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While I love all my IH tractors on the farm, this one is my favorite. Her name is Bobbi Ann and she has been with us for 27 years. And yes all of our tractors have names, and they are all girls. How about y'all? Which one on your farm is your favorite IH?

Been in the family since new. 1978, 1086, 20.8’s and 4275hrs

Even though I’m retired now and this tractor is now a trailer queen, not the same tractor but the one we farmed with in the early 70s was and will always be the best tractor ever owned. I ran the snot out of it back in the day and loved every minute of it.

Because we love pictures:

Our late DAD'S 1971 1066

My favorite machine overall is my 666 diesel, known as "Lucy". My favorite tractor that sees active farm use is my 1206. Referred to as "The 12" . I love this idea for a thread!

Doesn’t have a name but by far my favorite on our farm. 1967 1256. My grandfather and great uncle bought new in 69. S/N 7559. It’ll be the next one to be restored.

No favorites here. They all just get slightly different love and respect for the things they do slightly better than the others. Even if it’s just as simple as one has bigger tires or is set narrower than the other. Deeper snow or mud, you take the 14 on 20.8’ over the one on 18.4’s, etc. No names either, other than the “New 10” (newest to us….better than ten years ago….with 1500 hr) (making it the “newest” tractor hour wise actually) Practically new…76 style. Oh and we do have “The Maxwell”, third one of the same name, as Maxxum was read off the hood by a guy that worked for us for a long time that had a slight bit of difficulty with reading comprehension.

Very tough question… The 1466 grand dad bought new My dads pride and joy, his 1206 The pullers. I do like BS open station 10’s So many choices!

Only named two of them. My 806 is Gasbuggy & the 2444 is Lil ALco. Mike

Home with a sick kid today, nothing serious but home from daycare. Neighbor just got a new hip and asked if I would plow his driveway so the LP truck could get there. I really got a kick out of his bird feeder. I think i am a better shot than him. Mine don’t have any extra holes.

“Old Yucky” as my son proclaimed when he was 4. Guess he preferred riding in the Magnums. Old yucky has been handed now to him as he’s 26 and both of his deceased grandfathers drove it for me.

“The Cat” “Smokey” “Little Smokey” “The 9” ”The M” ”Muskie” “Killer” ”Babe the Blue Ox” Except for the 966 and the M every thing else was bought new by my family. I don’t really play favorites cuz I don’t want them to fight but overall I would say the old M is my favorite. That loader has lifted a million things for me since we bought it in 1972 and has never needed anything except a few batteries over the years.

I don't know if I can really choose between our 1456 and 1086. I like them both but usually choose the 1086 1st. Maybe that will change with some improvements made to the 1456.

Don't know why I overthought the step thing on the 14. They pulled away from the tires real easy. Good clearance now As much as I like bitty's method of putting tire chains on. I don't have a helper monkey so do it by myself. Clean and jerk method like I used to. Body said hey dumbazz, you proved you can still do it now use the fork lift for the other side.........I didn't argue. Chains gained weight since last year.🥺 😄

Out of the 4166, 1206, and Cub that are my favorite IH’s, the 1948 Cub is the only tractor I have at this point. I figure from casting dates it was built about February of ‘48. Some neat things make it a favorite, we know all its history of owners, one being my great grandpa from the mid to late eighties until 2001. I have the original BOS for the tractors and 1963 woods mower. I also have the original operators manual for the Cub. We’ve had it at our place since August 2014. I’ve fixed oil leaks and installed a new wiring harness for FFA projects since then. I’ve also been fortunate enough to be on the same grounds as the factory they were built in (now Louisville airport) and the location of the dealership where in was sold new.

Can’t make any money from people being healthy

Lol. Well when I run into Mr Brandt I sure has heck will apologize!!! Meanwhile I will be moldboard plowing!

...seems huge money for the old 99.........I thought it would have been a very common rifle calibre over your way...given the cartridge is synonymous with the lever action Model 99 My Savage 99 book is at home ..thus I cannot recall the production numbers.... Great cartridge...the only one I now use for hunting...in a ''pre -warning '' Ruger 77 Third one down is a 250-3000 Mike

Nice boots on the old girl.

