How to get your tractors out and inspect for maintenance needs | and a Short Garden Update

[@terrysavage2745]

Keep it going.

[@OzziesOddities]

Thank you!

[@ronsbeerreviewstools4361]

Very good post. I like that old Oliver, thats a very good looking tractor, Thumbs up and I subscribed, Cheers !

[@OzziesOddities]

Hi thanks for stopping in and subscribing. We're just getting caught up here with the folks who've dropped by these past few months. Kind of you. I see you play some music. Looking forward to checking out your channel. Take care.

[@131dyana]

We loved seeing your tractors thank you.

[@OzziesOddities]

Glad to know that thank you! Four of them were a whole lot of work and that makes them really special to have kinda finished. The Ferguson we're carrying for a friend and that makes it special too. Grateful you're watching.

[@cliffmiller3860]

Thanks Ozzie , I enjoyed the show.

[@OzziesOddities]

Happy to know that! Thanks again.

[@showmemo3686]

As a teen, I spent many hours in front of a brush hog on a Ferguson. It had a hi lo range, and yes sir, it could scoot. I don't know a whole lot about classic tractors but I can see you are proud of yours. The garden is starting to take off. I enjoyed the tour. Thank you.

[@OzziesOddities]

I never knew those Fergys could move like that. We're kinda behind on the garden but things are starting to catch up. The old tractors and engines have been a passion for decades and it feels so good to have gotten a couple all fixed up. Grateful to know you liked watching, and that it brought back some brush hogging memories for you!

[@papasbarn5085]

Wow that's a great tractor line-up. Looking good.

[@OzziesOddities]

Thanks very much. So happy to know you're tuning in!

[@garrykraemer8993]

Ozzie, I saw your WC Allis Chalmers. I don't think it came with the WD style muffler? I grew up driving a '47 WC and the muffler was a stubby pipe at angled about 50 degrees out of the exhaust manifold. It was loud! The tractor is still on the family farm in SE 'Misery'! All of the equipment was Allis Chalmers. Two pull type combines, Roto Baler, Rake, plow, cultivators for WC and WD. My father collected an old Edwards twin cylinder gas engine. He used it to power a cut-off saw to cut wood. I'm a '48 model; same as you. The good old days are slipping away!

[@OzziesOddities]

I'll bet you're right on the muffler. Glad to hear the Allis got to spend it's golden years in the family. Interesting on the Edwards. A lot of people say the things I do are dangerous, but those old saws are something I don't even monkey with anymore. They sure were a staple, so much wood made that way. I guess that's what this is all about for me, hanging on to the good old days, hopefully sharing a piece of them. Really appreciate hearing from you!

[@lttl858]

The JD A's were the main tractors on many farms back in the day. I have a '52 and it's still a joy to run.

[@OzziesOddities]

They are. It's like the sound of the tractor carries all the memories back doesn't it? Glad you're still running them, and thanks for watching our videos!

[@robertbellow2625]

Beautiful!

[@OzziesOddities]

Thank you!

[@gregorycross612]

Nice line up. I need to get busy with my projects! Thank you for sharing.

[@OzziesOddities]

Well thank you! If this video helps you get excited about your own restorations, that's a very high compliment. Appreciate your watching, and leaving a nice comment!

[@gregorycross612]

@@OzziesOdditiesTwo family owned 2Ns and an 801 that has been on the farm for many generations...., A 1927 T and a '29 A.

[@OzziesOddities]

@@gregorycross612 Now that's a lineup!

[@AntiqueCarsandStuff]

Great collection of old iron!

[@OzziesOddities]

Thanks so much! I'll tell you, your channel is a big inspiration to us! So let's keep having fun!

[@kenthorsen4558]

A real nice line of tractors, had an old WD that hauled a lot of wood to heat the house and a 8n with a blade to push the snow and grade the drive. The garden is looking great!

[@OzziesOddities]

Wow that's neat. Good tractors for that. We haven't worked the Ferguson for grading or plowing, or mowing yet but we hope to give it a little work of that kind. How did you like the 8n for snow? I'm sure we'll mow with it and we'll put some chains on and try pushing snow with a back blade. I wonder how it'll do. Some videos make them look very capable for snow removal, some not so good.

