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...couple of nondescript pics...taken by Daughter t'other day when shifting the 'girls' ...phone pictures..not good...to bloody small Mike

So I had one of my promiscuous little replacement heifers have a midnight rondesvous with a neighbors bull and got bred before she was supposed to. Not only that but vet said January maybe February calf. Great, not always the best time to calve in the Sandhills. Especially when I normally calve in August and September. Well, with my steel trap mind, I plumb forgot about her. A little reminder peeked out at me from behind the bunch grass this morning while I was feeding Came back with an ear tag which the little guy protested loudly to which brought momma on the run. She patiently waited for me to put the tag in then calmed him down with a warm meal. Looks like 822 will be a good addition to the herd.? The little tramp?

Well I got some oats and wheat forage mix planted today to cut for hay if it ever rains again. Something tells me this will not be a big crop to really show how much hay this baler can take.

Ive been wanting a grain truck or dump for a while now... i have a couple 3/4T pickups and a tractor w front loader but at the end of the day you still need a shovel. Picked up the Loadstar and its my first dive into IH with the exception of an old deep freezer lol. It has a mv404, 5speed and two speed rear axle. Ill drive it for fun and to haul gravel and dirt. So far its been fun except tracting down parts and info. Right now im rebuilding carb and working thru some wiring mess.

Thanks for the history ,important as the physical stuff ( balers) as to (who what when-where and why p i don’t think I remember green decals for Wisconsin , but that was 55 years ago on neighborhood balers so , good to know there’s a difference . I like the safety labels also ! I personally like the safety labels to read ,interesting ,the manufacturer did try. ?‍♂️?as a kid I don’t think I bothered with it ,dad would go around the machine and tell me about it. The safety labels fell of ,rusted ?‍♂️ Or to lazy to read them unfortunately

560Dennis , Allied equipment was our IH local dealer with five stores in area Fresno County. IH had a parts depo in Oakland Ca. they had a manufacturing branch in Stockton Ca. Mostly for heavy tillage equipment matched to their Crawlers. they built industrial equipment there also . Remember that Stockton and Sacramento Ca. Were the breeding grounds for Holt and Best Crawlers , so I imagine IH wanted to have a presence there also . The Three wire #71 was. Built in the Stockton plant by IH . It was billed as “designed and manufactured in Ca . For heaviest yields and Rough and tough field conditions.” It debuted on April 8, 1962 my Dads was purchased in 1963 the fella that I purchased the two donor balers from remembers well when they were being built in Stockton Ca. He lived in Modesto Ca. Neighboring town. He said he used other brand balers but he saved these two from scrapper 30 years ago kept them on his ranch all this time because he knew they were rare. thanks for compliment on Wisconsin decal . They made a red and green one many times they had both colors on engine . I am having red and green made for me , so you’ll be seeing a green one also , I think if it looks good if not I'll go with another red. thanks , tony

Beautiful Mike ☺️ I know you love working with your cattle and that scenery is icing on the cake!

What a great way for others to enjoy a part of your collection! Very tastefully done.

I have a 2015 tracker. Just kinda making some moves. Looking at a new house and selling off some excess might give me the equity for a really big move. I'd like to have a range attached to my house and maybe. Just maybe. On the river.

