These are CD manuals that I bought to check if they were copies of my work. I regularly purchase from other sellers using different buying IDs and some of my past customers also purchase these for me.

I bought these without seeing any photos and now I know why there weren't any examples. If you're selling junk you have to try to sell it for $9 without showing a sample page.

This one was advertised as "Farmall H Owner's Manual ON CD Hard To Get"

Hard to use would be more accurate. I asked for a refund because the quality was so poor. He refused...

That might be a tractor in the center but it's kind of hard to tell.

What good is a bunch of random jpeg files?

This seller refused to ship to me so I asked a couple of my customers to get me a copy. I wound up with 2 copies and both were damaged because the seller couldn't be bothered to package them properly.

Please note the sloppy looking labels and jewel case inserts. The effort put into these manuals is immediately evident. As you might guess, the images on these CDs are of the same poor quality. You can click on the images above for a larger view but the quality won't get any better. I'm almost certain that's a picture of a tractor but it's kind of hard to tell.

You might ask "Can I print these out and put them in a binder?" The answer is YES YOU CAN! Simply insert the CD into your computer and, using your favorite photo editing program, you can adjust the contrast, try to sharpen the images and then print the pages one at a time. Since there is only 100 or so individual files, this shouldn't take more than a few hours depending on the speed of your system. You can then sort them out into the proper order providing the page numbers are legible.

Rather than spending money on a binder, I suggest that you use the pages to soak up any oil that might be dripping out of your tractor.

Some sellers now offer a PDF version. They simply took the blurry jpegs and converted them to blurry PDF files.

My A&B Parts manual is 107 MB and contains an autoloader program that prompts you to either view the manuals or install the Acrobat Reader files.

This seller sent me a 280 MB file that took 3 tries to load..

No auto-run software, no help file, no Acrobat Reader install files, just a huge PDF file that locked up Adobe Acrobat.

To add insult to injury, it was my manual that he butchered when he tried to steal it. Sigh.....

Here's another fine example.

This seller advertised that he included an Auto-Loader menu that would access the manual for you. The problem was, the autoloader not only couldn't find the files but wouldn't shut down ! Ctrl-Alt-Delete worked.

This seller never took the time to clean up his scans or convert the text into a searchable format. He scanned the pages, slapped them on a CD, and sold them.

He spent 3 hrs compared to my 30 hours to produce a quality manual.

To access my manuals, simply put the CD in your computer and it will automatically prompt you to either view the manual, read the help files, or install the Acrobat Reader files.

I am a licensed Adobe Reader� Distributor and include the installation files to save you from having to download them. (15.8 MB)

Original manuals are typically in poor shape when I get them. They've been sitting in a tractor toolbox for years and pages are torn, grease stained, and mouse nibbled.

Most of these were first scanned with an OCR program that helps to re-format the blurred text, fill in missing letters, and align the images and text. Next, each page goes through a photo editing program to clean up the blurry images, and remove the greasy fingerprints.

They're in PDF format and the index pages are hyperlinked so you can click on the information you want and go directly to the correct page. The text in most of them is searchable so you don't need to hunt through all the pages for specific information. Just type in the words you're looking for and you'll get a list of hyperlinks that take you directly to the pages containing those words. Try that with a printed manual!

Once you find the information you need, simply print it out, smear it with grease, and throw it away when you're done. Mess up a page? No problem! Just print out another fresh copy and get back to work. These manuals will never wear out!