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Pulled the plow out the pull in a couple fence rows before we chisel plow.

There’s no reason for a child this young to ever have a cell phone.

A few pics from our "Picker Days". @DT Fan posted some teasers in his post. The 1st 6 are from a good friend that brings his drone, he's got some great shots over the last few years, and some great video too. The other pics are some that I snapped. Hard to get a bunch of pics when busy the whole time. Enjoy!

We got word this morning that a guy whom we considered a friend took his life Saturday. Tony was a driven mechanic who had the ability to see a completed engine swap and all of the parts, wires, and tubing that were needed, before he ever started on it. He had dealt with addictions most of his life, whether it was adrenaline or something else to give him a high. He also fought with Bi-polar. A couple months ago he quit his job, working for his uncle and disappeared from Lisa who had a real burden to pray for and help him. Tony had done this before, always like a little boy who knew he had done wrong. Well, this time he never came back around. I said all of that to say if anyone and I mean all of you, ever feel depressed, alone, overwhelmed or just in an ugly mood, call me!! Call your kids!! Call the cops!! You might take a few minutes of our time, but we would way rather spend it talking to you than spend it reminiscing about what a great person you were!! 402-389-2007. ANYTIME

Opening day Rifle Season, Dad got a Nice one.

I visited my parents tonight and went through some more photo albums of my grandparents/parents farm.

Give praise and thanks to God for all the blessings and grace He has given you. We have not earned one bit of it but He has loved us much! Give Him thanks and praise this day!

Lots of things are satisfying about farming- beautiful sunsets, a nice heifer calf from a good cow, watching your kids grow, but one thing that is most enjoyed is seeing the yellow ears, or in this case, shell corn filling the wagons. This was on the way back to the barn this afternoon, taken from the 826 hydro.

My dad gave me my grandpa's lighter that he used long before I was born. I don't know what year he quit smoking, but it was long before my time! It used to have a clock in it, but it had gotten broken at some point. When my dad, who is 88, inherited it he went to an antique coin dealer and got this 1906 quarter and put it in where the clock was. My grandpa was born in 1906. I'm kinda a sucker for family heirlooms!

A series of circumstances have brought us to need some hog feed. We have some ear corn, so I got out my grandpa's old corn sheller and box which we'd been using as a kindling box for a long time. I have no idea the last time it was used to shell corn, probably 40 years ago or longer. It still works good! I've got some enthusiastic help, but they demand to be paid. So we've bargained and agreed to .25 per 5 gallon bucket of ear corn processed. What can I say, you want good help, you gotta pay! I thought the whole thing was kinda neat (at least til the novelty wears off), and thought you all might appreciate it. Not the kind of corn shellin most of y'all do!

I have been making an attempt to cut down on my " screen time" as SIL calls it and get more projects finished, they are getting ahead of me and deteriorating too fast. Rebuilt an engine and refurbished another tractor, Currently have two 130s in the shop to do an engine swap and get the other running. I want to build a BN/130 so I can take a little tractor to plowdays ( with mounted plow)a little farther away than the norm. We have 4 grandkids I want the honor to teach them to drive at an early age like all of us had, With a buddy seat it will be fun and plowing lessons will follow , After the 130s I have several to work on this winter .......and next I will login more often so you know I am still kicking but if I am like my Dad I have more than 30 years to go and I never felt better Thanks guys! It did occur to me to show my presence as theres many guys I never met that I consider friends I never met! So I am fine ,has anyone heard of Rick's condition ? oldtanker

This is off coarse a bit but here is dads semi that I’m converting into a heavy haul truck and my dads original Caterpillar we restored a few years ago , they will be doing the show tour to some Caterpillar and truck show events . The tractors of Herberts heading to Austria won’t be coming back here , he has a small collection and some very cool units all in his new shop he just built 👍

I have been looking around for a gas powered 4x4 to use on the 4 1/2 miles (each way) of gravel I navigate to work in the winter. I love my 7.3 diesel Fords, but they are not as handy in bitter cold temps. The dually, being so long, just high centers on longer drifts. I found this 2004 a couple weeks ago and spent some time working out the kinks and applying my touches to the truck. The 5.4 has had cam phasers replaced and a new transmission not long ago. Cat back dual exhaust takes me back to my high school days....😁 31×17 BF Goodrich TA tires on Pro Comp 65 wheels. Kenwood touch screen stereo with all the hands free and Bluetooth convenience. Has some rust, but pretty good for an Iowa truck! Had to replace the front end due to a deer strike. Some faulty sensors, bad bulbs and cobbled up wiring. But, with some effort and elbow grease, I made a decent looking truck out of it. Will work for what I need it for. Enjoying it for sure!

