went to that yard many times.Two M's, one cub, one A, BN, and IH 460 utility. Kept me running back and forth. Great place.

First. How many bank loans, how many stories, how many little kids who first took the wheel sitting in their father’s or grandfather’s laps?

A salvage yard is always an interesting and wondrous place; yet, simultaneously, it is also a sad place. All of those machines, once the centerpiece of thriving farms, are now perhaps the only reminder that said farms and farmers even existed.

I would love to go through a place like that. I could easily spend a week looking and wondering about each piece of equipment all the stories it could tell about its life and owners. Fantastic video Toby thanks and I’m glad you and Senior found what you were looking forward.

My Farmall H has a very similar cable lift loader. My grandfather told me he bought it out of a junk yard in 1956 and it was on an older unstyled Farmall, so who knows how old the loader actually is. It is horribly beat up and has been welded and repaired numerous times. I really should just take it off, but it has been on the tractor my entire life, and it just wouldn't seem complete without it. Thanks for taking us along!

Thanks for taking us along on yours and seniors' parts hunting trip. Glad to see that you found what you needed.

I would love to go through a place like that! Just like you I ponder at the past lives of all the old equipment. I can remember the feeling when we bought new equipment and tractors. Somebody had that feeling for every one of those in that yard.

If all those old machines could talk,They would literally tell the history of America for the last 70 or 80 years according to the average person..

We used to have a yard like that south of here. It was sold to a group after the old guy that ran it forever passed on because nobody in that family wanted it. When the steel scrap price went up a few years ago they cleaned out all of the old iron and shipped it away to be melted down. It would make you weep to see what disappeared from there. The new group did not even tell anyone they were shutting it down and before anybody could get the word out it was all thrown into big scrap sloops and trucked away.

I did throughly enjoy the walk through the salvage yard.....if I could only have a smigden of the information you hold on all these tractors, I would be happy. Heck.....I'd be satisfied with just a smigden of the stuff you no longer remember. (smile) Just as you were saying, "Imagine all the stories," etc., I was thinking to myself......imagine all the acres of field work and hours behind the wheel of these vehicles. Almost seems like a sacred place. (smile) Many Thanks again as always.....enjoyed the video!!!

That's the neatest and most organized salvage yard I've ever seen.

Fantastic. Thanks for taking us along, Squatch. Sadly in the UK the neighbour's would have complained about the "eye sore" and those parts gems and pieces of history would be gone forever

Dad worked for Bethlehem Steel in Johnstown Pennsylvania until he retired, nice to see your sweatshirt.

Here's a tractor junk yard tale for you: A farmer friend of dad's (both have passed on) went up into Minnesota chasing a rumor of a Minneapolis Moline UDLX supposed to be sitting in a shed being ignored. After talking to everyone they met in coffee shops and gas stations they had given up and were headed home when they made a wrong turn (this was about 1980, no GPS) and passed a place with mostly junk cars and trucks but spotted something suspicious poking out of a snow drift (in was January) and sure enough that was it. They returned after the snow melted and spent a day scrounging around retrieving pieces and parts. I think it took them over 10 years to restore it.

They all came there one tractor at a time. Probably less loans than you might think. Dad paid cash for a 48 H. Most of the new equipment he bought was cash. They came out of a depression, and didn't trust banks. Thank you.

I recall running Dads 51 case DC & 3 16’s , 3” straight pipe made for many nights of hearing that thing running in my sleep.

Well, that was certainly different. We enjoyed every minute. Art & Melissa from Ohio

In my now long past youth, I went to salvage yards to get parts to keep my I-don't-have-any-money-cars running. Those were the days.

What fun, a Salvage yard! Let me guess there’s an older fellow in the office or shack that chewing tobacco that can tell you where any tractor is on the lot and what parts that it has on it.

Oh the days spent at the you pick-em salvage yards. Always go in looking for that parts and walk out with a slew of others. A tractor salvage yard is new to me but it's a great place to be.

I just love salvage/junk yards. I have saved my companies many thousands over the years by feeding my passion to search.

My favorite past time is walking thru salvage yards, many times enjoying the search or just exploring and living out past history.

Man, if all those tractors could tell stories 😂 (edit: i typed my comment before you said it lol) As sad as it is to see all them tractors sitting there, it's better than going overseas for scrap😢

I really missing walking thru the salvage yards and swap meets. As you were talking about the bank loans etc. How about the mouths they fed. my hobby is restoring old cast iron machine tools. People made their living using those machines and also gave birth to industry as we know it today. Thanks for taking us with you. The machines and tractors have the spirit of those who worked with and on them.

O the stories all those tractors could tell!

