Quote Originally Posted by 704gary View Post
Tell your grangkids the orange ones (Allis Chalmers) are tractors.
The green ones are toys.
NO NO NO TELL YOUR GRAND KIDS THE ORANGE ONES ARE TOYS THE GREEN ONES ARE NASTY JUST LIKE COW PIES AND THE RED ONES ARE THE ONLY REAL TRACTORS! GO IH! IF IT ISN'T RED I AINT DRIVING IT!

MY GRAND DAD STARTED ME OUT ON A 1947 H FARMALL THAT HE PURCHASED NEW. I WAS 4 YEARS OLD WHEN I DROVE MY FIRST TRACTOR. MY FOLKS HAVE HAD A LOT OF TRACTORS OVER THE YEARS, JOHN DEERE, FORD, AND IH. THE WORSE TRACTOR WE EVER HAD WAS A FORD 4000 SERIES. WE HAVE HAD 2 JOHN DEERE TRACTORS AND NOW WE HAVE 2 IH TRACTORS. NOTHING LIKE TAKING A KID OUT IN A HAY FIELD WITH A TRACTOR AND TEACHING THEM HOW TO OPERATE ONE. I STILL GET JUST AS BIG OF A KICK OUT OF DRIVING A TRACTOR TODAY AT AGE 49 AS I DID 45 YEARS AGO SITTING ON GRANDPA'S LAB DRIVING MY FIRST TRACTOR. EVEN IF IT IS 105 AND I AM IN A HAY FIELD!