Exactly! Walking the rows of decrepit old machines I can't help but think about all of the work it took for the people to buy them back when they were new - the large investment that new equipment has always been - and like you said, the family history as well as agricultural & engineering history that each one of them represents.
Think of how many peoples family tractors are in that parts yard sold many years ago because it was deemed not worth fixing or too small. Now there are countless people kicking themselves saying if so and so wouldn’t have sold that tractor
@@robertquast9684 my dad tells me over and over how he wishes his dad had not traded in the farmall M when they got a 1468. Last summer I surprised my dad with a Minneapolis Moline ZA. It was the first tractor. He was able to drive when he was four years old because it had a hand clutch. It’s not the tractor. He drove when he was four, but it was really neat seeing the surprise on his face when he found it in the barn one day, it is the next tractor we are going to restore together
@@wilmamcdermott3065. That was a Tractor that was much easier to get on and off as an H or an M. With a lower overall center of Gravity it was much safer too. Fergieman
A salvage yard is always an interesting and wondrous place; yet, simultaneously, it is also a sad place. All of those machines, once the centerpiece of thriving farms, are now perhaps the only reminder that said farms and farmers even existed.
YUP! ... and it makes me also wonder how many of those farms now currently has a neighborhood in it where a housing development happened. I guess that's what they call "progress" 😔
I would love to go through a place like that. I could easily spend a week looking and wondering about each piece of equipment all the stories it could tell about its life and owners. Fantastic video Toby thanks and I’m glad you and Senior found what you were looking forward.
My Farmall H has a very similar cable lift loader. My grandfather told me he bought it out of a junk yard in 1956 and it was on an older unstyled Farmall, so who knows how old the loader actually is. It is horribly beat up and has been welded and repaired numerous times. I really should just take it off, but it has been on the tractor my entire life, and it just wouldn't seem complete without it. Thanks for taking us along!
Muitas sucatas de tratores International Harvester . Possui uma patrol Trojan até pouco tempo (2010) totalmente original , inclusive com o mostrador de luzes .
I realized many years ago that old cars are to men what scrapbooks and photo albums are to women: repositories of memories. I guess old tractors are the same.
I would love to go through a place like that! Just like you I ponder at the past lives of all the old equipment. I can remember the feeling when we bought new equipment and tractors. Somebody had that feeling for every one of those in that yard.
I did throughly enjoy the walk through the salvage yard.....if I could only have a smigden of the information you hold on all these tractors, I would be happy. Heck.....I'd be satisfied with just a smigden of the stuff you no longer remember. (smile) Just as you were saying, "Imagine all the stories," etc., I was thinking to myself......imagine all the acres of field work and hours behind the wheel of these vehicles. Almost seems like a sacred place. (smile) Many Thanks again as always.....enjoyed the video!!!
What fun, a Salvage yard! Let me guess there’s an older fellow in the office or shack that chewing tobacco that can tell you where any tractor is on the lot and what parts that it has on it.
Man, if all those tractors could tell stories 😂 (edit: i typed my comment before you said it lol) As sad as it is to see all them tractors sitting there, it's better than going overseas for scrap😢
We used to have a yard like that south of here. It was sold to a group after the old guy that ran it forever passed on because nobody in that family wanted it. When the steel scrap price went up a few years ago they cleaned out all of the old iron and shipped it away to be melted down. It would make you weep to see what disappeared from there. The new group did not even tell anyone they were shutting it down and before anybody could get the word out it was all thrown into big scrap sloops and trucked away.
They all came there one tractor at a time. Probably less loans than you might think. Dad paid cash for a 48 H. Most of the new equipment he bought was cash. They came out of a depression, and didn't trust banks. Thank you.
Fantastic. Thanks for taking us along, Squatch. Sadly in the UK the neighbour's would have complained about the "eye sore" and those parts gems and pieces of history would be gone forever
They’ve pulled most of the really good parts and have those all organized and stored in the shipping containers that are in the background of the opening shot 👍
Salvage yards can be hard emotionally. Some tractors are obviously low houred but ended up as parts machines. Better parts because of less wear, but likely a sad story behind them. Someone's pride and joy reduced to salvage. Ever watch "The Brave Little Toaster?" The junk yard scene is an emotional one.