[@kenthorsen4558]

@@OzziesOddities never had a problem pushing the snow, if I knew we would get a lot I would go out earlier. Loved it for grading the drive.

[@cliffmiller3860]

Hello from Ghent,NY

[@OzziesOddities]

Thanks for finding us all the way from NY. Appreciate you watching and sending a "hello."

[@cliffmiller3860]

@@OzziesOddities my pleasure. I am 79 years old and grew up in dairy farm country. I live in Columbia county about 35 miles south of Albany,NY. I grew up not far from here in a little town called Mellenville. We were surrounded by dairy farms and there were many farm kids in my school. Sadly, most of the farms are gone. These farms were small and the farmers usually had two tractors and they were small compared to what I see today. As a kid, I worked on a farm one summer. Back then, after bailing hay, you went out amity the hay wagon and picked up the hay and put it in the barn. You remind me of the good old days with the old tractors and the remorsefulness to work on your own equipment to keep it running. Your garden reminds of the garden we had when I was a kid. I forgot to mention that I love your collection of antique engines.

[@waltbellamy9739]

thank you !!!!!!!!

[@OzziesOddities]

Thank you! Catching up on comments, grateful for the kind words.

[@papatonysworkshop6584]

What a terrific display of fine machinery! Of course I am a little partial to the Green and Yellow ones. They all look great, and a little tweaking here and there will always be. When you said you had left the battery in the Oliver all Winter, my shoulder started to hurt at the thought of maybe having to hand crank it. Thankfully the battery did it's job. Your garden is really taking shape as well. Always enjoy your presentations. I will have to get in gear and make some more of my videos. Keep up the great work!

[@OzziesOddities]

Sometimes my shoulders hurt just pressing the button...haha. That was actually kinda the pleasant surprise of the day that that one started up so easy. Took a little caressing and sweet talking to get both A's and the WC to wake up for the summer. If I showed all that it would have been 8 hours of Ozzie doing Ozzie things, haha. What I like about your channel is it's really going to help somebody. I'm sure it already has. Some of those deep technical videos a million people might not watch them, and most of us will be too intimidated to do what you're doing, but you're videos are really going to answer questions for guys going through theirs. You really seem to do things thoroughly and the right way too. So keep them coming! They really matter. I get a kick out of seeing a tractor all torn down like that too.

[@papatonysworkshop6584]

@@OzziesOddities I work on tractors and things when I get the time. I am still a full time aircraft mechanic and electronics technician. I am glad to know that people appreciate what I can show them. I really wish I would have been doing videos when I rebuilt the magneto. I might try to explain how they work. Your Producer (Son) had mentioned that you wish you could try growing citrus. Well that got me thinking, I am going to try my hand at growing an orange tree in my yard. I will name it "Ozzie". Hope that is okay with you!!!

[@OzziesOddities]

You'd do great with a magneto video. Haha, we all laughed and got a flattering kick out of your tree naming. You're young yet but don't wait too long to invest more time into your hobbies because eventually, you'll lose half your sight 2/3rds of your muscle and it will be a lot harder.

[@caveweta]

Hi from New Zealand. Most local farmers that have been on their farms for a long time have kept and restored their old starting farm tractors. Every so often they parade at the A and P shows ( agricultural and pastoral) and are a welcome sight, especially the Massey Fergusons.

[@OzziesOddities]

I've noticed on the internet that Fergusons seem to be really popular in many places in the world. I had a little idea of that but never knew the extent. Love the old shows and parades where we live too. Happy to know that tradition is alive in New Zealand as well. Thanks for sharing and thanks for stopping in to comment!

[@coldspring624]

Real nice line up Ozzie. If I had to pick just one it would be a hard call. That 70 is a looker and the Deere among other things are pleasing to the ear

[@OzziesOddities]

Thank you! I know what you mean. I've got the history with the JD A's so they mean the most to me, especially my dads. But they all have a little story with them that I cherish, so that's why it's worth all the effort I guess. Appreciate you taking the time to watch and leave a kind comment!

