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Dad went to a tractor reduction auction at friend's in Kansas in 1996. He had heard there was a low hour 806 there, and our original 806 had many hours on it. First purchase was an 806 Wheatland that "was going too cheap". Then he got the Farmall 806 he wanted. He called me that evening wondering if I was interested in a 1456 for $6000. It didn't bring that in the sale so it was pulled. Well, yeah. Trucking added $1200 per tractor. This is what arrived a few weeks later after trucking was arranged. Truck driver said he got lots of thumbs up while coming cross country. Understandable. I still have the 1456 and Wheatland. My brother has the Farmall 806.

Dave Mac There was a small group of kiwi Red Power forum members or subscribers to the Red Power Magazine at Crank Up too. Left to right Old IH Kiwi (David Gander) ,Martin Thompson, Bill Weir, David Dench ,in front 35 Desoto (Brett Jones) and IH Kiwi (Heath Gander). A restored O4 with my original W4 Brett Jones driving my W6 Brett's wife Maria driving my Farmall A Heath Ganders Fairway 14 David Gander's Scout 80 (first off the Australian assembly line) Bill Weirs International C900 International transtar. International T Line International 9870I Hebard Shop Mule anyone have any info on this little roller? The engine is now fitted is C153 not out of a Farmall C as the owner thought. Marty,NZ

Was taking advantage of the nice weather yesterday to move some stuff around and do some wintertime cleanup of sheds. The mighty C is the trailer and equipment spotter of choice. Had it hooked to the baler and thought of y'all. Will it pull it? I actually HAVE used the C to run this baler when we do some rebaling (in winter). That application is stationary and the C is perfect. In thr field...I might try it so time just to see if I could, but I wouldn't want anything hooked behind the baler, or very thick hay. For real baling, I usually use the 706. Should have taken you another picture after I took the leaf blower to it...looked like a dust storm had rolled in. Anyway the baler is now backed in the shop, I'm going to rebuild the pickup. Did the plunger last winter. Good ol baler. Probably working on its second (or third?) million bales now.

Wow guys, great pictures of pickups and stories! Thanks for replying! To be honest, I don’t really have a lot of knowledge on vehicles (I’m way more into farm equipment). I like the Chevy/GMC 1988-1999 pickups because that is what I’ve had. That’s also where I have the most knowledge which isn’t a lot. As a kid (like 10 years ago) my dream pickup was a GMC/Chevy 2500 red or white with a flatbed…… maybe I’ll get there someday. I’m perfectly content with what I have now. To continue with mine I’ll start at the beginning. I purchased (with a little help from dad) my ‘92 GMC on February 6th, 2017, when I was 16. I turned 17 on March 15th. We got it from a farm sale 20 minutes away and it had 208,550 miles on it. I just turned over 19,000 yesterday since having it, which isn’t a lot I’ll get one explanation below. Mechanically when we got it it wasn’t in the best shape. It had some oil lines that weren’t the greatest and we replaced the water pump it also had its oil leaks. It had some things we replaced that normally would need attention on a 25 year old pickup with that many miles. The radio and cassette player didn’t work and we didn’t put in a new radio until July 2017 so I listed to ‘80’s Country Radio on Pandora wherever I went….. That is when I really got my interest in older country. In about 2018 my grandpa got a 2015 F-150. It replaced his 1997 Chevy 1500 and he also has a Toyota Corolla that he mainly takes to work. At that time the red pickup had been out probably because one of the crappy oil lines gave out. So I started driving the ‘97 and it is currently at our place. So I used the ‘97 a lot and it’s a great pickup. In a lot of situations it was nice having two pickups. Few pics. These first three was taken the year I got it. First is the day I brought it home. The ‘97 Chevy Took a pic a couple years ago with my equipment I use in my lawn care business. These were taken at the county fair.

Last weekend New Zealand celebrated 120 yrs of International Harvester over two days. At the 35th annual Crank Up at Edendale in the South Island. Rows of restored and original red tractors and red farm equipment were on display and most were in working condition. Many of the wheel tractors on display were driven to the event, some travelling long distance. A very enjoyable weekend that included Steam engine displays, Mack Truck 50yr anniversary in NZ, Chevrolet trucks, and 100yrs of Kenworth Trucks. So something for everyone.