Well, I'm going to TRY to hold down my political rant. I just didn't think Anson and I would live to see America vote in Socialism. When it turns to Communism, and if I'm still here, I hope I still possess the same distance vision I have. I like Mike's new flag he hung up this week. Plenty of things came up on Facebook to post here. These were from a Canadian (mostly truck) Museum. Fairway 12. I don't know what this photo represents, other than I'd bet some farmer died and they are helping his widow (Some widows have a farm and some own watermelon trucks!) or a stroke or heart attack? Mostly IH Farmalls, Olivers or M&Ms, it appears? A (?) T-9 (?) pulling a combine. It must have been an early crawler from those silver strips in the grille? I think that only happened some in 1939? Here's a new tractor for me. Kardell... Equal time for Johnny Popper, here pulling a binder. Here's a Case for Tubacase47, pulling a hay baler. This is a Fordson on rubber pulling a hand tied wire baler. May be in Europe? This is an IH Farmall 460 pulling a 46 T IH hay baler. This is a Butler street sweeper truck at Oakland, California. I'm wondering if the owner of this hard rubber tire, chain drive truck is a farmer? We've been known to overload farm trucks, occasionally, right Anson? Maybe Roger knows more about this truck? I'm assuming there is another pair of wheels behind that locomotive on those timbers? Otherwise, I wouldn't want to be the engineer of the steam locomotive when the truck took off! From a Reeves advertisement in the Thresherman's Review is this Reeves steam engine hauling a gigantic log to the sawmill. Back when I could get up and down as necessary from a steam engine, I used to engineer the 15 hp Case when threshing. For four years, I've had Andy Troutwine come from about 50 miles away to be our threshing engineer. He's as alert and conscientious an engineer as I have ever seen, and he's barely in his 30s. He called me after I'd just left the doctor's office Wednesday, saying he and his cousin were in Helena and could we meet somewhere? I said I was heading to Wally World for some prescriptions and he said, lets meet there. After my shopping we went to get us a cherry coke. He pulled out two calendars, one for me and one for Mike. (I gave Mike mine yesterday, for his office. His will be at the shop!) The calendar cover shows Andy's "show" he had on the 4th of July with his 20 hp Reeves and 15 hp Case at their farm. The only people who showed up had something to operate of their own, no spectators. He said he sure enjoyed that! I wasn't invited because he knew from Facebook, we were firing Mike and Randy's Reeves that day for a spark show that night. Here is Andy's cover photo for his 2021 Calendar. I see an IH Tractor on a Montana Farm there too! Andy's mother is a professional-ametuer photographer and comes to our threshing day too. The photos are Darlene Troutwine's. This was her photo for the month of May! More of those IH Tractors on a Montana Farm too. The month of July has this photo. The month of December, they chose this "Christmas colored" photo. Gary?

Im gonna commit to this and only upload my pictures of my project here. I feel like i clog up the works with all my posts so this time it will all go here.

When I was young my Dad had an 856. It was the first tractor I drove doing tillage work. He traded it off years ago. Now I bought another one and I am restoring it to new condition. Sorry i have no pictures of it before restoration,,it was a greasy oil leaking mess but ran really nice. The hydraulic hitch and remote pump was weak when I was using it. Started on fuel system getting the roosamaster pump totally rebuilt and one new injector line. Removed radiator cause it leaked and ended up having a new core installed. Installed new front dampener and front cover seal and water pump and all the oil cooler hoses and radiator hoses,,they were all rotten and oil soaked. New rear engine seal and clutch pressure plate and PTO drive shaft plus numerous other gaskets on the engine.

It's impressive that you do all of this work and still find time for your kids....very nice

Just finally starting to snow here tonight

Hope and wishing you the on hopefully a new move.

No snow? @IHRunner

Good luck Runner. Those are big moves but it never hurts to work towards a goal. ????

bitter sweet fishing with friends but saying goodbye boat = you getting a new rig or saving up for something monumental?

Allied was the dealer in Fresno Ca at the time the baler was new.

Cull cow that hasn't weaned a calf for 2 years straight. Here at home waiting for me to take her to town. Guess she gets another shot at staying. Surprised me with a calf yesterday....

Made the motor mount. Have to check clearance yet but I think it will be ok

God was good to you!

I had a surprise calf yesterday too. Was from a first calf heifer last year that had a still born. I almost took her to the sale a couple of months ago, now I'm glad I didn't. She must have bred back very quickly as I thought the earliest she might have a calf was late Feb. She really showed no signs of even being pregnant, but we all know it's hard to look at them and tell.