[@fraydnot]

Nice tractor line up, somebody is drooling somewhere. Still catching up on all your videos, would love to hear the back story of your property and farming days. Garden looks great, to bad it's your last one. Thanks for the upload.

[@OzziesOddities]

Thanks so much! I should go into more detail sometime. The short story is the wife and I farmed here, my parents farmed here, my grandparents farmed here. We're so grateful to have had the opportunity. I'm slowing down now but there's still a lot to do gardening and fixing and keeping things up. Sure appreciate your watching, and the kind note!

[@jvin248]

That Ferguson 20/30 you have needs a free spinning pto stub shaft if you hook a brush hog to it, or the spinning hog will run it into a fence or ditch even after you put the clutch in since the pto is still connected to the drive wheels. Same problem on the Ford Ns. The Ferguson 35 that came later has a two-stage 'live' clutch that disconnects the PTO and 3point. The Fergusons were very handy tractors. Put a 3 point on the Allis and that tractor is a lot more useful too, it can share the Ferguson implement 'toys' that way. I've only used the Ferguson 35s, top gear can be 25mph road gear. The Allis, which we had a WD and I have one built within two weeks of the one that was on the farm I grew up on, does about 16 or 18mph top gear. The fastest was the Ford 8N with a Sherman aftermarket transmission modification that would get up to thirty or thirty five mph -- kind of a ridiculous speed considering how lose the steering can be on hard-worked tractors.

[@OzziesOddities]

Wow that's fast the Ferguson already goes faster than I care to. Thanks for the info about the pto. That's something important to know that I hadn't considered. Maybe it'll be more suited to a blade. I hadn't really thought of putting the Allis to work that way. I do have other tractors with a 3 point, but I thought the Fergy would be ideal because it was nice and small, and the steering is very agile, but now you've got me reconsidering. I'll have to do some research. Thanks!

[@backachershomestead]

Just watched this video. Been a little behind on things. That's a beautiful collection of tractors. Thank you for another wonderful video! Had to come into the ac for awhile. They say the feels like temperature is 105 today. Gotta love them old Allis chalmers. My grandfather had a wc and wd45. That wd was a great tractor. He had all the different equipment that went with it. We baled alot of hay with it and used the all crop 60 on it. The hand clutch was the best .

[@OzziesOddities]

Those sound like great memories. I love to hear peoples experienced with the old tractors. Stay cool now!

[@timmartin2142]

Love the video keep them coming

[@OzziesOddities]

Thank you! We'll sure try.

[@karenahrens1756]

Kay, be intent on finding something else and you might come upon your Oliver. My husband found this one and gave it to me for Mother's Day. Only way he could justify another tractor.

[@williamchristopher1560]

Ya know, as much as you and I like old tractors, I gotta admit that it was those tractors that pushed farmers off of their farms and caused the consolidation of those farms into the mega businesses that the few are today. When first givin 160 acres, most farmers soon realized that they couldnt plow a fraction of it in time to get it planted, and they didnt have near enough stock to put what they couldnt get planted in pasture. So the obvious solution to raise money to build the big houses and barns as you and I grew up on, they sold off portions of their land as money was needed. I have a map of the area I grew up on/in in NE Kansas. Only a couple have the original 160, and one has 200 acres, this in the 1880s. So, they sold off only to what they felt they could actually farm with, with horses or mules. This worked alright I guess, up till small tractors were invented and put up for sales. Farmers who bought them soon realized that they could easily farm all their ground and rent some besides. BUT, it took just one bad crop year, or a disaster like grasshoppers, fire, corn borer, sickness, or several calamity's to cause a farmer not to make a crop and thereby not be able to make his tractor payment. IF he mortgaged the place to get it, like, say for a big tractor, like a Pioneer, or big Case steamer, his farm was sold. After WW1, which during the war, prices were high for crops and farmers bought small tractors alot, after the war, prices fell, and they were left holding the bag/tractors, and alot of farms were sold at that time. The farmers who had the cash reserves to tide them over enlarged their farms by buying the sold off farms, thereby increasing their monetary base. This would likely be on 20yr notes. Then came 29, By 32 1 in 4 farms had been sold for back payments on loans and taxes. Once again farmers bought newer tractors and bought the foreclosed farms to once again enlarge their monetary . base. These are the tractors, some of which u and I own. This brought them to WW 2 when, again prices went through the roof, and farmers again enlarged their farms by buying original homestead farms that the original owners were to aged to continue farming and their kids had gone to town. After the war, again prices dropped, but the government stepped in with supply programs which helped somewhat. As much as I like old tractors, It would be nice to see again all the original farms back in place, and farmsteads 1000ft or less from each other, and the togetherness that such community's of farmers had. Country schools like the 3 I was in, country church's like the Lutheran church that was around 3 miles away as the crow flys, and on a still Sunday I could hear there bell at home. Well Ill close with this short note. lol