Guess I will throw my Gen 2 up in here. Nothing better that a 24valve spinning a 5 speed. I have put about 300,000 on it myself since I bought it used in 2001. Been a great pickup with very little trouble. It has seen all and done all, trailer puller, fire truck, prom limo..............always wore a bale bed. Although pretty much just my feed pickup now. I let her off the ranch about as much as the missus lets me😏

There was a fall...way before my time...when my grandfather was sick and the neighbors all came over to plow for him. Lots of tractors, covered lots of ground in one day. Several fields were plowed via "square" method, several in lands. For luck, we have lots of old slides that have been scanned....so here we go......560 era plowing pictures galore!!!

got low hours kinda but they sure look to be the tires it came from Rock Island with. The first set of radials I saw was a brand new 1086 we sold new back n the late summer of 1979 and I remember that farmer saying how unbelieveable those radials were to plow with and that tractor looks as good today as it did the day he picked it up at our the dealership

I will applaud but say it is sad when we need to have additional legislation to enjoy a right given us in our Constitution. Without the Second Amendment the others are indefensible.

72 F100 my grandparents bought new from the local Ford dealer's show room floor. Was ordered by someone who backed out when it arrived. 302, C4, 3.25 rear axle, ps manual drum brakes. Dad bought it from grandparents and used it for 5 years or so and I bought it from him when I was 16. Picture from shortly after I bought it from dad. Current engine iirc was originally out of a van. Still have the truck but no current pic.

January 29, 2023 Journal Entry by Emily Leinenbach — 2 minutes ago 4 hours in breathing trial today. We realize we don’t have all the muscles moving we need to completely wean but the fact that he can sustain for these long periods is good and good exercise for those that are working/moving. We are thankful for that ability. We continue to pray for progress. We pray hard for healing. We pray for independent breathing and then speech/normal communication. We pray for full body nerve healing and rejuvenation. We pray for functional movement and return to home - and all in sonic speed (which Caleb still adds to the end of his prayers). We pray for safe travel, signs and assurances we are on the right path, making the right decisions. We pray in thanksgiving for the support of our family and friends. thank you.

Some GT from Blunier Plow Day and several in IA I have attended..... with flags was GT PD #1 in 2001, family on 100 was fall of 2001, family with chisel was last fall 21 years later....my son now married....

flashing is when a girl lifts up her shirt😲

Finished the Belknap double bit I picked up a while back. New handle fitted properly. I like the look of the scalloped axes. I didn’t even have to put an edge on it. That may be a first.

Neither does the hyd seat in the 1486😪 And I won't complain at -10° Just one more night on the wrong side of zero and we are in for some real plumb tropical temps! Maybe even do a little fishing!😃

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Still plugging away. Progress will never be fast enough but still moving the right direction without a doubt.

favorite truck is the current one- a retired Forest Service truck that lived in New Mexico and never saw salt/brine til moving here in 2011. I take a certain amount of grief about the color but it has the 8.1 engine/ ZF 6 speed manual combination, vinyl floor mat, cloth seat and working AC- as a neighbor said, "the perfect farm truck". The first time I brought a load of cattle to the salebarn I felt like a semi driver going up and then coming back down through all those gears just as smooth as you please. I keep it looking decent in part by using a S-10 as the "beater" I don't know which vehicle from my past I'd like to have back- either the '80 K20 with the 292/4spd Dad had, or my '70 Bronco with a 302/3spd. Probably the Bronco- those things seem to bring *ridiculous* money these days

Any automatic I've been around, Chrysler 727 in Scouts and IH pickups in particular will "coast" in neutral causing the transfer case to grind when you get it into neutral. If you go thru neutral in the transfer case rapidly with the trans in neutral you can catch it before it begins turning the gears. However if you miss it, just turn the engine off and then complete the shift. It doesn't work very well to try the reverse to drive motion and try to catch the gear and don't try to put it into park thinking you can stop the gears, it will just grind against the park pawl. If you are parked on a level spot and can shift while in park that will work too.

Now that's just crazy talk!🙄 now go take your 4 shots and monthly boosters. And don't forget the chicken wire over your face to stop the sand from hitting you. Wink wink!😉

My trailer spotter. It would move the cart, empty, but I sure would not want to try to use it in the field. Nice part about the 830 is it’s a Caseomatic. No clutch to slip, and the steering is amazing, especially with that much weight on the drawbar.