Tony, l like that big MAYBE....lol l can see your point and slowing down on your projects. But hopefully you can find smaller and less time consuming project to work on. lt just wouldn't be right for all us not have your weekly reports on whatever project you are working on at the time!! ?

Yes , I had that habit before and it resurfaced again yesterday . lol lol lol this one has a distinct click ! tony

do you ever get the urge to click that bale counter a few times, click click click, and then have to reset it to zero? I know I have that habit. But it only works at the first of the year, unless you want to screw up the year's bale count. Just wondering. Slow day.

Friday 1/8/21 Baler therapy . Sorry Guys Baler therapy Wednesday did not work out so here we are on Friday and also Friday next week. we worked on finishing major portion of sheet metal, installed Auger drive , finished hardware on outside of outer auger panel , removed fuel tank to finish wiring engine , modification done to hitch , prep feeder fork , installed brackets etc . End of day ,Helper John is smiling after fitting all those sheet metal bolts .we met our goals set for today . few pic’s tony

I would have to say YES! this baby turned out to be a little tougher then I anticipated . Like a house remodel ,WHERE DO YOU STOP ?. It sure has helped me take my mind off politics and covid so far a few hours a day ! Also much prettier to look at then Hags in DC trying to change our values ! Lol I turned 75 last month so this will probably be my last big restoration project , MAYBE ! Take Care Jerry tony

Thanks,,,,your 100% on...forgot to mention that I disassembled the tilt wheel and put in a new bushing.

Red oxide primer over spray. Sheet metal was straightened and sanded to bare metal primed then painted. I never use a wire wheel. I put over 100 hours on this tractor doing various farm work. The engine runs very good. The TA works great with good pressures. The rear end is also in great shape,,no iron in hydraulic filter or visible damage anywhere. No reason to disassemble something that isn't broken. This tractor just leaked everywhere and three point hitch didn't work and had a weak rear pump.

Did a little more disassembling on the 856. Disassembled the diesel pump drive and installed new seals and gaskets. The diesel pump was completely disassembled at professional diesel shop and completely gone through. Installed new seal kit in steering hand pump. Removed all wiring and decided to go with all new harnesses. Disassembled rear wheels and going to sandblast castings prime and paint them. Got the clutch and brake pedals bored and new bushings installed and new shafts made that they pivot on. Replaced suction seal in hydraulic filter housing that leads to new hydraulic pump and new oring on main suction tube. Removed rear end top cover and found eccentric part#382828R91 worn out and slipping past the pin it rides on. Found a good one so that problem is solved. Installing new seals on top rockshaft and new orings on lower shaft. Disassembled lift cylinder and installed new seal kit. New axle seals and orings. Disassembled and rebuilt the PTO. My daughter has an AG class for school so she got a hands on project. She helped with the clutch job. She disassembled the remote control valves and installed new actuators and orings and reassembled. She also helped install the new hydraulic pump.

riiight...

Here is a Case that I know will pull a plow because I took a video of it doing so at the HCOP show at Rantoul IL in 2019. Uploaded on U-Toob just so you guys could enjoy it. Here is another one that would pull a plow. I believe this was the largest cross engine Case model made. It did a steady good job pulling sled.

Why be condescending? One thing I've learned and noticed is that projects need to be attainable and manageable. So many times I've seen people get overwhelmed with restorations they never get done. Take one look on marketplace/craigslist/classifieds and see how many project vehicles just get sold. When I fixed my 15 up I did the TA, clutch, axle bearings, brakes, steering, shifting, pto and fixed the cab up and honestly, without Covid and an extra influx of spare time the stupid thing would still be sitting there. Wanted to do the engine, paint it, and completely gut the rear end. Had I done that it's likely it never would have gotten done. I have a family, and have to make money not just spend it. IMO, car shows, and these restoration programs on TV have created a lot of unreasonable expectations. As I say, a lot if stuff rolled out of factories having lousy paintwork/bodywork compared to stuff done today. If you have the bank account and time.......sure, go for it. Most of us dont have that luxury though. So @IH FARMS good job, that tractor will run for years to come and look good doing it. As long as you're happy that's all that matters!

