saddest tractor at the GOTO

I know everybody walked by this poor G, but did you really look at it.
There wasn't a piece of metal on it that didn't have a weld on it or was broken, cut, or beaten off with a very dull tool! It looked like you threw weld at it with a shovel! I do now feel a lot better about my welding after seeing this poor girl. The engine cover was notched with a very dull ax to mount the car power steering pump, and the other side had the aux fuel tank screwed to it! Even the starting crank had a screen door spring retainer screwed to the SMV sign. Where the front lifts slide on to the square bar were shimmed with old broken hacksaw blades welded into place so they wouldn't fall out. Worse yet, it was for sale and the sign stated "Good engine"
Myself and several of the Gadsden group laughed at it and really worked it over hard.
But guys, I just wanted you to know I was around when he came to load it, it fired right up, purred like a kitten, no smoke, no noises and he drove off down the hill!

Joe it might have looked “sad” but that just gave it character..

I'm glad I didn't see it. It might be in my shed right now (just kidding). The saddest one I saw was the possum tractor.

possum tractor?

was the serial # right side up?  

John, It was $1400.00 for $400, I’d took it for the motor!

shameless dude wrote: possum tractor?

Yes, someone made their tractor look like an opossum. It was part some type of Allis but mostly homemade. It had a tail, ears, and whiskers made out of barbed wire. It was unusual to say the least, but very rough. My wife may have a pic of it, if so, I'll post it later.

i make many mods on my things but always try to do it so it can be put back to the way it was originaly.  but somone should not be doing it if they cant do decent work 

There's a lot to be said about the old tractors that still wear their "work clothes". The patina that had been gained through many years of hard work and being baked by the sun and washed by the rain is sort of a testament to the life they lived in the service on the farm. That old G may have looked a sorry sight, but it sounds as though she still has it where it counts. If I had the opportunity to take her home I would probably just give it a good grease job and leave her be, all of those creative additions definitely tell a story....

i guess everything does have its own story ,,   i allways wonder why someone left a peice of equipment where they did or why they didnt move it to the corner of the field or back to the yard