Great grandpas tractor search.

Josh I hope you find it as family tractors are special.    Mark

Thanks guys, I was lucky enough to find a trade receipt with the serial number for this one. Still looking for the serial numbers for a Farmall C, another 460 diesel, Case 830, and a case 970.

No your fine, I get asked that all the time. My great grandfathers side was Case/IH my great grandmothers side was Deere. And they had a Deere here and there but his main equipment was Case/IH after they were married. If I had gotten into tractors earlier while my great grandfather was still alive I pry would favor IH. But he passed away about 5 years before I started collecting tractors. But what started me on AC is we started raising hogs and we needed a small tractor that had enough power to do some bush hogging. We were talking at church one day to a guy who's family used ACs and this older lady over heard us talking and she said her husband had a older tractor forsale so we followed her home that day and it ended up to be a 53 WD. It come with a 3btm plow and 3point blade and we paid a little much for it at the time because just about every seal leaked in the motor. But we bought it and it was the very first tractor I ever drove and my dad and grandfather resealed the whole motor and that was the very first motor I ever seen inside of and worked on
So that tractor started it all. About a year after that at the age of 15 I took all the money I had saved at the time and bought a 52 CA, and about a year after buying that I tore it apart down to the last nut and restored it. And it just kept getting worse, it started with that one AC and with in 4 years I now have 8 ACs . Now with finding these tractors that my family has bought new and used to make a living every year I'm going to have to take a break on buying any more ACs just for now, but trust me if I find a good deal on any ACs I won't let it pass up. I really don't need anymore of any color tractors but they are like chips can't have just one. Every day I wish my great grandfather was here to see all of them because even tho he was a red guy he'd still enjoy them.

Edited by Josh Day - 28 Aug 2017 at 7:58pm

Good luck with your search Josh, I know only to well the significance of what you are doing, I had no serial number at all for my Grandfathers tractor but never gave up looking and asking around, someone, somewhere will know something, you just have to keep looking.

Bump. Anyone with a 460 diesel row crop on the forum? Any help will be appreciated!

Not to rub it in, but I still have my grandfather's tractor.  A Fordson Dexta.  He sold a thoroughly worn-out gas 8N to get the diesel Dexta.  Bought it used from an orange grove owner a couple hours away.I was very young then but I remember the unloading and my grandfather's excitement about having a diesel.

Dave it was a narrow front with a freeman loader. The serial numbers are on the right side of clutch housing if I remember right.