Thanks for the video Toby! Was nice seeing the old iron. Those will tea set off the front of the Super M better than just the red. Thanks again and can’t wait for the next video!

We never had salvage yards in our area but lots off the locals kept there old tractors parked in a corner off a field when they were no longer wanted or needed and it was great when you were looking for a part to raid there scrap pile (with consent) and find it and on the rare ocasion just like you did in the video to find another part you needed but weren’t really looking for. I imagine that’s what winning the lottery feels like. Great video thank you. 😎

Thank you for taking us all on the trip.

Excellent video. It is always nice to go to salvage yards and walk around the machinery you never know what you might find i have bought whole machines and brought them home and repaired them and some times my machine becomes the donor depending on the issues. The Super M would look nicer with the factory rims and hubs and they are fine when it doesn't have a loader on it now. Keep up the great videos

Thanks for the field trip alot of beautiful old memories were spotted there loved it cool conversion parts too and a lot of conversation pieces in that yard too.

I love junk yards. I even like old farm dumps.

You are quite right the history if it could only be told that was in that yard would make fantastic reading 👌it's the excitement factor when you find the obsolete part that you had looked for years for👍 I had been looking for an original tool box for my 58 McCormick International for more years than I care to remember when one day at our local club where we go to religiously every Sunday I found an original tool box that had been hiding from me in full view 🙄😳 attached to a loader frame and the fixing hole pattern matched up perfectly with the pre drilled holes on my mudguards, WOW happy days 👌 great video 👍

More stories than we can imagine, some good, some not so good.

Yes, listening to your Farmall roar into life sounds so sweet, and soon we get to hear another sweet sound of another Farmall. Really nice! I have driven the Farmalls and I remember one had a heavy-duty hydraulic lift on the front and was rather dangerous when unloading equipment because of the narrow setup on the front. Many times had it on two wheels only! I reckon those mobile cranes would be parked up somewhere just wanting a bit of love again. Memories come flooding back as I watch your videos. So much Nostalgia for me. Cheers mate and enjoy your content just like from the first day many moons ago I discovered your channel.😊

Screw the beach. This would be my vacation destination of choice.

Oh boy, looking at that salvage yard, what I'd give for a JD B oil pump Great tour there 👍🏻

Great video today. Love the salvage yard video. As always, your tractor is looking great. And I look forward to each of your videos.

Such a unique and picturesque scenery bud! Brilliant idea for filming 👏👏

Yes all them tractor s could tell a story ! Great video !

I loved walking around salvage yards when I was younger always find cool stuff thanks for sharing

What a fantastic place. Great that someone hung on to all this heritage iron. A good watch, thanks Squatch.

I can't wait to see both of the prototype moline machines side by side fully restored in a future video

Squatch 253 and senior treasure hunting, always a treat!

Thanks, I've seen those types of salvage yards in Fresno Valley, I've always wanted to stop and look around.

Loved farming with my old John Deere "R", two cyclinder diesel.

Thanks for the ride along,I sure hope the hubs work for the M I' ve always had a problem with those red wheels

I've walked those rows many times in the past. That's a rare governor upgrade (Pickering?) on that McCormick Deering power unit. First time I've seen one like that.

Glad to see you back, active and beyond medical problems

The stories they could tell! Now they are available for new stories to tell. New memories.

I enjoy the walk throughs as well. It really does make you think

I would take a thermos of coffee and a bag of sandwiches and spend the whole day at that yard. Thanks for the video.

Hey Toby,,,fantastic video. If tha field could talk. Nothing like a treasure hunt.

One (I) never get get tired of walking old yards and hearing the russel/restless echos of equipment ghosts/spirits of the past !! Dads "A" JD in 50's same style loader built by the Blacksmith in Westbrook MN.

All the stories they could tell!!👍🏼

You are lucky to have something like that around you. I think like you of all the stories behind those tractors and what led them to this place.

That was a great walk a round. All the old iron. 👍

Would love to spend a week in a place like that. Thanks for taking us along.

I’m probably partially mental because I see all those tractors sitting there and I feel bad for them.

I realized many years ago that old cars are to men what scrapbooks and photo albums are to women: repositories of memories. I guess old tractors are the same.

Very interesting! Learned something today. Thats alot of Iron out there, lots of great parts.

"It's a square nut, it's legal" 😅🤣😂Thank you for letting all the troll mechanics know that so you won't get a "ticket" 😅🤣😂

Good job

Really enjoy the show

Around Southwest Ohio, no saalvage yards deal in Letter series or older Farmalls. I would have loved to be with you on that trek. Tell Senior that the hubs he bought are worth it for the grease seals alone. A set of seals for an M will run you about $1300.

Man! That is a fantastic place!