I came across this today. Did some trading with an ex co-worker. This was in with some old tools that belonged to his FIL. I believe it’s a screwdriver for tight quarters and most likely a MAC based on the others with it. It has no markings. The man was a heavy equipment mechanic.

I just signed up to be a Vescosity Oil /Original IH oil dealer and they offer Low Ash oil , I can check in the morning if you guys can find it . Danny

Got on the scale this morning .True statement.

I bought a clutch lift 3 bottom #60 this fall for $40 (yes, forty dollars) at an auction. Did the usual fixing, removed the third bottom, and swapped the uncommon Terra Flow bottoms onto it so I could experiment with them. Coulters are junk but I was happy to just get it in the ground and running steady. I plan on working out the kinks in the shop this winter. Found the front standard has a twist in it steering the front bottom clockwise.

First picture, doing lathe work on a mill. Work piece doesn’t fit on my lathe really, plus I want to give the rotary table a workout. Second picture, the German horizontal boring mill that I am bringing back to life. Still have some things to do to it yet but hopefully this year it goes back to work and maybe it will help keep some good old IH equipment working also.

,,or he is a total nut case...... Mike

I’ll have to say that my favorite is the Hydro 86, as it’s my first purchase. Bought it Dec. of ‘99.

Is he shooting unwanted birds or just the john deere aspect?

That helps a little, I'm leaning towards a "g", per the pictures and description, only thing that doesn't match is savage serial number dating versus the book. Sorry, not trying to hijack your thread , you just got me curious about my dad's old gun. Here's a pic of it , it is a t/d forearm checkering goes all the way under and up the other side Mark

I hope everyone has their Bi-monthly Pfizer shot so you don't get called a killer by the main stream media

January 27, 2023 Journal Entry by Emily Leinenbach — 7 hours ago Thursday- Zach went just over 5 hours on the breathing trial. Blood has looked pretty good with that but there was concern he was getting tired so decided to stop for day and continue momentum tomorrow. The fatigue from the IVIG seems to be kicking in today. Today was the last day in this course. We are so encouraged by the progress but still pray hard we continue in this rally back. We pray in thanksgiving for the improvements we have seen, support we feel, and access to care we have. We ask in prayer for Zach’s full healing. For strengthening of nerves and muscle movements needed for fully independent breathing, for continued improvements with facial nerve. We pray for independent breathing and better communication. We pray for overall body healing, nerve regeneration, and quick recovery of full function and return home. Side note- last night I posted a picture/quote I liked to Facebook - paraphrased it says that when life knocks you down with unexpected circumstances you will get back up. Not that you can or could but that you will. Because staying down you risk losing part of yourself. Over this course I have had a lot of people comment about strength. Appreciated words. But I truly think that quote sums it up. There is more pain long term in sitting in the circumstance and letting yourself get lost in it than there is in the initial pain of getting up when you get knocked down. Because once you’re up, you are rewarded by knowing you made a step today, even if it’s just one step. And then when you string all those really slow monotonous forced steps together - you start to get somewhere. And the more distance you put between the “knocking down” and the place you are- the more strength/power you have to overcome it. A devotional reading I had today talked about expecting resistance when you are doing God’s work or working to live in faith… That essentially when you are faced with unfortunate circumstances often resulting from God’s permissive will - you are at the most vulnerable to temptation/devils work. And if the devil knows you are overcoming your circumstance he will undoubtedly try to sabotage the situation. Knowing/expecting this, in my opinion, puts you back in a position of power over your situation, you can be on the offensive - fending off temptations and/or instead see them coming and dodge them or even “retaliate” by doubling down in faith/prayer. Long winded.. and maybe I should have just said the frozen movie got it right in that song “you are lost, hope is gone, but you must go on and do the next right thing” (if you look it up it will be in your head all day- fair warning)… but my point is- I think anyone would do what I/we are doing in this situation. And I think I’m just very fortunate to have great support and strong family and friends and I truly hope anyone else facing problems does too. Thank you.

