy nilly in your thread and now feel I should help....."

Yes sir I have, ordered a reprint of a Farmall attachment manual yesterday. Also planted 3 rows of corn, 1 of okra and set out a dozen tomato plants in part of our small garden behind the house. Little tractor worked great. I used two disk blades in the middle to hip up rows, they actually turned out pretty nice. Haven't made much progress on the planter so used a hoe handle to open a seed trench. I'll likely plant a few rows of peas before the weekend is out as it drys up a bit more.

Good news is this weekend we have a local Antique Machinery and Equipment show, lots of old hit-n-miss engines and farm tractors. I'm gonna drive the 51 Chevy truck up (may park it in the car show) and visit. Hopefully come away with some good first hand "Old Timer" advise.