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Originally Posted by Cub Cadet 123
That is super sweet!! Kind of surprised that you did not take that nice ride to the prom. It is a true testament to the old adage, "If you take care of your equipment, then it will take care of you." Happy 50th and here is to the next 50 when your great grandchildren are celebrating another milestone  !
You did well to take care of such a fine tractor buddy..... 
Cub Cadet 123 |
Thanks Maxwell!
I didn't take it to the prom..... but I did drive it to school one year for FFA "Tractor Day", lol. I tried to find a pic in my high school year books, but there wasn't one. I do have a pic somewhere of it though....
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Originally Posted by zippy1
Very cool Jon. I STILL LOVE the 856's...
You know my story with what was our 856. Sad to have sold it a couple years ago, but it wasn't going to be of any use to me.
The guy I sold it to, told me it's in line for a complete restoration. I'll have to check into that the next time I'm over that way.
All the seat time I "had" on that tractor, with a ROPS, it never bothered me. It was a factory installed unit. 1969.
I was just going to put up some pictures, but there on the other puter. Tomorrow I'll get some up. |
I hope he does restore it Todd. Get some pics if he does! I know you didn't want to sell it, but just like when granddad sold this one, I wanted it.... but what do I need a 100HP tractor for? It went cheap, and I was very happy when my cousin bought it. I told him if ever he wants to sell it, I want first choice.
I think I still have the pics in my email you sent me of yours. Holler if you can't find them. I knew yours had a ROPS on it, but didn't know if it was added later. Yours is the only 856 I've ever seen with one. They were pretty common on the 66 series, but not on the 56's.
On one more note, my cousins have a 1456 they bought used that is in better shape (less hours) than this 856. I'll have to grab a pic of it sometime. They have several tractors their family bought new, including a Farmall C, 300 utility, 826 gear drive, 784, 3588 2+2 and two Duetz tractors! And that's just the ones they have that they bought new and kept. They have at least 10 more tractors that I can think of off the top of my head, and they traded some of the ones they bought because of either money, or because they hated them, lol. One of the ones they didn't like was a 7 or an 806 gas. Said they never did like that tractor. Traded it for a diesel, lol.