I don't know how y'all feel about it, but for me, the price of a pocket knife directly correlates to the likelihood of losing it.

With apologies to Mr Daly and Mr Woods of course. I hear they are ardent no tillers!

We must of passed the test 👍 Thanks for the good reference 😊 I have been around this oil since I was a kid , everyone in our neighborhood that run IH equipment used IH oil. I started buying it on my own since 1980 and have used it ever since and I can honestly tell everyone I have never seen an oil related problem with this oil . I run the IH 30 w No #1 diesel oil in my big pulling tractor and for what that goes through all summer it’s amazing and everything looks like new inside when I pull it down for inspection. Our dyno test guy ask me what oils we run in these tractors because there is no wear on the bearings and they’re spotless clean inside . Danny

The Viscosity rep ask me about you.....I said watch that fella he's a tad sketchy. We sell a huge amount of Viscosity oil, it is a good side line to our "specializing in IH /CaseIH" repair business. Been selling it since June of 21, started out a bit slow because nobody had ever heard of Viscosity Oil Company. All ya have to do is keep a CaseIH Hy-Tran bucket under the counter for a trash can, grab the bucket and show customer where it states manufactured by Viscosity for CaseIH. Once people see that its done. Today it sells itself on price and quality.

The best solution would be to forget the ev part all together.

I replace them all the time for collision purposes. No calibration needed. Code should clear on its own, but like everything else electronic might be a bad wire somewhere.

I only ever named two of my six tractors. My 1980 Tri-Stripe 1086 was “Good Girl” And I called my 1994 CIH 7220 “Cadillac” All the other poor critters were just their model numbers: 1456, 1456, 1066, 1466. But they were all great tractors.

I used to use the fresh earth deer scent wafers as air fresheners in my truck years https://www.hunterspec.com/product/fresh-earth-scent-wafers-9-pack/

Also ended up with these large “Plomb” wrenches. P&C was a subsidiary. The (smallest one) 1-1/8” is a P&C. Largest is 1-7/16”. The Plomb name was dropped for a more commonly known tool name “Proto” in 1950 so I believe based on some internet searching that these are 1945-1950 vintage wrenches. They are stout.

Any PS off of a super with steel hoods will bolt right on. Rear cylinder bracket is different between std frame and super. Cyclops set ups will work, but you need to extend the column and steering shaft. I have done a 782 conversion using 1864 parts and an 1864 super steer front axle. Column lengthening and tubing are the hardest parts of the install. On a SGT you would have to make the rear cylinder bracket if using GT parts. I can show some comparison photos when I get back to my computer if you'd like.

Head bolt patterns for both engines. The 4 bolt/cylinder head bolt pattern on the top of the block matched the 4 main bearings on the bottom of the block as far as overall engine strength was concerned. In all honesty, when IH came out with those engines in 1958 or so, I'm sure most everybody else was previous envious of IH. IH came out with an engine design that was pretty universal for all the applications they wanted it for....trucks/tractors/construction equipment. The same basic block between the gas & diesel versions of those engines allowed engine flexibility with a minimum of frame changes between them. That was right at the time where there was still a lot of debate over whether a gas or diesel engine was the most practical engine in a lot of different applications...these engines allowed either choice. One could make a valid argument that, like many of their offerings, IH probably should have retired these engines a good 5-10 years earlier than they did, but chose not to. When they came out, some of their competitors were still using two-lungers, pony motors, and other old technology to compete with these new engines. By the time these engines were retired in the later 1970s, the competition had moved past them, though.

Funny how things get heavier as they get older!! lol 😂

I would caution that you must be careful with any type of combustion heat source. Kerosene, LP or natural gas all produce CO. Newer heaters have low O2 or CO protection devices built into them. For indoor use I would accept no less. Carbon monoxide is nothing to fool around with.

someone mentioned a tumble plow, this is a friend's