95 Year Old Ralph Has Owned the Same Farmall Tractor for 72 Years

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  • @vivianking8143
    @vivianking8143 Рік тому +20

    He looks wonderful at 95. These are precious videos, thanks. In Joy

  • @plainasday6858
    @plainasday6858 Рік тому +19

    I wish I had this man's knowledge about farming. Thank you sir for showing us your tractor.

  • @Ohpnuts
    @Ohpnuts Рік тому +14

    Ralph looks very strong for 95 years old. He's o cute . Thank you for this wonderful channel, keep it going.

  • @jeffreyrobertson7652
    @jeffreyrobertson7652 Рік тому +27

    Hope we see more of Ralph this year 🇺🇸

  • @gladebrosi6587
    @gladebrosi6587 Рік тому +2

    I’m from Kentucky and haven’t lived there in 12 years and haven’t been back home in several years. I miss it but know I’ll never be back. I’m settled somewhere else.
    This video did my soul good

  • @lowcountryantiques3696
    @lowcountryantiques3696 Рік тому +4

    If that tractor could only talk, it has seen hard times, good times, love, and laughter. Yes, every video you make with Mr. Ralph is a treasure by itself...

  • @sherrilee230
    @sherrilee230 Рік тому +6

    That was a great day for Ralph. You know when you get older you seem to sit and ponder about when you were young. I'm 70 and doing this now. My 2 ND great grandfather stage coach days and the homestead pictures.its good to get them out to share their story in life. Thank you for sharing Ralphs story

  • @danradtke1663
    @danradtke1663 Рік тому +6

    Great job Ralph. You remind me of my Papa. Many happy memories with him. Stay well and keep farming it has done you well. 🚜

  • @MarkWYoung-ky4uc
    @MarkWYoung-ky4uc Рік тому +6

    Now you're getting up my alley with that old Farmall C. I love Farmalls and have my Daddy's 140. The first tractor I ever drove and used was Grandpa's Farmall Cub.

  • @sharonlongfellow6064
    @sharonlongfellow6064 Рік тому +6

    Sorry to hear of the passing of your mom . Can send you and your family my condolences. Nice to see Ralph again thank you John.

  • @tractordave9300
    @tractordave9300 Рік тому +2

    Ralph! I’m sitting on my Farmall Cub right now, she’s a 1950 and is a working tractor on my property, she’s been with me for over 30 something years. There strong machines like you!!!

  • @joanncoopertroupe3506
    @joanncoopertroupe3506 Рік тому +2

    Awesome Love Ralph.. he sure had that Tractor a very Long time!! God Bless him! God bless you John and your Sweet Wife! JoAnn age 64 North Florida. Lake City, Fla..

  • @travisalder9360
    @travisalder9360 Рік тому +1

    As a kid my grandfather drove me around his farmall tractors he had for years. We had owned a cub, h and super M. So many memories were made on those tractors on our farm. This video gives me great happiness thinking of times spent with him. Thanks for sharing.

  • @mathewpennington7049
    @mathewpennington7049 Рік тому +2

    At 95 this man's a spittin image of my 87 year old father. Love hearing the stories from the old timers.

  • @daleytab8766
    @daleytab8766 Рік тому +4

    Thanks so much for updating me on ralph I missed you guys together ❤

  • @francesblanchard8094
    @francesblanchard8094 Рік тому

    I would love to sit in the swing with Ralph and talk about his past. John, I think it's so kind of you to visit and spend time with Ralph., You are so patient with him.

  • @jackanderson1418
    @jackanderson1418 Рік тому +1

    I hope I'm getting around and doing as well as Ralph when I'm 95. I love those old tractors thanks for great vidio.

  • @theappalachianchannel
    @theappalachianchannel  11 місяців тому

    Thanks for the comment and watching the video. It was a great honor for me to make almost 40 videos with Ralph Robertson that I filmed over a two year period. Since his passing in December they have been a surge in his video views here on UA-cam. The series was first posted a few years back on Facebook but at that time the UA-cam Channel only had about 2k subscribers. Now that I’m at over 100k subs “The Greasy Hollow Memories” videos have found a whole new audience.. Come along with me to Greasy Hollow, Tennessee and meet a real Appalachian storyteller that became a living legend. Below is a link to the Greasy Hollow Memories series if you would like to watch more. John Ward
    ua-cam.com/play/PLhiXVG-s0EOmwKTuG8AZ4_qRBG88DxNtL.html

  • @Mr.Death101
    @Mr.Death101 Рік тому +8

    A half hour show with Ralph telling stories while fixing his tractor or stuff around the farm would be awesome. Monday evening only on the "Appalachian channel"

  • @robertpirtle3638
    @robertpirtle3638 Рік тому +2

    So glad to see him back on the video

  • @brianforrest3377
    @brianforrest3377 Рік тому +9

    Love the videos of Ralph if this was filmed in 2021 how is Ralph’s health now I would love to see more videos of him if possible

  • @TimDyb
    @TimDyb Рік тому +1

    My Dad had one. When he quit farming & moved to town, he drove it there and parked it in the back yard!

