Ford 2000- Dearborn Plows- Food Plot- Outdoors

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

A nice morning activity to go with my Sippin and Tippin to The 44 Western direction! That old Ford sounds nice purrrrrring away. To me it’s a pleasant sound that take me back to my Grandparents farm and that smell of the tractor shed with the oil and Vedall grease gun, wrenches, shovels, rakes, plows and everything else you can think of. I always Love to see that clean polished steel of a well used plow blade. It sits there for months and gets a coating of rust and ends up with a fine polish, almost like a mirror. Often you’d see a bunch of sea gulls picking over the freshly worked fields, being close to the Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay. And now I’m thinking of all those delicious blue fin crabs 🦀 from the bay, which is about 40 minuets from us to the northern point. The later in the season the better the crabs as they become more well fed after the cold weather. So memory lane visitation again but it’s a gift to have good memories with those we Love who have passed on and made us part of who we are. And all those Fine Cups of JO shared and the farm house kitchen that always had it ready. My Grandmother used 8 o’clock coffee, A&P brand at the time, which I use to this day. Now ain’t that something? All these great experiences all because of a Ford Tractor with Tractorman 44 and Son-in-law! NICE! Kind Thanks and a Fine Day from this Holler to your Holler! DaveyJO

[@tractorman4461]

Hot doggies DaveyJO, I'm glad the fancy electronic ignition sparked not only the pretty blue Ford to life but also your fond memories of grannies kitchen and coffee all the way across the great state of Pennsylvania !! It IS funny though how our mind works and the silliest things that flip it backwards about 50 years. Like passing a pig farm...the smell instantly takes me back to the hog pen behind the barn where we fattened them with skim milk. Remembering the way the bigger ones would stick their snoots under the back end of the smaller ones at the trough and literally force 'em up and out of the way !! All the squeeling and goings on and having to either duck the nasty wet stinky wads of pig poop or just swipe 'em off your arms, chest and occasionally your face !! Yep all that from just a whiff of an odor at 60 miles per hour !! Sooooo with that thought, enjoy your day and know you at this exact instant are being honored by myself and the Missus with our second pot of nasty-black and piping hot JO !! ( Yes, I said pot-o-JO, not cuppa-JO) LOL

[@mikeheilman2560]

Just another day in the very busy life of Wendell. Good looking day and great video Wendell. Enjoy the rest of your week and stay safe.

[@tractorman4461]

Good Evening my friend....we do seem to have no issue finding out what to do for the day.... LOL Take care and tell Rose I told you to behave and do what she says..... LOL

[@mikeheilman2560]

@@tractorman4461 if something goes wrong, I just tell her that you said it was okay. Take care Wendell.

[@tractorman4461]

@@mikeheilman2560 Hahahaha…. Now I know I don’t have THAT much pull, but if it helps you get away with something it’s ok with me !! LOL. And I’ll DENY everything !! LOL

[@gusswenson7811]

Good evening Wendell. Did a great job on it.. Truth I have never use a plow. Always used drag harrows just like the ones you showed .. When I build my house I cleared about 3 acres behind my house and after I stumped it I used my 1966 International Farmall 544 and pulled my uncle’s drag harrow . It worked great.. Seeded it all and put a few apple trees way in the back for the deer.. That was 41 years ago.. The tractor is what I want to email you about.. I still have it..😁 Oh and minus one apple tree that a bear pulled over.. hahahaha Sorry rambling on here… hahaha Thanks for sharing my friend. Stay safe and always be kind. Cheers.

[@tractorman4461]

Did you find the email address in your last comment string Gus ? If I can help answer a question I sure will, but a 544 is kind of a new International from what I am used to. LOL. Bear...!!?? I'm outta here !! We don't have them around here and I'm glad of that. Have a great evening and I hope you stay where you are for another 41 years !!

[@gusswenson7811]

@@tractorman4461 Wendell I did get your email.. I just have been a little busy… hahahah being retired is a lot of work.. hahahahahahah We have all kinds of backyard pets here… Even Moose..

