bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

The kerosene burners have a small auxiliary tank for gasoline. They had to be started on gasoline and when warmed up, switched over to kerosene. Things had to be good and warm for kerosene to vaporize. Even when run on gasoline all the time the little tank would get you back to the house when the big tank ran dry. No gas gages back then.

neco Loc: Western Colorado Mountains

Agree. I road IH's in my youth on a Nebraska farm. Good shots.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Much obliged, Richard

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

I'm about fifty pounds overweight already; if I stopped and ate something at each of the food stands that made me drool, they'd have to drag me out with one or two of those old tractors

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Thanks so much, and I appreciate the visit

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Yes, and thanks for stopping by and commenting, Grey ⭐

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

A whole other lifestyle back then

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Thank you very much 🚜🚜

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Great set Joe!

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

And then some of those big diesel engines found on old dozers have an injection pump and injectors on one side and a carburetor and distributor cap on the opposite side. Fire it up on gasoline and then switch over to diesel. Those old indirect injection diesel systems didn’t like starting in chilly weather, let alone cold weather.

The old yellow JD was hand started only as evidenced by the flywheel. I had to hand crank an old ‘37 A far too much. The back side of the flywheel had indentations to fit your fingers. The later electric start B, A, G etc could be hand started as well, except you had to remove the steering wheel and fit it into a hole in the flywheel so that you had something to grab hold of.

When people talk about the good old days, they are usually remembering through rose colored glasses. We were ok with it then because it was all we had or didn’t know better.

Modern day cameras are no different. They can do plenty of stuff all by themselves, making our lives much more hassle free. No need to figure guide numbers, burning your fingers on just fired flashbulbs, being caught in dim light with ASA 25 Kodachrome and so on. In most cases the good old days need to stay in the past.

NuttyMe Loc: Indiana

Excellent Joe my husband would spend hours pouring over old tractors

Eyes Loc: Buffalo, NY

Well, add my name to that .... probably VERY long list!
Thnx sharing a Great set of shots!

Carl

PhotoPhred Loc: Cheyney, Pa

Beautiful machines. I have a neighbor who is quite the enthusiast. He restores them, and has several in various stages of restoration. Thanks for posting these.

Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England

Excellent set Joe, love the lineup.