Thanks for your support, Dave!!Photo at Dunkin donuts. 1929 model A and my 2022 lightning!
This was our first tractor on the farm, a new 1949 Ford 8N. Five generations have learned to drive on this machine. This was the pivotal machine that transitioned us from farming with horses. Now parked next to my 2023 Lightning, the next pivotal change from combustion engines to electric power. I hope the Lightning still runs as good 74 years from now, but somehow I don't think it will.Photo at Dunkin donuts. 1929 model A and my 2022 lightning!
Nice! My Dad worked at a small construction company with a concrete batch plant. They used the same tractor with a hydraulic bucket fitted to the front to load sand and gravel onto a bucket elevator for overhead storage. I had to drive the tractor a few miles across town about 1970. The steering gear was so worn out I could barely hold it in the road. I had to either accelerate or brake to keep it sort of straight in the road. A steady cruise speed would cause the front end to violently shake, and the tractor would uncontrollably veer left and right across the road.This was our first tractor on the farm, a new 1949 Ford 8N. Five generations have learned to drive on this machine. This was the pivotal machine that transitioned us from farming with horses. Now parked next to my 2023 Lightning, the next pivotal change from combustion engines to electric power. I hope the Lightning still runs as good 74 years from now, but somehow I don't think it will.