[@tractorman4461]

@@gusswenson7811 No problem Gus, I understand the 'busy' part. We are lucky to see a few deer in the yard and hear coyotes and turkeys in the near distance. No moose, but we DO have mice. (-;

[@richardjacques6370]

Good father son time

[@tractorman4461]

Heck yeah Richard !! It WAS a good time for sure. Next year we will have the 6' Ford 3 pt disc too.

[@deanbarr5740]

All in all a good day tm44. The finished garden/food plot looked perfect. Ready for seed. For no ballast, or weights the Ford did a good job.

[@tractorman4461]

Heck yeah Dean. All's well that ends well !! I figured it'd work pretty well, but I knew we HAD to get new tires before we dropped the plows in the ground though !!

[@markfiorella7447]

tractor sounds great the field looks perfect

[@tractorman4461]

Like I said Mark, the goal was to turn the green side down. He sure turned up a lot of the dead roots left over from digging the stumps last year.

[@OldSneelock]

Thinking about you today. Coming home from Plainwell I stopped and looked at a Dearborn Buzz Saw for the 3 point on a 8N or it's little brothers. It was pretty rusty and needed some work. I don't have room or need for one since I burn maybe a 1/4 cord of wood a year. It would be fun to fix it up. Oh well I left one in the old barn just because I had no place to put it and still don't. 😁😎 That is a greasy field to be plowing. The wet dirt sticks to the mold board and doesn't want to curl at all. I have only plowed a few laps at plow day and a couple gardens. Took a lot of work to figure out how the plow is set.

[@tractorman4461]

Well, that would've been a cool item to bring home for any reason. LOL But I understand not really 'needing' it. But then again I don't 'need' more than one or two tractors....OK...not more than ten, but what the heck !! LOL It IS a bit sad though to know you had to leave the one behind. It WAS a little wet for sure, but plowing is fun for those of us that have fond memories of youthful hours following a furrow. But for actual farmers that have hundreds of acres to turn under I am sure the 'fun factor' has been replaced with a degree of boredom.

[@OldSneelock]

@@tractorman4461 My friend Danny fell asleep cultivating and went half the length of the cornfield peeling stalks out of the ground. 😖

[@tractorman4461]

@@OldSneelock hahahahaha....if I did that back in the day, I probably wouldn't have been able to sit down for at least week !! LOL Funny story.

[@OldSneelock]

@@tractorman4461 It was Danny's corn.😱☹️

[@andrewnaeger7029]

Just another day getting it done, I like the way your break down and explain everything!

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Andrew, I try to not steer anyone in the wrong direction but I am sure that happens occasionally. I learned a lot about this set of plows adjustment procedure from another viewers comments. That's one of the cools things about KZbin.

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

Even though it's wet, the moldboards still scoured pretty good.

[@tractorman4461]

Yes, they sure did pretty well considering they were a bit rusty when we started. I meant to hit 'em with the wire wheel first but....well, you know. LOL Thanks Matt for the visit.

[@chriskourlos4407]

👍

[@tomfillmore9710]

The ground turned out well looks great and the Ford sounds very good thanks for sharing take care have a great night

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Tom. I guess we got lucky for one more time because it really DID turn out pretty good.

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Simply because it helps me remember the keys on the old Underwood. (For you viewers under 60 years of age....that's a typewriter). LOL That is soooooo funny mon ami from your very well written comment ( But then I know there's only one or two that consistently read these descriptions anyway but know that the effort, in my opinion, is quite worth it. ) Outstanding informative video Sir and yes that is living in edge of too wet for sure !!! Ho boy I HATE HATE HATE SNAKES SO MUCH Sir ,,, Outstanding video Sir Cheers 🍻🍻

[@tractorman4461]

Well Dave, I was going to intentionally shout out to you while recording the snake skin because I know how fond you are of the slithery little cuddly critters..... LOL. But that old boy musta been a biggun man !! Just think how nice that one would be curled up in a pillow slip and taking a nap right beside you on the couch with Scotty and Ruby !! After all these warm and fuzzy thoughts to think about now, let me wish you happy dreams mon ami !! LOL

[@akquilter3519]

That looks like a pretty good spot for a garden. He is fortunate to have that large an area.

[@tractorman4461]

Yeah, its not too bad. Got good sunlight throughout most of the days right down the center too!!