I never pass up a trip to the salvage yard, even if I don’t buy anything just walking around and looking is relaxing to me. On a side note, how far and roughly what direction is that one from your place?? 🤔😉😉
This is in the same town where I used to work at the Ford Dealership, so not too far away from home base. For privacy reasons, that's all I'll say in the comments section here. I'll give you the whole scoop next time we cross paths, you'll just have to help me remember lol ;-)
Excellent video. It is always nice to go to salvage yards and walk around the machinery you never know what you might find i have bought whole machines and brought them home and repaired them and some times my machine becomes the donor depending on the issues. The Super M would look nicer with the factory rims and hubs and they are fine when it doesn't have a loader on it now. Keep up the great videos
I've walked those rows many times in the past. That's a rare governor upgrade (Pickering?) on that McCormick Deering power unit. First time I've seen one like that.
Jensen Tractor in Askov, MN. The algorithm here is really good at auto-deleting anything that has numbers or full addresses in it, but a Google search will find it with ease :-)
LeSueur swap meet seems to be the place to find them lately, I actually ran across 4 sets of them there last year but was only able to buy 2 sets, as the others were already sold. And that was very early on the first day 👍
Oh the days spent at the you pick-em salvage yards. Always go in looking for that parts and walk out with a slew of others. A tractor salvage yard is new to me but it's a great place to be.
It's always fun walking through the salvage yard. It's sad seeing all the old iron that was once a brand new piece of equipment but what's sadder is seeing our old equipment being shipped to China for scrap!
Around Southwest Ohio, no saalvage yards deal in Letter series or older Farmalls. I would have loved to be with you on that trek. Tell Senior that the hubs he bought are worth it for the grease seals alone. A set of seals for an M will run you about $1300.
Where is this salvage yard located and also I need to locate a front rim like that one of mine does not have the lands like those it just rests on the bolts I am afraid of breaking my center around the bolt holes thanks
Jensen Tractor in Askov, MN. At last count I’ve answered this same question 17 times in the comments section here already lol 😂 They have several rows of these wheels with the tires dismounted and ready for purchase 👍
I really missing walking thru the salvage yards and swap meets. As you were talking about the bank loans etc. How about the mouths they fed. my hobby is restoring old cast iron machine tools. People made their living using those machines and also gave birth to industry as we know it today. Thanks for taking us with you. The machines and tractors have the spirit of those who worked with and on them.
NGL, if i owned that lot, i'd probably go day in and day out and start stripping parts and putting them on shelves by type and year. As is, money wasting.
They’ve stripped most of the really good stuff and have it all organized by make/model model and all stored in the shipping containers that are visible in the background of the opening shot 👍
I need advise and or pointers on removing the starter pinion on a 4u D2 with D311, i cant get injector governor cover off like the book says, do i need to remove the entire governor, book says remove cover and starter pinion will come off but cant get cover off, seems that the shaft inside is stuck in cover, picture in book shows the cover off and with shaft poking out, looks simple....frustrated. Thanks
Yes, the cover should just slide off easily once all of the screws are removed - first make 100% certain that one isn’t still hiding under some crud or old paint - but if it still doesn’t move its probably stuck on the shaft that’s inside the governor housing.
@squatch253 it appears that the shaft just wont come out, i drilled a hole in the plug on the cover and hit it with a small punch, still wouldn't budge, gave up befire i broke something, will plug hole with silicone, took entire governor off..with air chisel to break it free, crazy, i found the tiny pinion latch bolts had come out and latch just moving free, i have no idea how it even would start, thanks for info, I'm cleaning and starting back together, thanks
Thanks for the video Toby! Was nice seeing the old iron. Those will tea set off the front of the Super M better than just the red. Thanks again and can’t wait for the next video!
