1986 Case International 255

This Case International 255 was the only tractor in my family from the time when dad bought the house until I got my first tractor in 2023. Dad bought it in the early 1990’s for maintaining the property. At the time he also bought the loader and a belly mower with it. He cleaned the property up, used it during the house remodel, mowed the grass with it, and used it for firewood my entire life. This was the first tractor I learned to drive when I was 12. Both of my brothers learned how to drive a tractor on this one too. I also have many memories of dad giving me rides on it when I was small enough to sit on his lap. I still use this tractor for a lot of utility work around my property. It is definitely the most universally capable and practical tractor that I keep at my house. I do try to use it a little easier than it has been worked in the past, partly because parts are getting hard to find and partly because I have bigger equipment available when I need it now. I remember having to use this tractor to it absolute limits when pulling trees out of the timber, or when loading stuff with the loader, or having to use a finish mower for brush cutting. Much of that hard work is being done by my other tractors, or with the right equipment now. I also remember driving this tractor on the road for an hour or more at a time sometimes because we didn’t have a truck or trailer capable of hauling it.