[@glenharper3136]

I can smell the dirt and the worms! Thanks tractorman.

[@tractorman4461]

I like the smell of fresh mowed hay and fresh turned dirt Glen. Crazy huh.... Man I saw some huge worms. I bet one was 6 or 7'' long and a quarter inch in diameter !!

[@brycewiborg8095]

Always loved plowing. My brother uses a 800 with a Dearborn 2/14 plow. Thanks.

[@tractorman4461]

Yes, there's something about the sound of the motor in a good pull. Especially with a straight pipe !! A bit hard on the ears though. LOL. The 800 has a few more cubes than this little 2000 and should handle the plows much better I believe. More ponies, more weight and biggger tires make a big differece don't they Bryce.

[@jeremycherny2041]

You needed to bring a 44 down to help pull that ford along 😆. Neighbors use to use a 97 Massey for plowing. One year they were trying roll over cow pasture. Didn't take long before they had their 44 chained ahead of the 97 and back to the 97s draw bar. Took them a week like that but they got it turned over. Thanks for the video

[@tractorman4461]

Now a Massey 97 is a REAL beast ! I'd love to have one of them to play with. Must have been some hard pan pasture to give them that much trouble Jeremy !! Yeah, one of the 44's would drag that little Ford and set of plows all over the place !! LOL

[@jeremycherny2041]

@@tractorman4461 would of made good content 👌 lol.

[@jankotze1959]

Nice to see the Ford doing some field work and man the picture at the end was beautiful, it was a surprise to see how smooth it came out, thanks for sharing Wendell and Son

[@tractorman4461]

Yes, my boy got it turned down pretty good, but he had to use the spring tooth to clear a lot of the rotting roots off the stumps he dug up last year. I talked to my buddy yesterday...his hometown is Pietermaritzburg.

[@jankotze1959]

@@tractorman4461 O OK Pietermaritzburg is close to Durban, the Province is Natal, I have family that stay there, the world famous Comrades marathon is between Piermaritzburg and Durban, some 98 km, the two Russian sister used to win it normally on the woman side

[@tractorman4461]

@@jankotze1959 That's interesting about the marathon. But now you know where my friend is from.

[@DIYMyWay]

Hi Wendell! Yeah, it was a little wet to be plowing, especially without any wheel weights or fluid in the tires. But that Ford sounds great! A classic workhorse for sure. Thanks for sharing!

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Martin. We really like the little blue devil !! So far she's been a good one since I went through it top to bottom. A little light in the tail end though....

[@tinkerinbruce6560]

That old 2000 sounds good!

[@tractorman4461]

Sure does....but it took a little work getting it to do it on a daily basis though. Thanks Bruce for watching.

[@tonyjones1378]

It turned out great👏👏👍

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Tony for stopping in with a cool comment. We agree with you too !! LOL

[@MichaelThomas-ej8nb]

Wendell, when I plow wet ground, I always set the coulters deeper. It has helped with the old farmalls. We are due now for some 90+ degree days, in MO, so that seed should shoot up with the sunshine on it. Great Vid. I luv takin the plows out and workin them. Nothin better than turning ground.

[@tractorman4461]

That's a good idea and one I hadn't thought of Michael. We might give it a try next time we have a plot to turn over. Yep, we are in the middle of the 95* days right now !! Germination should be 110% !! Plowing I think, was every farm kids favorite thing. I know it was for me. Well, filling silo was a hoot too.

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

Man yeah Mr Wendell!!! Those new skins came in handy for sure!! To be wet like that it sure did do well, esp with no weights!! Boy I would have loved to see that old Oliver drag disk working!! I think it all went well my friend, esp looking at the pics in the end!! Thank you for bringing us along!! I was hoping to see some food plot plowing, and you delivered 😁😁👍👍 Looking fwd to seeing what's next my friend!! 🙏😁👍

[@tractorman4461]

Yeah, those old tires would've busted the left rim plum apart within the first round. We were worried throughout the winter just hauling wood !! So it was either use one of the other tractors and a set of trip plows or get going on solving the wheel problem. I picked up the old Ollie 8 footer for twenty bucks or so at a farm auction. It's worn pretty good and broken in a bracket here and there but it still crimps and busts up the clods and that's all we need. Its the easiest disc I've ever used to crimp and uncrimp. Much better than the old Grand DeTours. Have a very pleasant and bountiful day Nelson.

