I still got a farmall 230, super easy to fix and maintain and works perfect for my small bit of land. An electric starter addon is really nice for winter starts though instead of killing your arm.
replyWhile I’m not at all surprised that they’re still running, I am a little surprised at how many Farm-all owners are on HN. Farm-all H owner checking in :)
replyMy father was a Farm-all partisan. Even though I never took up farming, it's one of the things I remember him for.
replyEasy to maintain, great engine, just a bit rough to use on a larger field.
replythe 5-speed is nice, good consistent pull, had it power plumeing in a seldge pull contest, its rare that i call on it to do that much work.
replyAnd how many acres are you farming on it? Today's world of agriculture is much higher tech-based (for many good reasons, primarily yield) than back in the horse and buggy days of farming.
reply5.75; 7.5; and 42.6.
replyI know of a forklift that's pushing 80 and still used in a lumber yard (i.e. a material handling centric workplace)
replyOther than ~30min it takes to teach an employee to drive manual it doesn't do anything worse than the modern ones it works alongside and it does a handful of minor things much better by virtue of predating OSHA.