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Need a pic of all of em lined up where you can see each one

Getting close. Need 2 new batteries and few small pieces.

Got the sanding and wax done. I was pleased with the results. For those interested, I used 1500 and 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper with a block. The 1500 gave better results. I used it on the hood, fenders, and upper half of the doors. But the 1000 was much, much faster. I used it on the lower half of the doors and the cab roof. Took several wipe offs to remove all the loose, dead paint. Finished it off with some McGuire's cleaner wax. About $15 invested, not including my time.

Not exactly a dog................. caught this little guy one day in the pasture and brought him home. He was thin, full of lice, fleas and ticks. Got him cleaned up and fed and he took to us right away. He was ornery but not mean. He stayed around about a year and then he must have heard the call of the wild or discovered girls or something else and took off. Couldn't bring myself to shoot a coyote for a couple of years after that, just on the off chance. ?

Here is ours in all its messy glory. Army surplus Simplex 8” jaws.

Ha! I’ve replaced a Magnum coolant recovery tank for the same reason. I think I put a smaller OD washer on the bolts to try to prevent a repeat.

^^^^^^^^ absolutely !

We had two 6300 tanks and only have a 4500 now as we traded the triaxle tanks for the drag hose. The 6300 pull as easily as the 4500 does because the steering on the triaxle makes it easier. The tandem is without steering and will push you around sooner . We have not broken any hitches on the tractors. Pulled by Magnums 7240-8950 size. Here is a picture of the hitch stiffener we add . The drawbar is slid out to drain the transmission. Essentially it just about tripples the drawbar at the support area

I have not heard from the crew he went up that much but he has they say. Friend was supposed to sit there for 48 hrs to baby sit the first 2 days. At hr 30 he said bag it and came home. IN 30 Hr he 'pushed' 1 cow. They took to it like nothing. Best start they have seen. The cows got grain for 10 days+ to get used to it and it worked.

Congrats Troy!

Happy 200 pages Troy

Yeah I know where big springs rd is

$1000/ea. That sounds like a pretty good price, given how things have been going at dairy sales for the last 18 months or so. pt756, who buys your milk? Okay, another question for those of you selling milk - is the mandatory dairy checkoff worth it? I've never thought about it much until lately. I'm pinching every penny I can find to muster up enough money to buy hay. Then one day I get my year end summary from the dairy and see that the amount I have taken from me by the National and State (WI) dairy checkoff collectors was nothing to sneeze at. I don't ship a lot of milk in one year's time, but the amount they took from me would have almost been enough to buy a gooseneck load of hay. So I wondered, did I get a proper return on my investment to the checkoff? I doubt it. As I understand it, the mandatory checkoff money is used to promote the sale and use of dairy products. But why am I paying for it? Why don't the retailers pay the checkoff? Are not they the ones profiting from the sale of dairy products? All I sell is raw milk. When it is unloaded from the truck at the plant, that milk is no longer mine. If the cheese, yogurt, butter, ice cream, or bottling plant is using my cheap milk to make a value-added product that they then need to sell, wholesale, or retail, why are they not contributing to the checkoff. Why do I need to sell them my milk for cheap, and then pay for ad campaigns that ask the public to buy their product? Now, I realize that a co-op environment is a bit different. Technically, I am a part-owner of the co-op, so the milk product being sold is still partly mine, and I need to convince the consumer to buy it. But in this case, I already have a small percentage of my check withheld for co-op advertising. Why should I also pay to sell products made by other co-ops or privately-owned processing plants? They are not sharing their profits with me. Am I wrong? Hopefully I am. If I'm right, then I'll just feel even more stupid for letting my money be stolen from me every month.... I'm very willing to see the other side if anyone wants to present it to me. Okay, sorry for the rant. It was spurred on by reading the latest issue of Hoard's last night. A glowing article by their editor on the "great" FUEL UP TO PLAY 60 program that I am apparently helping to fund. I don't believe dairy products were mentioned even once in the article... Keith-