Picture of our D17 w/plow

Nice original D17. Still have dads 1968 series II D15. D series were such great tractors.

Tractor came from the factory with Firestone's. The pair you see on it now are only the second set that have been on the tractor with 7000 plus hours on the tachometer. Obviously I don't use that 4 bottom plow with this tractor. Looks neat mounted but in our soils 3 bottoms are plenty. Plus it is just used for lighter jobs these days as we have a couple larger units for our heavy work. Might add the D17 is all original except for one engine overhaul. Generator, starter, radiator, have never been off. It has not had any sheet metal or paint work of any kind...even touch up. Rear rims are original and have had fluid in them since the tractor was new. Probably the best tractor we have ever owned!

Roger (NE) wrote: Found that if you have the picture in a file on your computer it works to resize and attach to the message...no outside photo site needed.

Need more information on this Roger... Please explain the steps that you took to do this?  Do you turn your puter off?

Ted, First of all, understand I am a 68 year old self taught computer user...not even close to being an expert at this. Having said that, I was able to click on the new topic icon when starting this discussion. There is a little green tree icon with a blue arrow pointing up. I clicked on that and used the browse icon which brought up my computer file chart. I chose the picture I posted and clicked select and it put it in the box to be automatically added to this message. It was way too big so I went back and clicked on resize in my picture file for that particular picture. After experimenting a bit I chose 21 percent as being the best size for my purposes. Depending on what size your pictures are in your files your percentage may have to be different. Anyway, it worked for me. Not saying it was the correct method and computers or software or internet providers may not all be the same/compatible with doing what I did. I was able to preview my message to see what the picture would look like before posting it. Our desk computer is a Dell with the Windows 7 operating system. Hope this helps. Also wanted to say Thanks for all the nice comments on the D17. While not a show tractor by any means, it's always had a good home here and will continue to be a part of our operation for some time to come.

Edited by Roger (NE) - 09 Jan 2017 at 9:23am

Great picture!!

You can see it much better in that photo. That's a beautiful original tractor. By how good you take care of it, I can tell you're proud of it.

Those D 17's were great tractors. We have a 1960 that was bought new by dad. Used snap coupler 3-16 plow on it and it handled it very nicely. Still have the plow. I like your sun shade too. Sitting in the shade with a little wind blowing you were usually cool.

Not a real big deal to switch from snap coupler to 3 point. Has been a number of years now but I think I saved all the mounting bolts from the 3 point and used those. Don't remember that there were enough of the bolts from the snap coupler to use as the 3 point had extra mounting holes already in the tractor frame. The most trouble I encountered was getting the pin driven out that the snap coupler drawbar mounts fit around. It was in there pretty snug and it wasn't the best place to have a good shot to drive it out.