Going backwards to go forwards
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (348530)
Rockingham, Australia
April 27, 2018 3:37am CST
The photo is of our Fordson tractor and a three-point linkage scarifier. Someone is interested in buying the scarifier and as we have used it about once in our time here, we feel we might as well sell it. So we hooked it up today to take some photos of it.
We had forgotten that really it is a bit heavy for our tractor. With so much weight on the back end, the tractor was hard to steer and the front wheels kept skidding sideways when Vince tried to turn left or right.
We had to manoeuvre it in front of the shed and the only way to make it go where it needed to go was to go backwards turning left or right then drive more or less straight forward. Life wasn’t meant to be easy, was it?
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I know it can be repaired and make it as new then selling you will get more price.
@vandana7 (101578)
• India
27 Apr 18
Yeah..but whoever is interested in buying it is obviously well aware of all that and how to repair it to look good. We had a very old car, I was very fond of it. Then dad sold it. The person who bought it personally did a splendid job, and what we sold then for 3000 fetched him 10000.
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@shaggin (74042)
• United States
27 Apr 18
My father has a big tractor like that and he took the old tires off and put new ones on that don’t have sand in the front tires so now it’s heavy on the back and doesn’t get good traction. He had to put a barely of water on there to weight it down but there’s little room to sit now. I think it was a great idea you selling it since you’ve only used it once all those years but it’s to heavy for your tractor.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
27 Apr 18
Ah yes, lol. Fordson though, that's interesting. I didn't hear of that kind before
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@JudyEv (348530)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr 18
@FayeHazel It was dark blue once. It is nearly as old as we are! 
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
29 Apr 18
@JudyEv Wow, still interesting. Here our "Ford" tractors are a dark blue
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@allknowing (142434)
• India
27 Apr 18
Have you watched runners at the Olympics? . They always take a step back before starting the race.
Hope you will get a buyer for that.
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@wolfgirl569 (113252)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Apr 18
Another reason to sell it or you will be having to buy a bigger tractor.
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@JudyEv (348530)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Apr 18
We don't need it so it might as well go to someone who does.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Apr 18
Good luck in selling it.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
27 Apr 18
hope you find a suitable buyer for it soon
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