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Old Crank

(5,235 posts)
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 01:33 PM Sep 2023

Old tractors

Oktoberfest started yesterday. We were in a tent with friends at the Oide Wiesen, the old style area. They have adisplay of old operational tractors. Antohe rpart has a Museum with other old things. Here are some close ups of the machinery. The oldest is from 1920.





Better than new


I know what all those thing do... right.





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Old tractors (Original Post) Old Crank Sep 2023 OP
I seem to recall reading there were over 600 manufacturers of tractors by about 1920 bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #1
A lot more farmers then too. Squaredeal Sep 2023 #2
Back before Tractors Old Crank Sep 2023 #3
Great photos, my dear Old Crank! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2023 #4
Very sharp photos, EarthboneArt Sep 2023 #5
Whatever lens Old Crank Sep 2023 #6
Black and white might get rid of some of the artifacts alfredo Sep 2023 #7
I have seen some Lambo tractors Old Crank Sep 2023 #8
They have an interesting origin story alfredo Sep 2023 #9
My grandfather worked for Allis Chalmers. Grumpy Old Guy Sep 2023 #10

bucolic_frolic

(48,574 posts)
1. I seem to recall reading there were over 600 manufacturers of tractors by about 1920
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 01:37 PM
Sep 2023

Many of the earlier ones were steam tractors. Everyone wanted mechanized agriculture for the obvious reasons. It was an economic wave every bit as much as automobiles, televisions, computers, and smart phones.

Squaredeal

(580 posts)
2. A lot more farmers then too.
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 01:43 PM
Sep 2023

You don’t see any of these old tractors working the fields today. More likely a plow team, if anything.

Old Crank

(5,235 posts)
3. Back before Tractors
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 01:50 PM
Sep 2023

you were limited in the area you could plow per day. It was a relatively small area. Tractors changed that. The start of larger farms. But more efficient production.

Old Crank

(5,235 posts)
6. Whatever lens
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 11:23 AM
Sep 2023

Comes on my Samsung A21 phone. I adjust the exposure down a tad when shooting, then found a further control with the edit function. I think it is about 12 mega pixel. Direct to jpeg. It works quite well with good lighting but low light is the pits.

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