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Special New Holland farm tractor -- "Driver's Ed" model. (Original Post) George McGovern Feb 2022 OP
Good one! MLAA Feb 2022 #1
Many thanks MLAA! George McGovern Feb 2022 #2
Whoa! Diamond_Dog Feb 2022 #3
Ha Ha Thank You Diamond! Glad you figured it out! George McGovern Feb 2022 #4
Nice! I'm a New Holland fan. CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #5
Fantastic CaptainTruth! That's really neat. Ours has served us well, George McGovern Feb 2022 #6
Made me chuckle 😆. I learned to drive a tractor on my dad's farm. He started me on the Ziggysmom Feb 2022 #7
Thank You. Was it a tractor like this Ziggysmom? I read they were tough to start with the crank. George McGovern Feb 2022 #8
Oh definitely! And you learn really fast as a farm kid to never rap your thumb around a crank or Ziggysmom Feb 2022 #9

Diamond_Dog

(31,660 posts)
3. Whoa!
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 06:20 PM
Feb 2022

It sure does look like it has two steering wheels! You had me going there for a minute, George!
Great shot!

CaptainTruth

(6,546 posts)
5. Nice! I'm a New Holland fan.
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 07:15 PM
Feb 2022

When I bought my tractor years ago I looked at John Deere, Kubota, & New Holland & concluded New Holland had a much better product in the compact tractor category that I wanted.

That seems like a lifetime ago, & now I live on the other side of the country on a much smaller lot where I don't really need one.

George McGovern

(5,410 posts)
6. Fantastic CaptainTruth! That's really neat. Ours has served us well,
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 07:50 PM
Feb 2022

although it is a bit reluctant to start up on a frosty morning; even with its plug-in oil pan heater.

Since you don't need one any longer, your small lot should be easier to take care of. Thanks!

Ziggysmom

(3,374 posts)
7. Made me chuckle 😆. I learned to drive a tractor on my dad's farm. He started me on the
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 02:13 AM
Feb 2022

old Farmall F-12. It was sooooooooo slow! Working with horses was faster. Nowadays I love to go to the antique tractor shows and see the classics I grew up with; some are quite beautiful. Never drove a New Holland tractor, but we used to have a NH hay rake.

Be Well. 🙂

Ziggysmom

(3,374 posts)
9. Oh definitely! And you learn really fast as a farm kid to never rap your thumb around a crank or
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 08:14 PM
Feb 2022

a steering wheel. 🙂. When you're crankin away and that old tractor "Sneezes", it can break bones 😬

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