  • @robertnymand9889
    @robertnymand9889 Рік тому +2

    This old boy still has it together. He knows what he is talking about.

  • @TommyGriffin-j6i
    @TommyGriffin-j6i Рік тому +1

    Love your shows keep at it pay off in time

  • @Cam-sm1iz
    @Cam-sm1iz Рік тому +1

    Wow! Two thumbs up 👍! Nothing like watching a true Salt of the earth person!

  • @stevedibiase728
    @stevedibiase728 Рік тому +1

    This is what we need to see so much more of nice feel good stories bless this man and his tractor.....Hey 95 years from now a new tractor today wiil not run much less be around and they say progress???

  • @oldbowsaw9001
    @oldbowsaw9001 Рік тому +2

    That man has done so much hard work-hats off to him--old cat mechanic here- just a 60 year old young fella!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ericstafford5522
    @ericstafford5522 Рік тому +1

    My customer Frank. I'm restoring his 48 farmall C. He bought it new. Love these stores. God bless these men for keeping them.

  • @harrisonmantooth7363
    @harrisonmantooth7363 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for sharing this video about Ralph Robertson and his Farm All Tractor. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
    This type of video is, to me, what America is all about. 💯 % AMERICANA.
    STAN

  • @mikecurtis2585
    @mikecurtis2585 Рік тому +3

    Always great to see Ralph!!

  • @MikeL-vu7jo
    @MikeL-vu7jo Рік тому +2

    Still living on his farm on his own god bless him

  • @johnsweeney3060
    @johnsweeney3060 Рік тому +2

    Great to see this man with his tractor…

  • @dharrod100
    @dharrod100 Рік тому +1

    I used a tractor almost exactly like that when I was young. I spent many a day plowing tobacco and raking hay on it. Thanks for the memories.

  • @donaldwhitted4214
    @donaldwhitted4214 Рік тому +1

    Hello old school farm tractor before my time Wow a blessing to keep and old tractor around today's farmers get to see what farmers use to use back in the day mr.raph 95 years old wow lord blessed him to see 95 years 🙏.

  • @robertpirtle3638
    @robertpirtle3638 Рік тому +4

    24.17 hp draw bar. That young man was on it . Great old tractors.

  • @patmurphy389
    @patmurphy389 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for sharing Ralph's story with us!

  • @chrismclain8587
    @chrismclain8587 Рік тому +1

    One of the best made a Farmall is what I grew up on and still love. Great video

  • @ronmack1767
    @ronmack1767 Рік тому +1

    That was good John. Thanks for the video. God bless.

  • @donaldstrishock3923
    @donaldstrishock3923 Рік тому +2

    Good ole Ralph, tryed to take care of his "Trak-tor " fer the last 52years. He bought the Best fuel; always & "greezed it reg-er-ler". New "tar-erz" every 27 er so years, but NEVER spent a "dime on extree" paint. Sure hope my "Trak-tors last this long. Thank you Sir for the Excelent vidio and happy safe tractoring. Best wishes with all your endeavours.

  • @dinosshed
    @dinosshed Рік тому +2

    Video showing Ralph as a strapping young man with hair like Elvis and now a man who has seen it all. I always chat with older people when I have a chance. Their stories of earlier times are so often rich with history.

  • @williamengland6119
    @williamengland6119 Рік тому +5

    Did Ralph say if the tractor still runs? Great video once again. It's awesome to see Ralph in his glory speaking of his past life. Thanks for sharing. William

    • @Rimrock300
      @Rimrock300 Рік тому

      Bet it does not take much to get it running. Might have been parked some years, change of filters, gasoline, oil.

  • @patriot2195
    @patriot2195 Рік тому +1

    That’s a beautiful tractor! Thank you for sharing. ❤️👍

  • @donaldmckie5960
    @donaldmckie5960 Рік тому +2

    Our farm had a farm all A, two Cs and two Ms. Growing up I drove all of them but spent many,many hours on the M. Great memories and lifestyle.

  • @wakeupamerica2024
    @wakeupamerica2024 Рік тому +2

    My grandfather still has the same 4 tractors he bought 50-70 years ago. He bought a new one about 10 years ago so he didn't have to switch implements anymore snow he has a designated tractor for each use.

  • @AnglesideFarm
    @AnglesideFarm Рік тому +3

    Ralph reminds me of my dad, same generation and making videos too.
    Nice stories!

