Posted by John in Mich on November 14, 2019 at 15:44:14 from (98.224.238.10):
In Reply to: Brand loyalty posted by JohnV2000 on November 14, 2019 at 03:23:19:
In 1950 we moved to a small farm that came equipped with an old Oliver Hart-Parr 70, 2 bottom trailer plow, pull behind 8' disc, 4 section springtooth drag and a 3 section spike tooth drag, a corn binder and a corn shredder. Dad was working on security for Kaiser-Frazer at the former Ford bomber plant at Willow Run, 5 miles away. He used the Oliver until 1953 when he bought the '51 8N. I was 10, an only son (I have 3 sisters) and quickly learned to cultivate and later plow and fit ground. At the same time, Kaiser-Frazer closed the Willow Run plant and dad was layed off, first going to the Ford tank plant and then back to the Ford plant he had worked at 1942 to 1945. We started renting some land and dad purchased a Woods Bros. 1 row corn picker and then a Woods Bros. Dearborn 6' cut combine with it's won engine. The 8N was willing but pulling it's guts out. After having the engine rebuilt, dad bought a Farmall H. It did our heavier pulling. I left home in 1963. Dad tried to do the work alone but working in a factory by a day and trying to farm nights and week-ends was too much. In 1968 he died at age 53 after a second heart attack. My mother sold the H and all of the equipment. She kept the Ford for me and it's 3 point attachments. My memories of the H prompted me to find and buy one about 25 years ago. I really had no use for it and all of the Fords that I had accumulated left the H outside. I sold it. I have been slowly downsizing my Ford collection and but will keep the '51 8n until I cannot climb on anymore. It will then go to my oldest son to reside with his NAA Jubilee. My younger son will get the '47 2N that he helped me restore. The only 3 point attachments that I still have are a PHD, 3 point light duty forks, and a 6' back blade.
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