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

@@tractorman4461 Thank you Mr Wendell , for the valuable info!! Yes sir, I hope you do as well my friend!! 😁👍🇺🇸

[@mdh7812]

Wendell, the Ford 2000 I had must have been lighter than the one you have. I couldn't do anything with it till I put fluid in the tires. Based on the engine number, it was built in Sept of 1969. The exhaust pipe went down and to the back. It was a good running machine. Hard to beat those old 3 cylinder gas Fords. I know I have told you before, but I never had any trouble with it starting as long as the battery was strong. Even when it would get down in the teens. Good to see the 2000 doing some field work.Used mine to take care of the road and move logs for firewood.

[@tractorman4461]

Tractors are like women. They may be similar, but they are all different in the way they act !! I swear everything in the ignition circuit was done 'by the book' with all authentic Ford parts and yet there was nothing that would make this thing fire below 40*F !! Not one single issue since the Petronix conversion and flamethrower coil was installed....yet. LOL

[@regsparkes6507]

That Ford sure is running well, under load too, not a trace of smoke, and sound sweet. I know nothing at all about plowing like this, but I can see that this is far from ideal soil to plow what with all that moisture. The final photos showed just how well it all turned out. Good one Wendell. Thanks for the videos on the old '2000'. I enjoyed these.

[@tractorman4461]

One of these days I'll get around to the other 'repairs' done to the 2000, like the Petronix ignition etc. But we are really proud of this little tractor. And boy o boy it has a story behind it that I 've never told, but it goes back to the Bataan death march !!

[@regsparkes6507]

@@tractorman4461 SO, come on with the other videos on this,.. like you have nothing else to do first! Hahaha!

[@tractorman4461]

@@regsparkes6507 Hahahahaha....aw man, you're killin' me Reg. LOL

[@regsparkes6507]

@@tractorman4461 :)

[@WildBill1122]

That turned out nice.

[@tractorman4461]

Hahahaha....not too shabby Wild Bill !! Not too shabby at all....(-:

[@mafarmtown2086]

Ha,ha the Underwood, mine needs lots of practice! Thank goodness for computers but sometime spell check is not your friend. The comments about the forthcoming video are always interesting and add info in addition to that being taped. The old Ford was running good. The deer will appreciate the lot this fall and the squirrels will have a “hay day” most likely. Even covering my sunflowers with doubled chic wire the little devils ate a third of the row after they were 4 in tall. All out war has been declared on them!

[@tractorman4461]

I was going to put up a week old garden update but got a bit busy....the pvc tunnels saved the day for me !! Yes, a bit cumbersome for the biggest tunnels, but they saved the beans and peas to about 8'' before they had to be abandoned. But the deer keep tearing up the Missus' day lilies. But those are outside the garden fence. Squirrels are a menace to the gardens worldwide I believe. But then again, they are more desirable than ticks and mosquitos..... Soooo....you are one of the few that actually read the rambling descriptions....LOL Sometimes there really IS some pertinent info, but other times its just rambling.

[@dmfor9001]

My experience was with a drag plow pulled with a 1953 W4 McCormick IH. What I remember is the trip hitch. We had stones hear and there.

[@tractorman4461]

That's all we had too. Just drag plows with the hand trip, ground driven. The W4 was a stocky little tractor wasn't it.

[@1lilfarm]

LOL Glad you explained what an Underwood is for the young folks! We still have an Underwood. Yeah that was some tough plowing but it looks like the young strong boy handled it well. He'll probably bring up more old roots over the next several plowings. Next year with weights and the stabilizer arms, it'll be a lot easier. Didn't sound like the tractor was straining at all. She ran pretty well. 👍👍👍

[@tractorman4461]

No strain on the little blue tractor at all. I think she was so happy with her new treads and like showing off !! Next year we will have the 6' Ford 3 point disc too. Yeah, I'm not sure most youngsters have even seen those old typewriters much less know how to use one. LOL I had one in typing class in High school in 1968, my junior year. They gave the girls the fancy new ones and the boys got the old Underwoods because we weren't going to be office workers anyway.

