The old gray tractors--the result of a partnership that later dissolved into the separate Ford and Ferguson lines--revolutionized postwar farming. These classics have held up whyusescarifiergraderblades to time, held onto collectors'' hearts and held their value ever since.The roadside seller''s price was $1,795. That was about 2 1/2 times what the Ford cost new in 1946. But it was also about the going rate at the time. So even though the tractor was older than me or my wife, Melanie, we bought it whyusescarifiergraderblades on the spot after a test drive.That was in 1984, when we bought our land. We have used the old Ford almost continuously ever since. We never regretted the purchase. With a minimum of service and repairs--lots of grease, irregular oil changes, some new wiring and radiator hoses--the 2N has never failed us. Equipped with a two-bottom plow, 5-foot rotary mower, disk harrow and scraper blade, it has done all we asked of it, everything from plowing snow off of our 600-foot driveway to mowing or tilling the better part of our 20 acres, year after year. And all for less than what most whyusescarifiergraderblades suburbanites spend these days on a riding lawn mower.

PT-1800 Series riding mower features a 65-hp. diesel engine and turf-friendly, 4-wheel-drive articulated steering. Mows slopes with up to 45[degrees] angles. Lifts up to 1,200 lbs. Accepts more than 50 front-mount attachments, including forks, post-hole digger, trencher, bucket, dirt/snow blade, aerator, rake, winch, sweeper, rotary tiller, dethatcher, and much more. Other models, as well as trailer packages, also available. Power Trac (PWTI, Inc.), P.O. Box 539, Tazewell, VA 24651. At a time when most teenagers look for a first car, Roger Braswell of Charlotte, N.C., searched for a business loan.The ambitious high schooler bought two 30-inch Snapper riders and a 1960 Ford 250 truck, and he quickly launched a lawn-mowing business.

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