[@karenahrens1756]

Like that old school house!

[@OzziesOddities]

I know exactly what you're saying. I know each event in the history of farming effects individuals differently. I look back on these old tractors and remember a really happy, productive, prosperous time to be a farmer. There was still plenty of opportunity for everyone, at least around here it seemed, but the work was faster and less agonizing, that hand and horse. I guess I think you're right that shortly after things went sorta crazy. Your knowledge of the different era's in farming is very impressive.

[@fastsetinthewest]

NEW SUBSCRIBER. Nice seeing the tractors. Watching for awhile. I could tell what state you're from by seeing the A with no fenders. Thinking back to all the tractor manufacturers and how competitiveness made for innovation. I've worked them all being raised on 1400 acre Michigan farm. I drove primarily the John Deere A with fenders using 4 row cultivators and G. Our combines were self-propelled Allis-Chalmers and a Yankee Clipper Massey Harris. Later we got a John Deere 95. My grandfather owned an Allis Chalmers dealership in Lennon, MI in the 30s and 40s until Chalmers went on strike. Sold more combines than any dealer. He had Fords until Ford came by the dealership and told my grandfather he didn't like all the Orange. So my grandfather told Ford he'd keep the orange. My g grandfather started out with a 1920 Titan. Our family farm bought a 1950 Oliver Detroit Diesel 4 wheel drive assist in 1965. We pulled 8/16s. We had a 40 foot harrow. We took 2 20' and hooked em side by side. Forty foot drag too. We raised white winter wheat, corn, oates, barley, rye, hay, and white beans. My brother still has our family tractors, including my old favorite, the 1948 Massey Harris Junior. Why didn't I farm? The government drafted me for cannon fodder, Vietnam 1968. I'm totally disabled. I get $3636 per month tax free. I'm missing a right kidney and do get a hundred extra bucks per month for my testicle. My next door farm neighbor, Alex Zsigo, died in Vietnam in 1967 the month I got drafted. Look him up on the Internet. Eaglegards...

[@OzziesOddities]

Wow, you've got some real family history, farm history, and military history there! I hope you make some videos or write down some of them in detail. I' would certainly be a reader. Thanks for stopping and sharing.

[@fastsetinthewest]

@@OzziesOddities I need to follow your suggestions. Godspeed, you, yourself is a treasure. Your wife is precious. I've got one and know the drill. Eaglegards...

[@jondarrah6829]

Great old tractors and they start on run so well .

[@boB7710II]

Hi Ozzie, I have rabbit problems too. They ate my beans as soon as they came out of the ground. I'm praying for an eagle.

[@OzziesOddities]

Gosh, sorry to hear that. It sure can be frustrating. We've had it pretty bad some years, I hope an eagle does come and straighten it out for you. Over the decades something seems to happen to even things out. The racoons aren't as thick as they used to be. When we were growing a lot of sweetcorn about 30 years ago they were very bad. Good luck, I hope the rabbits give you a break!

[@kaysweitzer4235]

Thanks for sharing, Ozzie! That was interesting to watch. The Hart Parr Oliver caught my eye- my grandfather used to farm with one on our family farm. I've actually been looking for one as I'm trying to collect a few of the tractors that the family farmed with in the past. Any tips on finding a 70 would be appreciated! Or feel free to let me know if you ever decide to move yours along!