[@OldSneelock]

@@tractorman4461 Exactly what my typing teacher said. The counsellor in 6th grade asked me what I wanted to be. I said an electrician. That's what my Dad did and I helped. She said they didn't have a curriculum for that. So she signed me up for Nuclear Physicist. College Prep. Typing. I managed 35 wpm on an Underwood that the keys stuck on it half the time. I passed typing because even though I wasn't a fast typist I could move the Underwoods around, no problem. I went on to become a welder, fabricator, machinist, toolmaker, and finally Engineer. All without typing anything. I got married. Lydia got a job selling Zerox Memory Writers. In 1982 I got a computer for Christmas. I was typing all weekend because when you shut it off the program was gone. I bought a tape drive for it. It had a spreadsheet. Not Lotus. It ran in Basic. Same principle just not as many bells and whistles. I started learning algebra so I could use the spreadsheet logic. Typing like mad and having a blast doing it. Work got easier because I was using a computer to do all the hand written reports that the rest of the supervisors were spending hours on in a few minutes a day. What would have happened if I had been born 5 years later? The High School dropped shop class and started the career center. I like to think I would have succeeded as an electrician. The world really doesn't need that many Nuclear Physicists.

[@tractorman4461]

@@OldSneelock Good roundabout story my friend. I knew you were a jack of all trades, it shows in your videos. I too believe you'd have made a great electrician. My son in law after 19 years teaching high school (7 years chemistry and physics and the rest as Industrial Arts Instructor) became an apprentice electrician just about one year ago exactly. I think you both have the smarts to be Nuclear Physicists !! But I'll leave all that book learning for you guys that absorb it quicker than I.....

[@rickburris6164]

Nothing will give a tractor a good workout like plowing furrows. I love to see the sod rolling off the moldboards when the ground is right and the plow is adjusted correctly. This ground was just a little too wet, but this was a good video anyway.

[@tractorman4461]

Well Rick, his weekends are short and he had to get it ready right now, so we got what we got and the end result was really pretty good with all things considered. What I like is having the moldboards shine like stainless steel by the end of turning about 30 acres. Thanks for watching Rick !! It was a good day.

[@danieltravis2850]

I've got 4 of those Dearborn 2 bottoms...love those things. The only time I don't use stay bars is when I'm plowing, plow must be able to shift if it hits an obstruction, when the plow is set correctly it will not track off center. Lengthen the top link and adjust the cross bar for width of cut and you'd be good to go. Believe it or not if the ground is a tacky I put a set of chains on my old Fords, no ballast in tires and I hardly ever slip.

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Daniel for the tips on adjustment. Chains would work quite well I bet. I never thought of that but it makes a lot of sense !! This is the only set of Dearborns I have. Is it normal for the plows to have the furrow wheel or am I thinking right that a lot of them are not fitted with it.

[@danieltravis2850]

@@tractorman4461 Known as rolling landslide but more commonly called tailwheel, most were fitted with them. When the plow is set with the correct top link length (plow level front to back when in the ground) the landslide will ride against the furrow wall and keep the plow tracking nicely. The rolling landslide is adjustable and should be set about a 1/2" below the bottom of the moldboard bottom. It always takes me a few turns to get mine set right, but when I do it's very satisfying.

[@tractorman4461]

@@danieltravis2850 Thank you for more very good information Daniel. Like I said in the video, we always had trip plows and nothing three point at all back in the day, so the fine details of the actual use of these style have yet to be learned fully. You've given me a good bit of info to fiddle with now.

[@jrobert9611]

I just watched this video and saw that the field was damp. That Ford sounded heathy though. Good luck with the food lot looks like a good size feed lot.

[@tractorman4461]

Yes, it was a day or two too wet for plowing, but he's only got the weekend so he got it done anyway. Corn's in already now as well. Late is better than never. LOL

[@cs-rj8ru]

That's an interesting hobby, farming deer.

[@tractorman4461]

Hahahaha...down here everybody has a food plot. Well just about everyone that has a couple acres or more anyway.