  • @jamesabbott2874
    @jamesabbott2874 Рік тому +2

    That’s a part of an old electric motor and great video thanks

  • @bradenconway9066
    @bradenconway9066 Рік тому +1

    My dad is 79 and he remembers everything especially combines. He grew up running horses to pull seeding equipment but they had 2 massey 21 combines and then he went to a massey harris 90 special then a cockshutt combine then a gleaner m2 then a case ih 1660 then the case ih 7120 came along and it was mind blowing for him. Seeding went from horses and diskers to an old massey 401 and a 10 ft disker then went to case 800 with a 15 ft disker to a 930 case wiith a 15 ft disker to a 1370 with 30 feet of john deere diskers then a 4494 with 30 feet of JD diskers to 36 feet of massey ferguson diskers with the 4494 and now to 51 ft and 380 bu cart of new holland air drill. I hope i get to see as much as my dad saw in his life

    • @bradenconway9066
      @bradenconway9066 Рік тому +1

      I should say from the diskers we went to the 51ft new holland with an stx 450 in front of it. Pretty sure my dad loves that stx 450 more than anything he’s ever bought before

    • @theappalachianchannel
      @theappalachianchannel  Рік тому

      Awesome

  • @ronnieterry4916
    @ronnieterry4916 Рік тому +1

    The bed head board or bed railing also in with the lawn Moores. The head board is probably older than the tractor.

  • @smid2550
    @smid2550 Рік тому +1

    Awesome. I love old people -

  • @stevew270
    @stevew270 Рік тому +2

    It's cool he's had that all these years, I have the 1946 H my grandpa bought brand new, I bought it from him in 1997 and she still purrs like a kitten.

  • @swmarb5236
    @swmarb5236 Рік тому +2

    Love how Ralph calls tobacco "baccer"........great stuff!!

  • @johnweiss3126
    @johnweiss3126 Рік тому +1

    We have one my grandpa bought it new in 1948 still running to this day C Farmall

  • @bossman1974
    @bossman1974 Рік тому +1

    Hi John 🖐️ always enjoy seeing Ralph, God bless you guys 🖐️👍

  • @Ohpnuts
    @Ohpnuts Рік тому +1

    Love this channel. God bless him.

  • @ЛюдмилаРижак-щ1ф

    Молодец дед,живи долго на радость детям.

  • @sturovers151
    @sturovers151 Рік тому

    Another awesome video Thank You Guys 😀

  • @KC2DZB
    @KC2DZB Рік тому +3

    I enjoyed that, thanks! Also, I think the thing on the wagon is the stator from an electric motor. It's way to big to be a tractor generator. I think it being red is just a coincidence.

  • @davidshultz4986
    @davidshultz4986 Рік тому

    He's committed to the brand and till the end God bless him

  • @frankdrahos8569
    @frankdrahos8569 Рік тому +1

    My Dad had the exact same tractor. A 1950 Farmall C with narrow front end. As a boy I spent many hours on that tractor raking hay, spreading manure, working ground, etc. He sold it in 2001 for more money than he paid for it! Good memories.

    • @WJV9
      @WJV9 Рік тому +1

      I think Ralph's Farmall is an 'H' bigger than a 'C'. My dad had a John Deere model 'B' which was similar in HP and size to a Farmall model 'H', would pull a 2 bottom plow and a 8' tandem disk and 2 row cultivator. We farmed 120 acres with the John Deere 'B'. It did ok but it strained it to run the model 12A combine, a lot of PTO power required and would have helped to have a live PTO like the newer Model 50/60 John Deere tractors.

    • @theappalachianchannel
      @theappalachianchannel  Рік тому

      Thanks for commenting

  • @pekinknollfarms9235
    @pekinknollfarms9235 Рік тому

    Love to sit and listen to guys like Ralph talk about the past and it’s even better when they are in their environment where they spent many years. You could see on there face every corner on the farm is a memory and a story. Even though times have changed along with technology we can still learn from these guys like Ralph.

    • @theappalachianchannel
      @theappalachianchannel  Рік тому

      yes a long history there on that farm.Thanks for the watching my videos! John Ward

  • @tractorjunkco9431
    @tractorjunkco9431 Рік тому +3

    Good old strait C Farmall. That tractor originally came with a 6v generator from factory.

  • @DanD5350
    @DanD5350 Рік тому +2

    Impressive that Ralph had the wherewithal to purchase that tractor back in 1950 as a 24 yr old! I'll bet he could tell you many stories about that Farmall and him.

  • @samsonkjoseph6087
    @samsonkjoseph6087 Рік тому +1

    Would love the full version of the song, please.....do share. Thank you.

  • @joegrogoskey8044
    @joegrogoskey8044 Рік тому +1

    I have the 1943 Farmall H my paternal grandfather bought when when my dad was in Europe during WWll. Manual and all purchase paperwork in original cardboard-like sleeve.