I had one of the floodlights not working on the grain bin. A bit too high for me on a ladder! 😑 IH S series to the rescue.

There was a time in tractor pulling when you or your neighbor could drive your big farm tractor down to the local fair and pull it and stand a fair chance youd take home the trophy and prize money but them days are over cause its a money favored thing and if you cant afford to put all the high dollar items thatll make your chances of winning then youd might as well keep yourself and tractor at home before you get embarrassed. But I started following pulling religiously back in the mid70s when I was a young fellow and everybody ran tricycle frontends and no fenders an smoked like a freight train but it was fun and entertaining Picture 1. This is what power is back in the old days, no fenders, two turbo setup, tricycle frontend with 11L-15 three rib tires and the side shields....................to cool Picture 2. Dave Stangle on his G-1000 and he could smoke your butt on any given day at the pull, this ole MM was bad tractor Picture 3. Two pictures of Marshall Myre on his 966 and this was one dedicated puller, he could beat you with that Farmall also Picture 4. Andy Main on his Case 1370 and this was another tough tractor, back in the old days you seen all makes and models not just IH and John Deere like today Picture 5. Randy Janke from Nebraska and his 966 and it was tricycle for most its life but he still owns it to this day and he entertains folks on a special run at pulls in his area Picture 6. Never underestimate this D21 it could pull as good as it looked and he was shipped to Europe in the late 70s to show Europe how us Yankees pulled Picture 7. Don Cook and his 966 hypermax equiped called Pride of the farm and it also could pull as good as it looked Picture 8. Here is old school pulliing to a T. Picture 9. Massey Ferguson 1150 of Don Berry and later he bought the first 2805 off the production line called Old Number 1 and watch out he could embarrass you with them V8s Picture 10. If your talking of pullers from the old days then here is the baddest one on the track and that Danny Dean and the Rooster IH 1066

My retired banker friend stopped by the shop today asking me if I could fix a broken dresser drawer. After coffee and the usual farm BS, markets, etc. The topic turned to the latest happenings in Washington and other places in that part of the country. The topic of the former president and his possibly inflating the value of some of his assets was brought up. We must have been thinking the same thing because he said...."those lawyers have never been around a bunch of farmers when it was time to fill out their financial statements". He said that some of the most hard scratch farmers he dealt with had some of the most valuable equipment according to their financial statements. He said that every farmer he dealt with had some equipment that would "easily bring top dollar" on a sale. I had to point out to him that personally I never lied about the number of cattle I had. (though not all of them may have been worth as much as I thought they were.) I pointed out that I have some rusty bale rings that are worth $500. And that 16' disk parked in the trees with the broken blades and the frozen wheel bearing will bring $1500 to the right buyer. (I'll even throw in the mulberry tree. Since you would have to cut it to move the disk.) Nope, those big time billionaires have nothing on a bunch of flyover farmers.

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I always loved the look of the 806 with that rugged cast grille on them. The 361 engine put the 806 in a different league than the smaller 706 (which I grew up on and adore). The 806 was just the right size for the medium size farms in the mid 1960's. I was happy to find a clean factory open station version out of Texas. It has what my friend Waylon calls: "sweet Texas patina ". Let's see your examples of the 806!

But it is safe to vote by mail!!

