I always wanted a Happy farmer tractor .

 

Only saw 3 of the 5 and I suspect he had to redact the two for legal issues! Guy likes to hear himself talk though, that could have been a one-minute video!

 

If the five worst are in the picture no reason to watch the video. But if they are it doesn't leave much.

 

No, he put up a slide with supposedly two he wouldn't take if someone gave them to him, but both were "redacted" . Later in the video he shows a slide with a Kubota, and two JD models to avoid.

 

The other 2 were implied. One was a JD 790 (or maybe any older tractor without a loader?) I think due to difficulty finding loaders for them and 9N Fords due to needing to be tinkered with.

 

I don't think so, both of those are great quality machines. He was just using the 790 as an example of being careful when looking for a "bargain" as items for it may no longer be available and he used the 2N, 8N as an example that due to age there may be more maintenance required.

 

That's what I meant--but worded poorly. The other 2 "worst" tractors are ones you have to work on all the time and the bargain that you can't find implements or support for.

 

So the "IDIOT" label may apply. If there is a will there is a way as far as attachments are concerned. But if enough listen to him it could make some good older tractors very reasonable.

 

I only WISH my shop looked as pristine as his. Highly polished workbench top, no need for a vise, clean door jambs and light switches...a sign of a deeply involved guy? Or maybe this was filmed at a neighbor's garage?

I have to confess, my garage and shop is no where near the perfection of his, so his words must carry a lot of weight.

 

Or not if a stage for video only.

 

Just got to love folks trying to be Internet influencers!

 

buy a happy farmer tractor .

 

I skipped forward to the 11 minute mark to find where he mentioned the 3 that he did talk about...so a 14 minute video, with 11 minutes of fast talking snake oil guy....he would not take one of the 2 he would not name if he got them for free...but he paid good US money for an LS?

 

That guy obviously knows nothing about tractors. Not one mention of the Hoyt-Clagwell

 

That guy obviously knows nothing about tractors. Not one mention of the Hoyt-Clagwell

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That's just telling you to stay away from this guy....

 

Actually, old Haney sold Oliver a bill of goods........

I got this information from a Green Acres home page.
On the show, his tractor was a Hoyt-Clagwell. In reality though, his tractor was a Fordson model "F" built from 1917-1926 . This was the first actual tractor built and sold by Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company). It was named "Fordson" because of the involvement of his son in this venture. Ford Motor company was a sponsor of the show, thus his car being a Lincoln, Haney's truck a Model "T",and the Fordson. If you remember the show when Lisa bought Oliver a new tractor, the tractor dealer had all Fords, and I believe the tractor she picked was a Ford 6000 diesel. These were built from 1961-1967. The other tractor used at the beginning of the show start was a John Deere "GP" tractor. The "GP" stood for General Purpose,and these were produced from 1928-1935. The McCormick-Deering tractors were #1 in popularity back when these tractors were built, and John Deere was second in line. The three companies engaged in price battles for sales dominance, in which McCormick-Deering came out on to with Deere second, and Ford finally dropped production of the Fordson "F" in retreat. I would guess that the "GP" was his liking, but because of Ford's sponsorship, the Fordson was a requirement

 

none of those mentioned could ever touch a Happy farmer tractor look at the sales brochure . Happy farmer does it CHEAPER and BETTER .

 

 

Happy untill he had to drive it to town. With those steel lugs it should have rode real smooth.