I Bought the RAREST Tractor That I've Ever Owned! - And Took it Plowing!

[@kirk467]

Randy, I think you should do your same routine as you want and not worry about what other people think! I think you’re doing fine! This tractor is really different but still cool looking! I can’t wait to see it pulling a plow, I bet it’s a hoss at pulling! Just do your thing my friend! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊

[@karlelliott9254]

You gotta love the torque from that cast iron Chrysler when coming to the lift and turn around. It’s a beautiful machine in ways unseen and seen.

[@plainnpretty]

I never seen a Friday tractor other than on a calendar of old tractors . It’s a nice tractor you said it was built for orchard work but she can still plow . Thanks for showing her ploughing at the end . Good video I like you both working on them and working them . I love tractors . Thanks Randy

[@Randys_Relics]

Thanks for watching!

[@duanebolen543]

Our club had a guy with one an it would do 40 mph on tractor rides if he wanted to his had a two speed extra trans

[@mrclaus859]

Lots of fun. Thanks for posting Randy

[@uncle_spanky]

Awesome tractor, keep it alive for as long as possible!

[@robertchastain3413]

Im a new subscriber and have been going back and watching older videos. The wrenching and diagnosing the issues is what i enjoy. Keep doing what you do. I will keep hitting the thumbs up for you.

[@Randys_Relics]

Glad you enjoy the videos! Thanks for watching!

[@jeremydavis2595]

I love the linseed oil to rejuvenate paint on a tractor. I put 2 coats on my Farmall and it made a huge difference.

[@charliehill6914]

GREAT video! A little ballast in those rears and she'll plow just fine! I enjoyed looking at all of the tractors except those green things. LOL

[@Randys_Relics]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!

[@NasirKhan-bh1gq]

Awescome tractor.great video.

[@Randys_Relics]

Thanks for watching!

[@andrewwilson6085]

A "Friday tractor " at David Brown's in 1970s was one which came off the production line on a Friday afternoon, ( when the workers came back from the pub)! 😂

[@timmieclark9976]

First one on those I've seen. Nice tractor.

[@tractorstrainsandthings555]

Great job on your videos don't change a thing

[@641Junkies]

I was talking to myself in the truck wondering if it was an eagle-6 or a friday. Boy that feels good to finally get something right

[@retiredlife848]

That's a good running engine! I don't recall ever seeing one of these tractors.

[@artszabo1015]

PROBABLY - the reason the gearbox was overfull is because there was WATER in the bottom of the case. The argument is that if water mixes with oil it is white and foamy. If the water got in while it was sitting it wouldn't mix and if the gear case was deep enough it wouldn't mix regardless. Art from Ohio PS: Great video and great tractor, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you very much.

[@Randys_Relics]

It's always a good idea to crack the drain plugs and check for water. Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@kenday4158]

Unique sound . I grew up using 2 cylinder deeres and a 8n.

[@russwabuda1556]

thank you for bringing us along to the bee. i truly enjoyed hearing the tractors run...even more than the music. that friday, you have is really something. is there some connection between friday and love tractors? my suggestion would be that that tractor would work better with a disc harrow, as i believe that tool was used around orchards for weed control. best wishes and thank you again.

[@Randys_Relics]

I wish there was an easy way to record the machine audio with the drone. Because I too would rather hear them instead of music. I'm believe there are some minor connections between Friday and Love tractors. I believe Friday eventually purchased Love. But I do not know much more than that. They obviously got their grill and hoods from the same fab shop. Thanks for watching!

[@SchnelleKat]

Very cool tractors and history on them for sure, Greetings myself from West mi! A fellow orchard farmer. Sure wish i had one of these! lol. Love that flat head 6th sound!

[@davidperry970]

Good show Randy.

[@DrivingSander1970]

Sounds awesome!

[@justinblain928]

I usually just take a pulley off a junk generator and put on the delco alternator. They will interchange. That way you get the 5/8” groove pulley

[@Randys_Relics]

I had a stack of pulleys that I could not find at the time I recorded this. Of course I have since found them. I've also machined the 1/2“ pulleys to 5/8“ before. That works too

[@matthewfenton8775]

Great video of a tractor I never knew existed, although some abysmal ploughing from some of the men, some furrows not even cutting and differences between 10.5/12 and 14” ploughing widths. Why is it you guys prefer a trialed plough over a 3 point mounted plough?

[@Randys_Relics]

I think the plows that people use are just based off of what is available. Not much plowing is done around here anymore, mostly just when a group of people get together like this for fun. A lot of times the plows are badly worn and they do not perform very well. This ground was exceptionally hard, which is why a lot of them would not stay in the ground. If the plows did not have points with a deep suck on them they did not seem to do well.

[@trev583]

Cool Tractor. Never seen a Friday. Kind of thought it was a Love when I first saw it. Love the sound of that 6 cylinder!

