Super C

Few things capture the heart of a young boy like a tractor. For the record this is a 1952 McCormick International Harvester Farmall Super C. I was first introduced to this tractor as a small boy when our neighbor, Mr. Waller pulled a hayride for our church. I was maybe 8 or 9 years old. Mr. Waller was the "Hayride King" in the community. His first hayrides were pulled with horses instead of tractors. I remember that first hayride. Mr. Waller came to our house with tractor and wagon. Also on the wagon was a little girl that I payed very little attention to at the time. She would later be introduced to me as Linda, Mr. Waller's daughter. (Bottom picture, Left)

As the years passed I grew and when I turned 14 my dad allowed me to hire out to the local farmers during hay season. I worked regularly for Mr. Waller and the Beermans during the summertime. The Super C farmall was a major part of the hay hauling process. I can still remember Mr. Waller driving the tractor along Concord Rd. He would often drive standing with one foot on the axle and the other on the gear box. On level ground, pulling a wagon load of hay, top speed was about 15 mph.

To make a long story short I joined the Marine Corps, moved away and did not see the tractor again until about age 23. When I moved back home I began dating and soon married Mr. Waller's daughter and was reintroduced to the Super C tractor. We spent many hours together, cutting wood in the wintertime, hauling hay in the summertime and hayrides in the fall. I was now old enough to pull hayrides and did so often.

When the Wallers sold the farm a few years ago the tractor went missing. He had loaned it to a neighbor and for a time we were not sure where it was. Thankfully, it was returned and after Mr. Waller's death William Carter (Nephew)(Bottom picture, second from left) took the tractor and restored it.

This past Christmas I had the privilege of once again driving the Super C in the Smyrna Christmas parade. It brought back a flood of wonderful memories.

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