180 degree water at 3000 or higher psi is an amazing thing!!

Roger, again the camera angle and deception of cab design throws the human eye off course. Here is a photo of Harry C. Clay who was Head Mechanical Engineer for Reeves & Company in 1907 or 08. He's in the cab of 40-120 hp Reeves #5143, one of two original prototypes. With the glass in the cab, it makes the flywheel position seem more realistic. I don't know the serial number of this one? It's pulling smaller Reeves engines filled with water at the Reeves factory at Columbus, Indiana. This is a picture of Mike and and Jim Bodenham after plowing with 6867 in August 2007. The Bishop Texas 40-140 Reeves. This is a picture I took inside the cab of #6867. It shows how the flywheel is about 2/3 inside the cab. A good friend of mine, who owns a watermelon truck, took this photo of 6867 plowing at Osage. Iowa. Here are some photos of other 40 hp Reeves engines from the rear, about the same angle as the Bishop, Texas 40s. They all seem to show the same cab fit around the flywheel as the Bishop, Texas 40 Reeves. This engine below was William Jurney's 40-120. His son Arlo was an early steam guru in the hobby years, of the shows starting up. Gary? PS: This is Arlo Jurney pulling a 20-bottom plow with a 32-120 hp Reeves at Saskatoon years and decades ago. The engine my dad and his brothers farmed with was identical to this engine. Dad's engine #6269 this past summer.

How where Deere hydraulics superior? I just don't understand. I grew up on an 856, worked for the neighbors run their 4020's, the hydraulics where awefull to run, what was I missing?

Ray54, what carb ia on it now? I dont think the one im rebuilding is factory either. If i run into issues with it ill probably pick up a rebuilt holley 2300 for a couple hundred bucks but holding off for now because ill probably need a hydrovac and some odds and ends first. I live very close to two aggregates and ill have to pull a prettt steep grade to get up out of town and up to my property and want the warm and fuzzy of good brakes.

Trying to make it new again!

i cleaned up the muffler and fixed the dash lights and put in the two 6 volt battery's like it came with from factory. still has the original braided ground cable too. thats the original muffler also.

Yep ❗️you proved, “We build them good in Farmall ❗️“

That's a nice original! Nice save!

actually i need to do a head count! but she is running. started right up as if it was shut off the night before. never mind the 1/3 of a century hybernating. pump was lazy on acceleration, but i pulled the primary filter top and gave it some dipetane fuel treatment and took her for a spin down the road in high gear that did the trick. now she has some zip.

Very nice congratulations on your find good luck on getting it running

Nice find, and a good-looker! Congratulations and good luck.

gave her a bath today, i can see the head has never been off . nothing to find that it has more than 2600 hrs. drawbar hole is round. steering bushing is tight. has original battery cables , ground cable is the metal one and still has paint on it. muffler is original with the original clamp. seat is original but well used. the only things i found is the starter solenoid and generator have been replaced. it even has the original cotter pins in the tie rod nuts. i put the belt pulley in gear and tryed it by hand and the fan turned about an inch. so i left tit like that till i remove the glow plugs and put some medicine in the cyl's. will change fuel filter and fuel and engine oil. it even has 2 original glow plugs in it! i know this because they still have the paint on them. has 3 hyd. outlets also. no fluid in tires and changed the stems now they hold air. all 4 were flat before. this is the dirtiest greasiest tractor i have ever bought but i was looking beyond the grease. i am very sure this is its first bath since leaving the dealer.

One other thing, this explains a lot of my experience in life! I’ve pretty much cover them all over the years!

Great pictures. You and the ladies do a great job.