[@shelbycobra4297]

We got a few of them here in south haven

[@user-lo6cf3df1x]

Friday. Tractors were built-in my home state.Very utilitarian and actually a Inexpensive good tractor, made with a lot of automotive parts

[@brianhayes7618]

First time seeing one of these plow

[@LouisGodena]

Great video!... Did you perchance mention the horsepower at the drawbar? I'd say offhand that it probably is at least in the low thirties, given the speed with which you were turning that soil over. Of course that's out west. It wouldn't perform that well here in New England (too many rocks!) Thanks for sharing!

[@Randys_Relics]

There isn't really a rated horsepower for this engine in this application. It was never tested like other tractors of this era. But an industrial Chrysler 230 CI engine is rated at 72 horsepower at around 2800 RPM. Without this tractor having a governor you could easily increase that power by giving it a little more throttle.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

Since that hayfield ya'll were plowing up at home had such good growth I was hoping ya'll didn't plow any more under and fertilized and planted that edge plowed under was re-seeded in hay since that looked so good.

[@Randys_Relics]

Just squaring up the field. That 15-20ft made for curvy windows.

[@don66hotrod94]

The picture you show of the loader attachment is a brush rake, designed to gather dead or pruned branches into piles for burning. The recipe for burning a large cherry brush pile was 5 tires and 5 gallons of waste oil. LOL

[@BobJohn-c9r]

Awesome Beautiful 😊

[@nielsdybro9759]

Nice video. I think your plowing results would improve a little if you could get a couple of skimmers for it. That should help you bury all the grass and stubble.

[@jwoodyr1]

Thanks for another great video! I was a bit surprised the gearbox is synchronized. Are synchronized gearboxes common on old tractors? Thanks again!!

[@Randys_Relics]

Thanks for watching! The transmission is not synchronized. If I did some shifting that made it look synchronized, it was just out of pure luck. haha

[@MikeJensen-wo7oh]

Interesting tractor ans a great plow day video! Good to see the UC out working too. Plow days are getting closer every day and I'm ready! I haven't been keeping up on your videos this summer, sorry. Will give me something to do this winter!

[@Randys_Relics]

Thanks for watching!

[@majorphoto]

I think I'd install a drain on the bottom of the oil filter housing

[@petergardner2334]

interesting video nice to the gleaner combines to

[@billyhaddock5540]

RR, looks like a great Friday Tractor. washed-up good. I think that the enter wheel hub has a grease fitting for the baaring??

[@andrewklahold2880]

Looks like it may have been designed off the doodle bug tractors, you make it seem like that is your favorite tractor now, starts right and goes, that is a very nice tractor runs great sounds like a truck, but I do think the point gap is a little wide , it has a spitting once and a while, most books say .020 on points and .045 on plugs and in most cases if you used a dwell meter to have proper dwell you bring the points in to .015 and plugs to .035 , an old man taught me this even though the book say ,

[@Randys_Relics]

I believe the very early tractors were very similar to traditional "doodle bugs". I would like to do a bit more fine-tuning on it, not sure exactly where the timing is at either. When I have some more time, I will give it a proper tune up. Thanks for watching!

[@haroldparker3487]

You might consider Vice Grip Garage, shine juice.

[@MurlWatne-io2bo]

When was the last time you had new points put on those plow shears. That will make a world of difference.

[@Randys_Relics]

These shares are in near new condition with the appropriate suck. That dirt was just that hard.

[@kenfrazier616]

pretty cool tractor

[@karlelliott9254]

You just gotta love the way that cast iron Chrysler pulls on low RPM near the end of the row. I could listen to that six cylinder purr all day. By the time I was ten years old I had ridden at least 200,000 miles with my Dad in a 1952 and 1953 Dodge car with the six cylinder motor. He changed oil every 2000 miles and “never had to add a drop”. That is a true historical piece but it’s not history because it’s here now.

[@Rbs35405]

Awesome 😊

[@cletusschaub4398]

Some of the old tractors were hard to steer

[@kcphillips1000]

Some of these ploughmen could make a much better job if they used a slower gear.

[@eddiephillips6740]

With a front end loader you would have needed power steering assist

[@Randys_Relics]

I agree, power steering would have been welcomed with a full crate of fruit hanging off the front.

[@davidkottman3440]

The old-timers had Armstrong steering!

[@wildbadrehna5780]

is there a trick to getting the sod to flip over and stay turned over with just dirt on top ? when I plow , a lot of sod flips back over , and does not stay buried . so when I am done there is a lot of green sod face up in the field ...

[@Randys_Relics]

It can depend on a lot of variables. Speed, depth, coulter cutting depth and location, the plow bottom shape, soil type and moisture. Sometimes tail boards help too. It would be easier to help with some pictures or video. If you'd like you could email me at [e-mail]

[@yvestressens3990]

😄🤚👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@thomasr.miller5553]

😁😁👍👍👍👍

[@bm4751]

That is so quiet,