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I want to tell all of you guys who follow this ridiculous thread, there is no limit to the amount of typing paper you can use up, posting here. I've written stuff that nobody cared about. My next session, I just go on from there to some other subject. This page has more "paper" to waste on us old duffers than we can count. Just like my camera has more pictures than I can download in one evening, due to "lots of film, and lots more left." This page started out with me posting the IH Tractors on our Montana Farm. The trouble is, Palouse joined in with his IH tractor and combine photos. Then this just grew like a cancerous love letter! Then Anson put two and two together and deduced that 20 Reeves Highwheeler (on SmokStak.com) and Old Binder Guy were the same ghost writers! I guess one of these days I'll probably tip over and check out, but until that day comes we have more paper to waste! I still like IH Tractors on a Montana Farm though! These were April 25th, 2019. Gary?

? "Tennesee Waltz" or "Rock of Ages"---------sorta hard to tell?? Maybe that was what Jerry Lee Lewis was speaking of with his song "Whole Lot of Shaking Going On"!!!!? DD

......apologies to Gary's excellent, long running interesting thread.......for the above picture...but the gentleman who fraternised with Marilyn Monroe ......and sells real estate ,asked the question...... Mike

We enjoyed approximately 2 hrs of a roll back in time tonight------real pleasant experience. We had a heavy thunderstorm that knocked the electrical service out just before dark (including the local cell tower). Everything really got dark and quiet as the storm quickly moved on past. Even very little traffic moving on the highway. No lights, no A/C, no ceiling fans, no phone, no TV, no radio, ----------opened the doors and soaked up a couple of hours of just the sound of silence and fresh air!!!? It wuz so quiet--------I could not even hear a steam engine running anywhere around. Then a fast transformation back into today's world once the electricity came back on----------lights, and all of the other commotion associated with the modern day comforts. My wife's cell phone instantly started pinging with text messages coming in------I found myself in the kitchen at the microwave. And-----------damn; here we are back at square one!!!!? And--------tomorrow will be Monday morning; equals more comotion!!! DD

After reading the Professor's last dissertation on Montana-----------I thought it might be an appropriate time for me to make the following comments. I have never been out west to Montana-------------but have inspected and compared farm land all over the mid-south in my real estate appraisal practice. The appraisal process is a comparative process---------comparing the plus features and negative features in order to establish the value of the Subject property. Based on a quote from an early survey of my grampa's land here in the Delta I always operated under the presumption that: and--------------then I discovered the features of that extremely rich and fertile Montana dirt: Making this discovery was like slapping me in the face. I had been wrong for so long. (sure am glad my daddy and grandaddy didn't discover this-------------they would have never admitted it) Based on the above facts------the Montana dirt has to be the richest and most fertile soil on the planet. The rest of us are plowing and farming our soils in an effort to produce a crop (product) to convert into cash at the end of the year. Them ol' boys up in Montana just plow up the final product (silver and gold coins) directly from the soil (dirt in my vocabulary)!!!!!! Let alone the added benefits of the scenic country side as pictured below. No wonder all of those old time outlaws collected up out that way. Plenty of gold and silver coins rolling around--------and plenty of secluded hideouts in the mountains to hole up for awhile!!!!!! disclaimer: there is nuthing much worse than a rambling and wandering mind on a Sunday morning!!!!!! and---------no matter where you are from; there ain't no place like home!!!! DD

.........hardly the place for this picture ??...."Tennessee Waltz " with a jackhammer ???...more like "Rock of ages "...sigh.....Tough job for the advanced age group ........of people who do this sort of thing......you could say..."He's not to bright........but he can lift heavy weights "...... Mike

I really enjoy the fervent descriptions that have so overwhelmed this thread lately. The comparisons of states, countries, and even continents. The grass may indeed be “always greener” on the other side of the fence but you gentlemen sure make compelling arguments for each place.

Thanks for letting me off the hook----Mike. Any guy manufactured in 1942 ( year older than me-----let alone a year older than Gary) who still does the Tennesee Waltz with a jackhammer-------is an alright guy with me!!!!?? Where is that picture you posted on another thread recently with you dancing with a jackhammer------my teeth are still rattling!!!? (post it up here) DD

A littlebit of canola (or rapeseed or OSR). About 20% less of yeld than an average year. The crop is harder to grow for few years because there is a lot of insects and Europe and France are forbidden us a lot of insecticides... The fact we have not a cold winter is not good too... insects don't died... In some areas in France, they reduce a lot their surfaces of canola because they harvest about 1T/ha against 3 or 4T/ha a few years later... There was a lot of dust this year when we harvested canola!

We have whitetail and mule deer in the vicinity of Silver Creek. Mike has his eye on a nice whitetail buck. We have only a bow & arrow or black powder season on the creek. So he'll have his flintlock ready to shoot, except for the hammer back, when season arrives. mike_newman, I agree with MT Matt. Your country looks a lot like parts of Montana. These first four are parts of Glacier National Park, Montana. This is the Mission Mountain Range, south of the Flathead Valley, in Western Montana. This is a picture of the Mission Mountains from Ronan, Montana. These are the Crazy Mountains in south central Montana, near Big Timber. This is a small portion of the Beartooth Mountains, near Cooke City Montana and near Yellowstone National Park. This is our son Mike and wife Pam on top of Big Sky, Montana's tallest ski mountain in summer. It is near Yellowstone National Park too. I'm assuming your IH Crawler is a TD-9, 91 Series? It looks like a nice outfit and reminds me of the TD18A 181 Series I had, only smaller. What is your "black oats." We have a black colored oats here in Montana, called "Wild Oats." We have sprayed it to kill it, if it is in a crop. Otherwise we can kill it with cultivation. Some IHC Photos from Facebook. This first one shows a Farmall M, I think? It could be a Farmall H on the International Harvester assembly line (in Chicago?). I don't fully understand the front wheels and axle on this Farmall H, that's stuck pretty well in the mud. These are French IH tractors. A US Mailman's Farmall A with cab for delivering in difficult weather, maybe? I doubt he had a DUI? Another US Mailman delivering mail with his Farmall A, with a less stylish cab. A McCormick-Deering Model 20 TracTracTor Crawler. It has some non original parts to it. The steering clutches always fascinated me with these Model 20's. I took this photo of Randy on Mike's Farmall M, Toot, pulling the McCormick binder two days ago, over the McCormick hay rake. And patiently awaiting its moment in the sun when we thresh, is 1939 Farmall H, Annie. We'll hitch it to the water tank wagon. Oh yeah, and Annie and Toot are both IH Tractors on a Montana Farm. And last but not least is this International Harvester Six Speed Special lineman's truck from a few years back. Gary?

We think we have the tick cured , went with two thousands over sleeve pushed them in at above max stated pressure . Honed selves out to accommodate Pistons comfortably . Ran her six hours seems to be running perfect , but we develop a leak from tranny input seals so we had to split it again and replaced input shafts bearings and seal engine rear seal was replaced with clutch so all should be good and I'll have my girl done so I can to do a few fun Tonyisms to her . tony

Schtorms. Never ending