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1955 Ford 860

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1955 Ford 860 - My Dad purchased this 1955 Ford 860 tractor with a 2 bottom 16 inch  Economy Plow in the Spring of 1955. When the tractor was delivered to  the farm, I was the first to drive it in the field pulling a disk over plowed  ground. The sales agent rode along telling me the tractor was much more  powerful than the Ferguson Dad traded in and to be careful. I was thirteen  at the time. I spent many hours in the seat of this tractor plowing and  discing. Dad used the tractor to pull an International Harvester bailer,  Minneapolis Moline combine, New Idea corn picker, bush hog, and other  implements. We raised chickens in two buildings and Dad used the tractor  with a front loader to clean out the buildings. After 27 years of use, I purchased the tractor at my parents farm sale  thinking at the time I would need the tractor to manage small acreage my  wife and I thought we might purchase for our next home. That purchase  never happened and I used the tractor around the area mowing, grading,  and hauling wood.  In 1994 immediately after I retired from teaching, I took the hood and  fenders off the tractor to begin a restoration. I drained the radiator and  gasoline tank but soon was re-employed in a second career and stopped  working on the tractor until the spring of 2014 when I arranged for a body  shop to paint the hood, new fenders, new front wheels, and rear wheels. I  purchased new rear rims and had new tires mounted to the rims and  newly painted front wheels. With the tractor mobile, I pulled it up onto a  trailer and hauled it to a body shop to have the chassis painted.  I then spent the summer of 2016 reassembling the tractor using new parts  to replace worn out parts. Finally on July 28, 2016, I started the tractor  engine for the first time in 22 years. I had a neighbor grind the valves as  the only change to the engine. Dad had the engine overhauled in the late  70's or early 80's and used the tractor as a utility tractor only since the  overhaul since he had larger tractors for field work. The engine runs and  sounds as good as new.  Recently, I took the tractor on a cruise to a neighbors farm to borrow an  implement to use on my garden area. After driving to and from this farm  and working the garden area, a small leak started in the front of the  gasoline tank where a bracket is welded. Knowing I could have the tank  repaired, but finding a new tank online, I chose to purchase a new tank.  After the new tank is installed, I will clean and wax the gray parts and  clean the chassis to get the tractor ready for shows in our area the  summer of 2017.


My Dad purchased this 1955 Ford 860 tractor with a 2 bottom 16 inch Economy Plow in the Spring of 1955. When the tractor was delivered to the farm, I was the first to drive it in the field pulling a disk over plowed ground. The sales agent rode along telling me the tractor was much more powerful than the Ferguson Dad traded in and to be careful. I was thirteen at the time. I spent many hours in the seat of this tractor plowing and discing. Dad used the tractor to pull an International Harvester bailer, Minneapolis Moline combine, New Idea corn picker, bush hog, and other implements. We raised chickens in two buildings and Dad used the tractor with a front loader to clean out the buildings. After 27 years of use, I purchased the tractor at my parents farm sale thinking at the time I would need the tractor to manage small acreage my wife and I thought we might purchase for our next home. That purchase never happened and I used the tractor around the area mowing, grading, and hauling wood. In 1994 immediately after I retired from teaching, I took the hood and fenders off the tractor to begin a restoration. I drained the radiator and gasoline tank but soon was re-employed in a second career and stopped working on the tractor until the spring of 2014 when I arranged for a body shop to paint the hood, new fenders, new front wheels, and rear wheels. I purchased new rear rims and had new tires mounted to the rims and newly painted front wheels. With the tractor mobile, I pulled it up onto a trailer and hauled it to a body shop to have the chassis painted. I then spent the summer of 2016 reassembling the tractor using new parts to replace worn out parts. Finally on July 28, 2016, I started the tractor engine for the first time in 22 years. I had a neighbor grind the valves as the only change to the engine. Dad had the engine overhauled in the late 70's or early 80's and used the tractor as a utility tractor only since the overhaul since he had larger tractors for field work. The engine runs and sounds as good as new. Recently, I took the tractor on a cruise to a neighbors farm to borrow an implement to use on my garden area. After driving to and from this farm and working the garden area, a small leak started in the front of the gasoline tank where a bracket is welded. Knowing I could have the tank repaired, but finding a new tank online, I chose to purchase a new tank. After the new tank is installed, I will clean and wax the gray parts and clean the chassis to get the tractor ready for shows in our area the summer of 2017.

Submitted By: Larry Thompson from IL

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