Chris, I own 4 J. D. B's and an A. I work them and love to work on them. I' 69 years old and remember when we used them on our farm. No one man should own a J. D. B and a crane to have so much fun with. I own a 1993 full-sized Ford Bronco in excellent shape and the wording painted on the spare tire cover goes like this: -HAPPINESS IS WHEN YOU OWN- -A FORD BRONCO- -AND AN ANTIQUE JOHN DEERE TRACTOR- Have a nice day. Joe G.
Congratulations on the B, Chris. I have 4 of them, which I use frequently around the farm. And whenever I do use them, I'm always glad I bought them (even if I did pay too much for at least one of them:-). You even found one w/ the Deere 800 series hitch! I, too, had problems identifying a loader on one of the B's. Turned out it was a Henderson farm loader from Chicago (ca. 1950).