The H we had growing up had the vertical cylinder style loader on it. And given that we lived in the western suburbs of the Twin Cities one wonders, was that tractor you found ours? No idea what the serial number was of our tractor. Fun to speculate. Thanks
We never had salvage yards in our area but lots off the locals kept there old tractors parked in a corner off a field when they were no longer wanted or needed and it was great when you were looking for a part to raid there scrap pile (with consent) and find it and on the rare ocasion just like you did in the video to find another part you needed but weren’t really looking for. I imagine that’s what winning the lottery feels like. Great video thank you. 😎
Back at the Ford dealer we still had the old factory wiring diagram books for vehicles from the early 1960’s, which were simple fold-outs that had the wiring for the entire vehicle on just one large sheet 👍
From say 1925 on,wiring diagrams were usually two pages. My friend Donny ran a limousine service. 1995 Town Car, factory wiring diagram was 23 pages. With several blank rectangles rather than actual description of the magic supposed to happen inside. All very well to have a flow chart in the factory annual manual,but doing things by rote will not always result in a fix that functions. Come to think of it,you ever run across torque converter shudder ? Factory answer was replacement. Turns out an Edmonton outfit had a circuit board fix that worked. About $150.00 plus two hours shop time. Factory manuals just aren't what they used to be. Mind you, neither am I.
Anytime you find a rare/expensive body or other exterior part, you want to make a fiberglass cast of it and then mold a new, reinforced one of it. Easy to do.
As you’re walking around I’m looking for a gas tank for my son’s Fairway 12 project. We’ve got his tank just about fixed and ready for paint but it was way too much work to get it repaired.
I can spend hours just walking and looking in salvage yards. Before I bought my first vehicle I walked through looking at the models I was interested in and seeing why they were in there. I won't own any gm products, Rangers were rollover prone, and Toyota looked like general accidents.
Excellent video Squatch 253 :) yes salvage do help save tractor on rebuilt or restoration projects too and agree to that! Back 1994 was working at Restoration shop doing almost anything in Sandblasting to guy working for ! In 1994 September to October found a Tractor salvage yard a 1963 McCormick International B414 Loader tractor Desiel was going for $500.00 and Restoration up one dad also uncle had for years for like new again from parts! One home farm fenders also all headlights was rust off hood so ask my dad and uncle rebuilt up ! They said do it and one thing got all fix except Generator also changes to GM Delco Alternator with internal regulartor! After got parts tractor and in 2 months was nice done! My dad & uncle sold with home farm to new owners bought in 1997 ! Then in 2023 was man come up groceries store said bought tractor 3 years ago from new owners on home want know replacement the GM Delco Alternator again plus do plus belts need too ! So got phone number and called up made arrangements to it! Also tractor still nice condition like paint up yesterday! Also got tractor fix for him and runs super too! I was amazed lights still ran all gauges too when check over on electrical parts! Even when rebuilt motor to in 1994 !
What a deal lot of good pieces in the salvage yard. Did not see any Belarus tractors in it from the video. The chances for one in your area are very slim but they could be in someone else's salvage yard. Just people don't recognize them or hardly pay attention. I always look out for the odd stuff cause that itself tells a story of it's own.
It’s a pretty well-run yard, fortunately. They’ve got a lot of the more sensitive engine and drivetrain parts organized by make and model and stored in those shipping containers that can be seen in the background in the opening shot, protecting them from the weather. Several years ago when scrap really boomed, they did clean out a few of the more cobwebbed corners of the yard but didn’t go crazy. 👍
You are quite right the history if it could only be told that was in that yard would make fantastic reading 👌it's the excitement factor when you find the obsolete part that you had looked for years for👍 I had been looking for an original tool box for my 58 McCormick International for more years than I care to remember when one day at our local club where we go to religiously every Sunday I found an original tool box that had been hiding from me in full view 🙄😳 attached to a loader frame and the fixing hole pattern matched up perfectly with the pre drilled holes on my mudguards, WOW happy days 👌 great video 👍
Here's a tractor junk yard tale for you: A farmer friend of dad's (both have passed on) went up into Minnesota chasing a rumor of a Minneapolis Moline UDLX supposed to be sitting in a shed being ignored. After talking to everyone they met in coffee shops and gas stations they had given up and were headed home when they made a wrong turn (this was about 1980, no GPS) and passed a place with mostly junk cars and trucks but spotted something suspicious poking out of a snow drift (in was January) and sure enough that was it. They returned after the snow melted and spent a day scrounging around retrieving pieces and parts. I think it took them over 10 years to restore it.
How many excited kids got a ride on those tractors and got their passion for machinery kicked off . That was me on grandpas lap on a Ford 9N or a Deere B model .
