Yup just what I like.

 

Dont burn much wood in Az...

But growing up we cut, split, stacked and burned 6 to 8 cords a winter...that didnt include what I did when I was cutting trees down for a living...

 

I thought that you would like that one. So what's going on with the girl you asked to the prom?

 

It's early but I'm beat. Goodnight all!

 

Sounds like fun Jake. I should get the wheeler out of the shed, hasn't been out in a few months.



I like those old 2cyl Deere's too, about the only ones I like though. We had a '52 Farmall Super "C" around when I was younger. Pretty neat old tractor. One of my uncles still has it.

 

Good night Jim.

 

night Jim!

short weekend...long week...

 

Don't suppose you do, but some of those nights in the winter can be chilly, nothing like an open fire to cut the chill.


Just about like what we did, 8-10 cord a year. Hopefully by next winter I'll be burning wood again.

 

Yeah it is too bad. I like any tractor thats a real workhorse. My favorite tractor on the farm is a 1968 John Deere 4020 diesel powershift N/A, then its a 1958 JD 730 diesel(what a machine), then its a Case IH 1991 7110 magnum She's fast for a tractor I was going 21 mph up a decent hill fully loaded with corn silage, (I'd guess the wagon fully loaded weighs about 18tons.) I beat a 5 hp gokart that decided to race me up the hill. My 5th favorite tractor on the farm is a 2004???(not sure on the year) Case IH MX270 (oh man you can hear the turbo spool up real nicely from inside the cab) On our farm if it wasn't for the Deeres our cows wouldn't get fed

 

We're in the process of restoring a 66? maybe 67 IH 656 diesel that was delivered new to the farm in 66 or 67. Dad can't remember which year right now.

When we found it sitting in an old shed it had parts of a loader frame on it and it was cannibalized for parts.

We pulled off the loader frame and pulled the old block and pistons out. It had the heads pulled and the pistons were all rusted in place.

We went to Marshall Machinery in PA and got an engine + a pallet full of parts for it.

We got the new engine in. We pulled the old fast hitch off it and put on a conventional 3 point hitch.

Then some family BS happened and it got put on the back burner. We finally pulled it back out of storage and my brother is going to work on wiring it this week. Hopefully we can have it up and running for this summer.

It's actually got the original paint on it still.

We still have to run all the fuel lines + controls and wire it. Then the brakes need to be done. I believe we need to put in a PTO shaft as well. Can't remember 100%.

Edit: It still needs a TA. I forgot about that for a minute.

 

Thats pretty cool Pete. Me and my dad finally finished our 1952 Oliver 77 row crop. I got pics of her on my other computer I will post them up tommorow. She runs like a top and smokes a little puff of black smoke when I hit the throttle.

 

Hey all,

Just wanted you all to know I just talked to Brendan. He's in Indiana somewhere, probably getting close to crossing into Ohio right about now.

All is going well. He found old low sulfur diesel in Indiana somewhere and he said Nyx says "hell yes".

He plans on driving through the night to try and get to his folk's place by tomorrow afternoon.

That's a nice mental image.

I wish we had a wood burning fireplace. That thing would be going fairly consistently around here.

 

A LITTLE GUN HISTORY

I know that this is a little long but interesting.


> In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. >From 1929 to 1953,
> about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded
> up and exterminated.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million
> Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
> exterminated.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total
> of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were
> rounded
> up and exterminated.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million
> political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
> exterminated.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000
> Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
> exterminated.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000
> Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
> exterminated.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one
> million educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up
> and exterminated.
>
> -----------------------------
>
> Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century
> because of gun control: 56 million.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by
> new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their
> own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500
> million dollars. The first year results are now in:
>
> List of 7 items:
>
> Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent.
>
> Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent.
>
> Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
>
> In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms
> are now up 300
> percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the
> criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!
>
> While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in
> armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the
> past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is
> unarmed.
>
> There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of
> the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how
> public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense
> was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The
> Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.
>
> You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians
> disseminating this information.
>
> Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes,
> gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
>
> Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!
>
>
> The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them
> of this history lesson.
>
> With guns, we are 'citizens'.
>
> Without them, we are 'subjects'.
>
>
> During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they
> knew most Americans were ARMED!

 

Great to hear an update on how Brendan is making out. That boy must have put on some good miles today!

Pete that sounds like a cool old tractor.

Jake, I gotta admit, Im a little dissapointed to see that some of your favs are Case! lol

(even though I own a couple Case products )

 

Good evening everyone!!