More Old Iron...

[Moparmike]

A few more shots from this weekend. The sun FINALLY came out!
And apologies to EasyEd...there's still not much "red" showing! :d

Fordson Major Diesel:
I grew up with this little beast. I hate to see it just sitting around getting neglected.




A couple more of the "seasonal workers".
Oliver Super 88 diesel and another Farmall 560 gas.






Gleaner "A" combine. IIRC, this is a '58 model. Yes, it can still go out and do some work if it's needed.





An old fanning mill used to clean grain for seeding.




An overview of the barnyard.




Larger shots in my Flickr photostream.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moparmike90/

[Cloud9Gal]

Mike~ I really enjoyed all of your pictures, but I fell in love with your "tractor" shot! WOW! This is frame worthy! All the colors look "subdued", which works perfectly for an "old iron" shot. The skies, the wheat surrounding the tractor, all come together to give it that perfect "vintage" look.
Two thumbs up!

[Cazzie]

Like C9G, that first shot of the tractor is framer all the way. Love that last shot of the barnyard too. Good stuff! :ernae:

Caz

[lifejogger]

Excellent shots, I also like that tractor shot. Very well done.

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

Great Pics Mike! Fordson blue and Oliver green are just fine since there is a 560 in the pic. :d I didn't grow up on Fordson but I did on Fords (8n and NAA) (cattle ranchers) while the other side of my family (dryland wheat) was Farmall (M), Case (LA) and combines, a Minne Mo (I don't recall the model) and even an old Deere two cylinder (maybe a B but not sure).

As for the Oliver I've always thought I'd love to find a 2255 FWA with a Cat V8 - talk about a tough looking and I suspect great tractor.

I also noticed the 2 New Holland balers - I've spent a fair bit of time in front of a small square New Holland baler.

Never seen a fanning mill before - interesting.

I love the pic of the Gleaner - Thank goodness for the Baldwin Brothers producing such a great combine.

As for the place I'd trade the mountains and oceans of Vancouver Island for the prairies any day. To me the sight of wheatfields waving in the wind is far prettier than waves rolling in on a beach but I suspect that is just my Montana roots showing through. I also have to admit I grew up on a lot of North Dakota jokes but will refrain. :d

-Ed-

PS Don't stop on the old iron and ND "scenery" pics!

[Moparmike]

Dang, I'm still getting hits on my Flickr page from here.
I don't have much new to post, but here's some more old iron from last fall.

An old Case threshing machine overlooking my great-grandparent's farmstead.


IMGP3509 by moparmike90, on Flickr

Same machine. I was playing around with B&W conversions and filters.

IMGP3498_orange by moparmike90, on Flickr

And this is what I've been spending most of my free time on this winter...
Not quite as old but still fun to tear around with.

IMGP3547 by moparmike90, on Flickr

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

Nice threshing machine pics! Looks like the one my grandparents were using well into the 1960s. Since they only did an occasional rotation of oats they couldn't justify a combine so it was a binder shock the bundles and then use a threshing machine!

As for the Ski Doo I remember well the yellow with black stripe ones from the early/mid 60s. Always wanted an Artic Cat though back then.

-Ed-