[@peewee.3138]

It would take a whole bunch of variables to make this perfect bit he’s turning the ground over so that’s all that matters. Next year he can do a little more and the year after that a little more

[@tractorman4461]

Yessir, you are correct with all you said. We will have the rears weighted by next year and that for one will help. Wait for a little more sun would help just a bit .....

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

Plowing under the wheat that is termed a green Manure practice. My father always had us disk the ground first . Then plow it and disk again. he believed that if you did not disk before plowing you made air pockets that hindered germination?

[@tractorman4461]

Well now I've not heard of that term OR of the practice of discing before and after plowing. But he might've been right about air pockets. After wheat, barley and soy beans were sowed, we'd pass over the sown ground with the cultipacker. There is an obvious visible improvement on fields cultipacked over ones just sown with seed and let go and the 'air pocket' concept is probably the reason why. Awesome my friend, I can always count on learning something when you do a video or make a comment.

[@oilyragsgarage7200]

Nice work, I might of missed it, but did he have the draft control lever on?

[@tractorman4461]

I'm not sure if he did or not. This is the first time we have used this new of a tractor to plow with. There was lot to contend with while dealing with the light weight tractor in the almost too wet of ground. We will do better next time.

[@meashellingram1118]

Would have appreciated seeing a more in-depth view of the tractor mechanically, it’s parts and how to use it. We inherited a 2000 diesel and are researching how to repair and use it. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

[@tractorman4461]

Wow, a 2000 diesel. What an awesome tractor !! Is it in running condition or has it been sitting for a long time non-running ?

[@chriskourlos4407]

🤠🥳👍

[@tractorman4461]

Cool. It sure was wet down there. And that was the first time my son ever plowed too !! Thanks for watching Chris.

[@chriskourlos4407]

Lucky he does good work. With you there he will be our #2 genius now. Thanks. Love your family and daughter-in-law walmut swing. Im making 4 this spring. Thankyou for all you do and may God continue blessing you till his return. I hope to have a mansion right next you yours in heaven bud.🤠🥳👍💖🤍💙

[@rosiehomer1492]

I wished I had an alternator on my 67 Ford 5000 I'm not too fond of the generators.

[@tractorman4461]

I'm not a big fan of the Lucas electrics on the 000 series Fords myself. I have a series on this particular conversion. Here it is, but there's other vids of the 2000 in it too. There should be three to the series.kzbin.info/aero/PLk72G9DTzZ1ud7EttOd9HeA6diEdU2tU9

[@joshuaparsons8800]

Rain?!?! What’s that?!?! We ain’t seeing nothing but 100 degree heat in KY.

[@tractorman4461]

Aw yeah...rain forecast evaporated as soon as the hot weather moved in Johsua. We are in the middle of an upper 90's stretch right now too. LOL

[@mehmet284]

hello how are you nice video to watch what a big snake skin wow are they venom snakes i dont like the snakes brrr greetings from he netherlands

[@tractorman4461]

Hahahahahaha....I don't like snakes either, but we have a LOT of them here. I couldn't tell what kind that was but more than likely a harmless black snake. I had one in my driveway a couple years ago that measured 74'' laying still and not even in a straight line !! We have three venomous ones here in my county locally: Rattlesnake, Cottonmouth and Coppehead. We also have a variety of harmless garter snakes, king snakes, bull snakes, blue racers, western worm snakes, yellow bellied racer and hog nosed snakes. How's that for a start? LOL There's plenty more in my state and I even forgot the rat snake that's all over the place !!

[@peewee.3138]

Pretty heavy old ground.

[@tractorman4461]

Pretty heavy for sure. Partially topsoil and partially black clay in spots. But corn should do all right in that plot.

[@nigelgwillim644]

is that a two furrow ferguerson plough

[@tractorman4461]

I think they are almost identical because of the affiliation between Henry Ford and Harry Ferguson, but this set here are tagged as Dearborns. I mis-spoke in the video and called then Danuser plows but that is NOT correct. Danuser made plenty of aftermarket implements for many tractors though. Thanks Nigel, and enjoy your tractor run this weekend !!

[@narcissistinjurygiver2932]

I am a newbee looking at buying a ford 2000 tractor like you have. Can you offer me any advice on what to look for?

