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YeLLoIrOn
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'35 F-20 in her workin clothes, with a kit posthole digger. The old man we got this digger from bought some plans out of a catalog in the 40's and built it using an old ford car rearend. Works awesome with a little help from a cheater pipe since theres no down weight.
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Thu, Feb 4, 2010 9:30 AM
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Now that is Cool...

Another great looking tractor on steel wheels.

That is quite the apparatus but seems well thought out and designed for it's day.
How far back does the post hole digger ride? Seems like a long arm from the pictures.

Thanks for sharing that! Always enjoyable seeing our other projects!

Pat
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Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:41 PM
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Now that is Cool...

Another great looking tractor on steel wheels.

That is quite the apparatus but seems well thought out and designed for it's day.
How far back does the post hole digger ride? Seems like a long arm from the pictures.

Thanks for sharing that! Always enjoyable seeing our other projects!

Pat
There were a lot of those home made post hole diggers around when I was a kid...mid 50's. Most, I think, were made from '40 Ford rearends.
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Thu, Feb 4, 2010 9:35 PM
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Reply to Old 3T lover:
There were a lot of those home made post hole diggers around when I was a kid...mid 50's. Most, I think, were made from '40 Ford rearends.
Still see one of those around every once in awhile. Ford used that style rear end from 1935 to 1948 but others will work also.
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Thu, Feb 4, 2010 11:09 PM
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Reply to Old Magnet:
Still see one of those around every once in awhile. Ford used that style rear end from 1935 to 1948 but others will work also.
Even earlier, starting in 1928 the Ford Model A's used that style of rearend.
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Fri, Feb 5, 2010 1:56 AM
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Even earlier, starting in 1928 the Ford Model A's used that style of rearend.
Yes, but lighter construction.
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Fri, Feb 5, 2010 2:35 AM
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Yes, but lighter construction.
Sure is nice to see a old gal in overalls. Nice tractor and equipment, I hope that you don't restore that one. Some are better left as found.
Ron
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Fri, Feb 5, 2010 6:09 AM
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Sure is nice to see a old gal in overalls. Nice tractor and equipment, I hope that you don't restore that one. Some are better left as found.
Ron
[quote="hiwide15"]Sure is nice to see a old gal in overalls. Nice tractor and equipment, I hope that you don't restore that one. Some are better left as found.
Ron[/quote]

Restore It-NEVER!😄 Its too much fun the way it is. We sewed wheat with it several years back. People that drove by would rubber neck so bad, some even turned around to stop and watch. In the late evening everytime you hit a terrace the manifold and elbow would glow cherry red and throw a 6 inch flame out😮
My dad bought it in 1993 at a farm auction for $600. Took it home cleaned the carb out, put a set of plugs and wires on it and she's ran ever since. Starts the first pull usually. Its the first tractor i ever hand cranked by myself (5th grade). I would go crank it up and take it for a spin, but those lugs left too much evidence for my dad to find and i always got chewed out. Later in life i realized it was because how dangerous those F series tractors are with the automatic turning brakes.
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