[@OzziesOddities]

Hi Kay, Thanks for the comment a while back. Getting back on KZbin and am grateful to see these kind comments. I have seen other Oliver Hart Parr 70s come up but a lot of them are pretty rough. I don't know how to find them because I never find anything I'm looking for. It's all the neat things I bump into while I'm looking for something else that I really enjoy. I do think it's really neat that you're putting together a collection from your family history though. I certainly wish you luck. It seems like every family has that one tractor that really represents the good times of farming.

[@StringfieldRidgeFarm]

New Sub! Bro. Donnie at Prepped for Eternity Homestead sent me! Watching!

[@OzziesOddities]

Wow thanks for watching and thanks to @Prepped for Eternity Homestead for the mention!

[@rodneyfleming1409]

Thank you Ozzie for showing us the tractors and the story of each. Very interesting. Your farmstead is very nice and well kept. I'm from southeast Kansas and trying to figure out your area. I've heard you mention Wisconsin and Minnesota, just curious. Thanks and keep the videos coming

[@showmemo3686]

I thought he said he's in Maine?

[@OzziesOddities]

Southeastern MN. Thanks for the nice compliment. We sure try to keep things up. It's constant work and we always feel a little behind on something or another. But we're lucky to be caretakers and have a place to do all this fun gardening and such, and the time to do it. So we'll just keep working at it.

[@kevinbaker6168]

Seeing your Hart Parr made me think, at that time they were transitioning from steel wheels to rubber. Do you know what the price difference was to go from one to the other as an option from the factory or at the dealer? Kind of interesting that some of the new tractors now have a solid rubber tire on the rim, mostly the Amish have those, but I bet they would be good where you have a lot of thorns that can flatten a tire. Of course your ride wouldn't be as good on pavement.

[@OzziesOddities]

You're right, it's interesting to think. I don't know what the difference in price was exactly. I've come to know that so many of these tractors were equipped differently. There were a lot of variations of options within the same model, even the same year. Then you had the different upgrades the farmer made himself over time. I know some guys are really good at know what the options were year to year and how much they cost. I've read about that but I can't remember it all and I don't have that deep of records. It's a fun study though.

[@kevinbaker6168]

@@OzziesOddities I enjoyed seeing your daughter trying out the Fergie I grew up in an area where Farmalls and John Deere s were prevalent. You saw a few Ford's and Allis Chalmers, even though there was an Oliver dealer close you didn't see many of them or the Minneapolis Molines. The first tractors I remember driving was a Farmall Cub and a Ford 861. Our neighbors had cubs for mowing their acreages, plowing gardens, pulling trailers. My Uncle had an 861 and we used one that my Dad's friend had. He left it with us so we could build fence and take care of his cattle.

[@OzziesOddities]

All good tractors. When I tell folks I'm into tractors, they ask what color, and I say the whole rainbow. You see a lot more JD, Farmall, and Allis in their era around here. We're kinda in the right part of the country for MM and Oliver. Gosh, the newer Olivers are popular these days. Since we've had the Ferguson, I've got my eye kinda tuned in and I see a lot of old fords along the countryside, so they must have been selling them around here. I really never got into that style of tractor till I found out how fun and handy the Fergy was. That Ford is perfect for fencing.

[@mikeechols5103]

I like your tractors and farm ! How tall is your windmill ?

[@OzziesOddities]

Thank you! It's a 50 footer.

[@mikeechols5103]

Thanks ! I have one out of Iowa , only 30 footer . Does yours pump ? Mine's just for show

[@OzziesOddities]

If you're in a good flat spot in Iowa 30 feet is plenty I imagine. This one does pump. I went through and did maintenance on it and lubed it all up about 12 or so years ago. Climbed around and painted the whole thing too. That would have made a good video but I don't think I'm doing that again.

[@mikeechols5103]

@@OzziesOddities old age climbing is not fun !! I like the A JDs . Had a1940 "B" but sold it in a weak moment . Keep on doing videos ! 1

[@rockydewitt632]

How many tractors do you have?

[@OzziesOddities]

Shh, my wife looks at this channel...