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Hi,
Soundguy wanted me to get us started talking about this Jubilee that Cheryl and I just got for our very mini farm.
I just happen to be on the wrong computer in the house to post pictures but have a bunch and they will be coming in next few posts. Story goes like this;
Once upon a time I fell in love with the Ford Jubilee this was about 1960. I was about 5 or 6 and the tractor was my Great Uncle Bailey Stump's who lived south of Conneaut Ohio about 10 miles on Rt 7. We would visit Bailey and I was allowed to play very carefully with the scale model of the real tractor. (The Jubilee that he had is now owned by his niece's family just a few miles north.)
Fast forward to last year. Cheryl comes home and says there's is a tractor between our place and Erie for sale. Next time we are driving that way I see it and we stop, and here is this nice looking Jubilee. I must have stopped and drooled on it 20 times last spring and summer. The owner and I just could not come to terms. So winter came and I let it go. The owner sold the place and I assumed the Jubilee was long gone.
I spent last year restoring a Cub Cadet (another story if you want to hear it). While that was going on a neighbor stopped and said he had a Jubilee he wanted to trade for the Cub I was working on. I had so much time and effort into the Cub I did not really want to part with it yet . But the second Jubilee was very interesting but needed cosmetics.
A month and a half ago while looking through my wallet I find the number of the guy that had the first Jubilee. I give him a call and find he still has it and a 951 brush hog. He said he had really wanted me to have his tractor. He came down on his price to what I thought was reasonable and we struck a deal. I went and picked it up several weeks ago, attached the brush hog and drove it home about 10 miles. It purred like a kitten and I was like a kid n a candy store.
The tractor needs some work but general is in pretty good shape. The PO was very fussy and had put some money into getting it into good shape. At this point I am very happy with the tractor. I have hauled about 4 cord of wood with it and had fun driving it around the yard, and up and down the road.
Sorry for being long winded. You will find that I have that problem.
Regards,
Chris
Pictures coming soon. Willing to learn.
BTW the second Jubilee is setting about 200 feet from me in another neighbors garage. Hummmm can a person have two of these on four acres
Soundguy wanted me to get us started talking about this Jubilee that Cheryl and I just got for our very mini farm.
I just happen to be on the wrong computer in the house to post pictures but have a bunch and they will be coming in next few posts. Story goes like this;
Once upon a time I fell in love with the Ford Jubilee this was about 1960. I was about 5 or 6 and the tractor was my Great Uncle Bailey Stump's who lived south of Conneaut Ohio about 10 miles on Rt 7. We would visit Bailey and I was allowed to play very carefully with the scale model of the real tractor. (The Jubilee that he had is now owned by his niece's family just a few miles north.)
Fast forward to last year. Cheryl comes home and says there's is a tractor between our place and Erie for sale. Next time we are driving that way I see it and we stop, and here is this nice looking Jubilee. I must have stopped and drooled on it 20 times last spring and summer. The owner and I just could not come to terms. So winter came and I let it go. The owner sold the place and I assumed the Jubilee was long gone.
I spent last year restoring a Cub Cadet (another story if you want to hear it). While that was going on a neighbor stopped and said he had a Jubilee he wanted to trade for the Cub I was working on. I had so much time and effort into the Cub I did not really want to part with it yet . But the second Jubilee was very interesting but needed cosmetics.
A month and a half ago while looking through my wallet I find the number of the guy that had the first Jubilee. I give him a call and find he still has it and a 951 brush hog. He said he had really wanted me to have his tractor. He came down on his price to what I thought was reasonable and we struck a deal. I went and picked it up several weeks ago, attached the brush hog and drove it home about 10 miles. It purred like a kitten and I was like a kid n a candy store.
The tractor needs some work but general is in pretty good shape. The PO was very fussy and had put some money into getting it into good shape. At this point I am very happy with the tractor. I have hauled about 4 cord of wood with it and had fun driving it around the yard, and up and down the road.
Sorry for being long winded. You will find that I have that problem.
Regards,
Chris
Pictures coming soon. Willing to learn.
BTW the second Jubilee is setting about 200 feet from me in another neighbors garage. Hummmm can a person have two of these on four acres