A friend of my brothers and his family invited a few friends to an inaugural plow day at their farm this past weekend. 6 tractors were present: A W30 that my brother brought, a Farmall M, a Farmall Super A, a 53 Farmall Super H, a 4030 Deere and a 2 cylinder Deere. Temps were in the high 40s with a slight breeze but sunny and dry. Click the link for a video of some of the action. https://youtu.be/ISbV07qeFgg?si=noZapqHdHSqXMdUa

International Harvester Collectors Iowa Chapter 5 held their fall meeting Saturday at the JJ Nichting Dealership in West Liberty, IA. Their meeting room adjacent to the parts department was a beautiful venue. The meeting was hosted by members: Vernon and Evelyn Smith, whose farm was nearby. Vernon parked his 7488, serial number 1 and 7500 vari width plow outside to welcome everyone. Mr. Brown from Wilton, IA had his Detroit powered IH Transtar truck on hand too. Following a delicious meal and the Fall membership meeting, Vernon led the way with old #1 to his nearby farm. There, the members were treated to 7488 #13 and several other old IH machines. Vernon still uses most of them in his operation. 7488 #13 A few newer machines, I thought were interesting. A couple of Orange ones for DT Fan: Hope you enjoyed these photos.

His phone number is probably widely available on the bathroom wall in most IHOP and Waffle House dining facilities across the country. “For good syrup call” 😁

my 806 LP , I call my cal-Tex cotton girl and 806 D single wheel front . Four row hydraulic bean cutter this unit has cut upwards of 17000 acres in its career tony

And the typical perspective buyer is one of these.

Got started chisel plowing at sun up. Caught my friends Quad Track and 875 ripper sitting in the field next to where I was working so I had to take a pic and send him. He has a few 66’s too so he liked it. Got my 440 4-16’s out of the shed and used it for the first time. Hooked up the 73 1066 to the 710 5-16s. Good day!

Last batch.

Some fantastic colors at my place recently.

freshly washed and ready for trhe local pull

A particularly vivid sunrise this morning!

This picture is of my two GreatGreatUncles John Lane and Frank Lane is of their backwood moonshine still and John is front and center with the nickel plated Colts and Frank is to his right with the double barrell hicked up on his thigh and this batch was sold legally with contrat to the Yankee Army but all others were Id say not so legal. The colored man was Roosevelt who worked with em his whole life and the picture is from the early 1890s and their sister Martha was my GreatGranny and also Uncle John is supposedly wearing original Levi Strauss britches and this my Awesome Picture and these ole boys are original an real backwood Kentucky Hillbillies

Mine gets used quite a bit. The cab and controls are not that bad and exiting out the right side is no more difficult than a soundguard cab. Tilt steering and the door kit helps. The ride is not bad with radial tires

My Brother bagged this one tonight. He had been after this deer and seen it quite a bit around his house.

Emma pinned down a possum at 10:00 PM and then had a coon backed against the garage at 2:30 Am. She was pretty proud. 9 more coons will make 100 for this year. I should reach that number by thanksgiving. Coons are out of control in this area. The Nebraska Game and Parks is considering putting a bounty on them.

Plowed most all day.

Combined corn, still 22% and that's almost unbelievable to me. Also got the drill hooked up to plant around 20 acres of rye.

Been running the batwing during the day and chisel plowing in the evenings.

Had to get the ol gal out to pull some fallen tree limbs today

I like the UPS guy, we were 10 miles away this morning setting a stand and digging in a propane tank. UPS comes up the driveway and my dog goes charging over (they are buddies) he stops and I hear him say Hi Jinxie! She gets in, rides with him while he gets turned around (in other words not getting run over) he gives her a treat and sends her on her way. Big improvement over the last guy who seemed to want to run over my dog.

I've got 2, an IH diesel, and a Farmall gas. The diesel has a turbo, I've owned it since black Friday 2010. The gas I bought memorial weekend 2013. Both bought for collector reasons but like all things they get put to work on the farm. Dad's Farmall is a diesel, he's owned it since late 80's. It ate the cam 2000ish. Sat unused till 2015 or so, now it's got a new cam and slowly getting painted.

The first tractor that I bought on my own. I had no idea I'd like these tractors as much as I do until I test drove it and had to have it. Their quick throttle response and no bs attitude make them fun just to drive around.

Plus "smokes weed and rails against tobacco smoke and smoking"

This was on Friday, Nov 17. Just got the pictures. Made 5 bales that we wrapped, beautiful alfalfa, 4th cutting. It will feed the Herfs for a month. The old chain baler worked flawlessly, after the belt baler kept clogging up.

We only have one, for 43 years now, ….I’ll post more than one picture of it. Because I think it’s that’s cool. It was dads “big” tractor for a long time. Then he got the first 1066….hooked it to the chopper…and got depressed. Took more than one turn of the fuel screw to make it feel respectable in comparison.