[@tractorman4461]

Make sure it starts easy after its good and warmed up. I'd also suggest a quick trip down the lane in road gear to see how badly the front end components are worn. Hopefully the steering wheel will start moving the front tires left or right without excessive movement. I'd suggest using each brake to see how well they hold on an incline. I'd take a voltmeter along and check the static voltage on the battery without it running. It should be 12.6v or so. Then start it and check it again. If the alternator or generator is working the voltage will read 14V or more. If it doesn't change, there may be an issue in the charging circuit. Look closely at the pto shaft for excessive wear. Sometimes the splines will be half way worn through indicating a lot of heavy use. Ask how it starts in freezing temperatures. Look at the dipstick to see if the oil is black or nice and clean. If you have bright sunlight look closely at the oil sliding down the dipstick....if you have worn or wearing crank and rod bearings, you'll see sparkles in the oil in the sunlight. Check the gauges for operation. Fords have Lucas electricals and they are expensive to buy replacement parts for. They will have 12vdc sensors for the water temp and oil pressure that might have to come from Ford. Not totally sure because I eliminate them and go with a total rewire job, but that's just me. Ask if you can hook it to a heavy three point implement and check the lift for operation..including shutting the tractor off with the implement elevated to see if it bleeds off quickly, indicating wear. Does that sound like enough of a list for you....?? Good luck with your search. They are pretty good tractors.

[@narcissistinjurygiver2932]

@@tractorman4461 thank you. How expensive are parts for this tractor?

[@tractorman4461]

@@narcissistinjurygiver2932 Typically the OEM parts are more expensive because they are dealer items. So every Ford that comes to live here gets a total upgrade electrically to over the counter guages, charging components etc as soon as they develop wiring issues. Now I just go to NAPA or O-Reilly's for repairs. For the most part, they seem to be very reliable once converted.

[@316jd140]

Wendell, I'll have to browse through your other videos on this, but I may be buying a 1965 Ford 2000 with the 3 cylinder gas engine. I'm assuming yours is the same engine, 3 cylinder gas? How easy is it to get parts for the 1965 to 1975 Ford 2000s gas engine ones?

[@tractorman4461]

Yes, its the 3 cylinder gas. Parts were very easily bought when the Kubota dealer in Farmington was still a Ford New Holland dealer as well. They had rafts of old and modern Ford parts in stock, but I believe they are strictly Kubota now. I haven't had to buy parts lately, but I'm sure our friend Rippey has everything you'll need.

[@316jd140]

@@tractorman4461 Unfortunately after making arrangements to come pick the tractor up, the seller sold it on me. I guess I don't need to be making deals with that type of seller anyways. I did find another Ford 2000, a 1967, which is in a rougher shape cosmetically, but a bit further away in Troy, Missouri. The one that sold on me was in Festus.

[@tractorman4461]

@@316jd140 Well dang. A guy pulled that trick on me with a Massey 44 years ago. I was on the way too with cash in hand....

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@@tractorman4461 do you know of any Ford 2000 or 3000 for sale?

[@tractorman4461]

@@316jd140 No not at all. My sons fil bought a 3000 a while back though. It was local.

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I have been wanting to try my 2N and Ferguson plow. I have plowed with garden tractors and a Cub several times, but not with the Ford yet. Plowing is an art that I really haven't mastered yet, and I can appreciate anyone doing it. From my time plowing, that's not a bad job, pretty decent considering the conditions. The ground is pretty wet. I do know setting a plow up will vary from area to area, and it's not easy even in the best of soil conditions. Here are a couple of videos of an older (early 60s) Ford 2000 plowing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWmzfqB8obeWrLM kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6Pbo614Z6qSiJI

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I'm much better with a set of trip plows because that's what I grew up with. I used to plow gardens around town with the CA Allis and their version of mounted plow and it did a near perfect job. These Dearborn in better condition could have done a bit better. But we didn't really spend lot of time fine tuning the adjustments. I'll check out the vids Terry and thank you buddy.

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esta un poco blando para labarar

[@tractorman4461]

Sí, estaba demasiado mojado, pero era el único día para hacerlo mi amigo.