  • @outcastprojects6733
    @outcastprojects6733 Рік тому +2

    It would be neat to see if it had that GM three wire alternator on it in the older video!

  • @johnr5545
    @johnr5545 Рік тому +2

    Nice god bless

  • @Kookamungawerewolf
    @Kookamungawerewolf Рік тому +1

    Love that old barn!

  • @slatsgrobneck7515
    @slatsgrobneck7515 Рік тому +1

    That film of him as a young man - pretty rare because no one had a movie camera, but very cool addition to this video!

  • @lisamcclintock8090
    @lisamcclintock8090 Рік тому +1

    Love it!!! ❤❤

  • @outcastprojects6733
    @outcastprojects6733 Рік тому +3

    Thats part of a big electric motor, It was never a part of that tractor. Love the videos!

  • @adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852
    @adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for sharing YEEYEE 👍🤠

  • @craigrhitch264
    @craigrhitch264 Рік тому +2

    You need to get the tractor running for him I think he would love that

  • @AdamB12
    @AdamB12 Рік тому +1

    We had a older friend of our family who owned a 1949 and 1951 Farmall model A. Used to ride the tractor across his fields with a similar trailer in this video. He would have been 100 years old this year if he were alive.

  • @davebaker9128
    @davebaker9128 Рік тому +1

    I have a car that I've owned for 47 years and a motorcycle for 42 years I'm only 61, Ralph is a man among men

  • @UQRXD
    @UQRXD Рік тому +1

    I never want to live that long. God bless him.

  • @claudegrantt4686
    @claudegrantt4686 Рік тому +1

    So beautiful 😍

  • @stephenfogle8699
    @stephenfogle8699 Рік тому +1

    Ralph is right it not off a Super C they had a 3.5 in x9 in. Generator Wish I had that wood stove !

  • @jerrytredgett2182
    @jerrytredgett2182 Рік тому +1

    And why not ?
    Well done fella 👍

  • @butters4596
    @butters4596 Рік тому +1

    The old Farmall H I have, think it's a 53, always starts. Great piece of machinery.

  • @nicholaskingsolver2417
    @nicholaskingsolver2417 Рік тому +1

    Back when they made products to last. Good Ole boy with a good Ole tractor

  • @MaineUSA
    @MaineUSA Рік тому +1

    Awww sweet man

  • @dougsrepair1060
    @dougsrepair1060 Рік тому +1

    Ageing is such an underrated thing in life.

  • @chrisheinen9628
    @chrisheinen9628 Рік тому +1

    If the Tractor could talk , wow!👍

  • @rntruthseeker61
    @rntruthseeker61 Рік тому +2

    How is Mr. Ralph? Are you going back to film him anymore?

  • @jaspersknoll9013
    @jaspersknoll9013 Рік тому +1

    Love these stories and the people in them. What is the name of the song playing?

  • @robertrockwell7581
    @robertrockwell7581 Рік тому

    seems like a very nice Man. love the tractor.

  • @efogg3
    @efogg3 Рік тому

    We love ralph!!

  • @johnburgess6572
    @johnburgess6572 Рік тому +1

    Bless him

  • @jimmymalone3494
    @jimmymalone3494 Рік тому

    I enjoyed your video.

  • @scotcoon1186
    @scotcoon1186 Рік тому +1

    Grandma owned my super m at least 60 years when she passed.

  • @rrizo6846
    @rrizo6846 Рік тому +1

    what's this song /music called?

  • @vonRow
    @vonRow Рік тому +1

    That's not an alternator on the trailer. It's the field windings from generator or an older electric motor.

  • @ValleyViewDairy
    @ValleyViewDairy Рік тому +2

    Someone needs to restore that to pristine condition before he dies, it would mean so much to him

  • @bobbyscott8024
    @bobbyscott8024 Рік тому

    Very nice y'all!

  • @caffrey9762
    @caffrey9762 Рік тому +1

    Cool video, I like your back ground Music 👌. Is it Irish Music?

    • @theappalachianchannel
      @theappalachianchannel  Рік тому

      The background music is called Genticorum-The Appalachian Trail. Thanks for your comment

  • @brentkolan5284
    @brentkolan5284 Рік тому +1

    This reminds me of my dad makes tier up

  • @richardschaffling9882
    @richardschaffling9882 Рік тому +1

    It would be nice to see it all restored

  • @Doge5600
    @Doge5600 Рік тому +1

    she needs a bath but hey she worked. I have a 51 Super C thats apart right now, planning on restoring her next year. Keep on chuggin' Ralph!

  • @LewisMowersandBoats
    @LewisMowersandBoats Рік тому

    Very cool 😎

  • @robertclubs9908
    @robertclubs9908 Рік тому

    Awesome