Every time a salvage yard changes hands over here they get rid of the old stuff. It would be fun to walk that yard!

Great video as always!

Love the salvage yards 👍🏻🇺🇲

It's always fun walking through the salvage yard. It's sad seeing all the old iron that was once a brand new piece of equipment but what's sadder is seeing our old equipment being shipped to China for scrap!

That was an amazing salvage yard

A trip to the candy store for old tractor hounds! Glad you fulfilled your quest. 🥸👍👀🔧✅

Gotta love 'bone yards' !

This was awesome!

Just thinking of all the human stories behind all the worn out hulks. The history is enormous.

4 months later the super M has new silver and red Wheels you got to check it out 11:39 11:42

How many excited kids got a ride on those tractors and got their passion for machinery kicked off . That was me on grandpas lap on a Ford 9N or a Deere B model .

Salvage yards can be hard emotionally. Some tractors are obviously low houred but ended up as parts machines. Better parts because of less wear, but likely a sad story behind them. Someone's pride and joy reduced to salvage. Ever watch "The Brave Little Toaster?" The junk yard scene is an emotional one.

Kinda surprised you didn’t grab the m&w hand throttle Squatch…but either way nice score on the parts and a neat old salvage yard.

"The entire electrical system..." on one page. Those were the days.

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I always want you to walk through that place, first time I see you there

That's an adjustable hammer!

So much food and produce created by all this machinery

8:18 - Strange seeing the current Deere logo sitting in a yard with equipment much older than it...but then again, that logo turns 24 this year...

Our local salvage yard use to be just like that but when the son took over the business he scraped the whole yard.

My grandfather stopped farming in the 90s. The Super C and the D4 sat in the garage for decades. They drove in under their own power and never ran again. When the grandparents were gone, my dad's younger brother inherited the house and garage and they sat some more. Then some cousin's house burned down and they moved into the house and the tractors sat there for a few more years. When they passed, my uncle sold the house as it sat. The furniture, old clothes, food storage, tools, fuel tanks, those tractors and all went with the house. A few more years and the new owner burned the house to the ground cooking meth in the basement. The tractors were still in the garage along with who knows what. Wheb lot was cleaned up, everything was torn down and hauled off, and the tractors which should have still been able to run disappeared. Scrapped? Sold? Living a second life? No one in my family knows..... One owners 1952 and 1948 I believe.

That m&w throttle would've been snatched!!!!

Excellent video Squatch 253 :) yes salvage do help save tractor on rebuilt or restoration projects too and agree to that! Back 1994 was working at Restoration shop doing almost anything in Sandblasting to guy working for ! In 1994 September to October found a Tractor salvage yard a 1963 McCormick International B414 Loader tractor Desiel was going for $500.00 and Restoration up one dad also uncle had for years for like new again from parts! One home farm fenders also all headlights was rust off hood so ask my dad and uncle rebuilt up ! They said do it and one thing got all fix except Generator also changes to GM Delco Alternator with internal regulartor! After got parts tractor and in 2 months was nice done! My dad & uncle sold with home farm to new owners bought in 1997 ! Then in 2023 was man come up groceries store said bought tractor 3 years ago from new owners on home want know replacement the GM Delco Alternator again plus do plus belts need too ! So got phone number and called up made arrangements to it! Also tractor still nice condition like paint up yesterday! Also got tractor fix for him and runs super too! I was amazed lights still ran all gauges too when check over on electrical parts! Even when rebuilt motor to in 1994 !

Good video thank you

Awesome video .love those bone yards. Denis from Santa Rosa CA

Hi Toby. I was beginning to think you were more likely to find some hens teeth than the panel you wanted. Looks like they are much in demand. Thanks for the interesting tour.

I am excited they didn't scrap all that stuff a few years ago when scrap got high. All the old stuff is gone from around here.

This is sure to get things fired up in the comments but why not - I think that’s the best place for a green tractor 😂

I work at a combine salvage yard and have some of those same thoughts

I'm always amazed how places like this survived until today! What did (do?) the owners of the land expect to happen to all the dozens of broken machines? Could they (did they?) really make any money out of selling the salvage parts? More money than using the land for other purposes? It's great, of course, that they did, so you restorers have a place to find the missing pieces you need! And, as others have commented, it's a great memorial to all the hard work and production of people gone by. Long may sites like this continue to quietly molder.

Finally, those all red wheels go away 💥⚡️🧨☄️😁

Gene's recycling Attica Ohio is another place to check

I'm a big fan of the salvage yard when I need to go there. Like you, always wonder what the story behind the equipment was. Fun day.

I really need to get started on my JD 530.

Boy… those Minneapolis-Moline tractors had a handsome styling. I think they’re my favorite to look at.