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  • From: clhw AT InfoAve.Net (clhw)
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Tractors, again
  • Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:36:55 -0400

We still have it. And husband wouldn't sell it unless he got enough for a
new one, which is more than this one is worth.
When I started this email, I was picturing one we sold.
But the Landini is the one we kept. It is sold in America (was sold? I
don't know) as a Long. It has a Perkins engine. We sold a Massy 150
(husband thinks it was a 250), a JD4020, and a JohnnyPopup and the auction
of our dairy cows and equipment. But kept the blue tractor.

I wanted to keep the Massy; I liked its smaller size. The 4020 was an easy
gearshift to use but was a monster to even sit on. I don't want to even get
on the Landini. I drove it across a field once and that was enough. While
we had it on the dairy, it mostly either powered the silage blower or
hauled silage wagons. Now we use it for everything, including powering the
PTO generator.

>>We had a Landini. Does that count for anything? It is blue.
>>Big monster, R9500-Special.
>>We've owned it since about 1979.
>
>I widely refrain from pointing out grammatical boo-boos but here I
>need to get it straight or lose the truth. You write, "We HAD," but
>then, "We've OWNED IT SINCE . . ." Do you got it or do you don't?
>
>This is important because I think Landini is a totally cool name for
>a machine that works the land. Reminds me of Zamboni, the machine
>that smooths hockey ice. How much did you sell it for OR how much do
>you want for it?






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