do you use 'old' equipment to do your work ?

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » June 5, 2011, 9:03 am

This is a new Case IH combine
500 HP turbo diesel . 350 Bushel bin capacity . 350,000 $

and this what i will be running in about a week & a half....

International 715 (built around 1975)
105 HP Gas . 90 Bushel bin capacity . i paid 2500 $ for my last one (we run 3 of them)

its like driving a 223 powered Slick compared to a new powerstroke truck....
your both going to get to your designation..... just not quite as fast

jamesdfo · Post by **jamesdfo** » June 5, 2011, 9:40 am

Holy g-zuz, you are getting ready to harvest already?? (or is this jusy hay?)....on my trip to southern Alberta yesterday, in the ares where there were crops (a good part of the trip was through areas where the land is really only suitable for grazing, so saw lots of calfs:), the crops were just barely sprouting, as I don't think they seeded more than a few weeks ago.....

James

sgettin · Post by **sgettin** » June 5, 2011, 9:48 am

kind of old but not real old. i'm in iowa, been a wet year so far.

Brian Taylor · Post by **Brian Taylor** » June 5, 2011, 11:12 am

I use old equipment daily, 1961 model...............Me!

Not fast, not pretty and not worth much but I get the job done.....

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » June 5, 2011, 11:34 am

Brian Taylor wrote:I use old equipment daily, 1961 model...............Me!

Not fast, not pretty and not worth much but I get the job done.....

my 50+ year old arms still operate the splitting maul pretty well, not quite at the speed they used to but still get the job done.

Max · Post by **Max** » June 5, 2011, 11:36 am

I love seeing the old equipment still being used. Sometimes you'll see in-town delivery trucks that are 30+ years old driving around.

62galxe · Post by **62galxe** » June 5, 2011, 12:49 pm

we still have what i call triphammers at work. they are used as punches. the only other ones ive seen were at the henry ford museum. ill get some piks later.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » June 5, 2011, 2:18 pm

my white/gmc tractor at work is a 1991 model with 1.4 million miles on it. in the trucking industry it is considered pretty old.

ebentraywick · Post by **ebentraywick** » June 5, 2011, 10:01 pm

this is what my cat bulldozer looks like it on the ranch i lived on till i was 14 still go up there but i cant afford to move it everyware i go. i paid 100 dollars for it with a blown head gasket 8 hours later had one chug a lug. and i mean chug. top speed 2 mph! haha still use it like once a year

oldtrucks · Post by **oldtrucks** » June 5, 2011, 11:23 pm

I too use old equipment. Being 68 years young me and my equipment suit each other. Like many of us If I can't afford to buy it I build it. If I build it I don't have to "modify" something to make it work.

johnzmu · Post by **johnzmu** » June 7, 2011, 8:57 am

I'm going to have lots of fun with this thread!!!!!!! I use an 815IH (just retired the 715). Used the 820 john deere to finish seeding last night. Got a 1938 case stationary engine with period correct belt driven welder. Use a 1961 ford F600 with box and hoist to haul seed to the drills. Dad uses a fleet of Farmalls (2 w4's, a C, A superA)to tend to his market garden. As well as all kinds of other neat old stuff. For now, this is the only picture I have. Like I said FOR NOW.