there are tons of older model tractors that do hard work simple to fix and up keep and no shortage of parts out there for them
go to any Antique tractor show, and you will see most of the most popular models
NOW< your NOT looking to buy a SHOW tractor
but you will see the long standing and love for many older models and they will give you idea's on what to look for
International tractors from the H - on up to there larger one's from the 1940's YES 1940's to about the late 1960's are all pretty solid tractors with easy up keep
the DEAL is just finding one that has been taken care of
and tha'ts NOT that hard in most farming area's as these tractors sold thousands of them
I had a 1949 IH model h, wide front end(That;s a little more rare)
I used it for 20+ yrs on one property, about as simple a tractor as you can find, pulled a 8 ft drag behind disc just fine
I THINK I paid like 200 bucks for it and when I sold it in 2015-2016 I sold it for 2 grand! and was worth every penny!
The thing most DON"T realize about older tractors, is, they were MADE to be worked on by the average FARMER< not HIGH tech tool turners,. they made them SIMPKLE, they made them OVER kill for the tasks asked of them, they were MADE when there was actually a GOAL in being able to say they made things that lasted and that was a selling point for them, unlike today's disposable world we live in!
and this is why so many of these older tractors are still running and working!
REAL farmers don;t want them as they just are too small, but, for food plotters, that DON"T have to have a shinny new 4x4 tractor to mater there high end properties(many folks get caught up in think they MUS have new things anymore too)
there great things to buy and own!
an older model H (or a LOT of these older tractors) like I had, weighed in at about 4500 lbs for a 20 hp or so tractor, it was built like a tank on rear end and drive parts many of these older machines can OUT pull and work many more modern higher HP tractors, due to they have WEIGHT on there side!
and weight is your friend in the tractor world and pulling power/traction!
many people fear older things cause they know nothing about them or, they base things on how modern stuff isn;t worth a crap in a few yrs
and there missing out one some great tools that can make a food plotters life SO much easier and for a LOT less $$$ than they think!!
and also keep in mind that a TON of the old implements are out there laying in farmers yards doing NOTHING< and can be had many times for a small fee or , just being willing to remove them
liek drag behind disc' drop spreaders
as again modern farmers have ZERO use fort these things and back in the 70-80-s almost every farm, HAD them, and many several of them, that now just lay about doing nothing
and with a little TLC< can be back up and running again
as again, most implements made back then like the tractors were MADE so they could be fixed by poor farmers and I mean NO disrespect by saying that,. its just what it was for many small time farmers
they were NOT making BIG money, they many times had little or no education
YET they coudl fix and keep things working, due to HOW things were made back then
NO computers or high tech on most of the older stuff
and as such, why a lot of it still works!
over the past 30+ yrs I bought a bunch of older tractors, and implements, never a complaint from me on them!
I will admit I got smarter at what one's I would spend money on , but all were never hard to fix! and get working!