Some people would say that's an awful long ways for a college student to drive a 30 year old vehicle. I say "Good for you!"

I only have one thing to say: vitamin I!

Been doing a bit of riding here and there so far. Last weekend was beautiful riding, and warm. Almost too warm. Was almost melting. I got out for a little bit today. It was no where near melting. -27 when I went. Nasty cold wind blowing in the open too. I probably wouldn't have gone but I kinda did something a couple days ago and needed to try it out..... lol

Here is the way we started this morning. Tomorrow is supposed to be worse. The horses worked excellent and the backwards M started after being plugged into the generator for a few hours.

It was -36*f this morning. Glad the mares liked to go. The unroller works well so we didn’t have to start a tractor until later. I hooked the generator to it earlier but it still wasn’t ready

My dad doesn’t have an account but wanted me to post his favorite truck, his 1948 jeep truck that was our other neighbor’s project he didn’t even start. Was in pieces rolling chassis, cab and bed in other parts of the ranch no engine.

My favourite is easy! I bought my ‘79 in 1991 when I was 15. It’s a heavy 3/4 ton, full time 4x4 and automatic. 350 with 4 bolt main, TH400 and NP203 I drove it full time until I found my ‘95 2 years ago. The ‘79 has 565,000 (351074 miles)trouble free km on the clock. I hardly ever had to spend any money besides gas in the ‘79! I did restore it in 2004, but it’s time for a body job again. The 95 is nearly all original, and I really love it for the ride and interior,and the ability to run 80 mph on the interstates. It has 290,000 km. (1801197 miles). But nothing beats the ‘79 for all around use for real truck stuff.

Plowing is one of my very favorite things!

According to Sanctuary Counties, there are now 1,965 counties protected by Second Amendment Sanctuary legislation at either the state or county level. This represents 61% of all of the 3,033 counties in the United States of America. https://www.independentsentinel.com/a-majority-of-u-s-counties-now-identify-as-second-amendment-sanctuaries/

87105740 is what I stock here. It is 48 inches long, I keep it so we can stock (1) cord and cover skid steers and it even works good on tractors where you can route it out near steps or etc..

Plumbing n stuff

Not a sharp thing but a different thing. This is a 3/4” swage. Used for shaping metal to a certain size. It is labeled and in very good shape. It got a handle today also. opposite of that but for the same purpose is this swage. It is struck on the top with a hammer (just like the other one) to create an indention or fuller in metal. It could be used for making something like this in a hand made hammer. Compressing the metal vs grinding it out makes it stronger.

Metric, that alleged bastion of conformity, has no less than 3 common drive sizes for a given common bolt shank diameter. Imperial at least is somewhat more standardized when it comes to common bolt diameter and the hex size that goes with it. It’s easier to see 1/16” difference by eye than it is 1 mm difference. 1/16” is .0625, 1 mm is .0393”.

A few more photos taken on the day, that TD25 is huge, I have never seen one before, and the BTD6 in original yellow is a close serial number to the one I have, which was originally yellow but since been painted red.

I always laugh about the argument of metric vs imperial, especially the fractions argument. Last time I checked, dividing things into tenths would be a fraction also, and metric is full of that, for sure length measure. And I have yet to see a machine tool with imperial measure that is NOT divided into tenths also. Pick your poison.

if you think going back and forth between metric and imperial is bad, imagine how it was when every state had its own measurements. This is how it was when the US was first formed, and Thomas Jefferson thought standardization would be better for interstate trade. He also thought the metric system based on tenths was the most logical (and lets face it, anyone who's screwed around with fractions knows he had a point). So Jefferson had some French guy lined up to come over with the various measuring instruments- but his ship was hijacked by pirates, they thought they could get ransom for him but he died first. Considering how long travel took in those days, I imagine the US gov't decided they didn't have time to wait and just settled for what they could agree on

Then I got nuttin! Maybe he did as Hillman suggested?

Good photos, thanks Martin 😀

Yeah, I’ve been to Chicago about 4-5 times and I’ve lived in IL my whole life. We get a bad rap just because we are in the same geographic state. The definition of corruption and filth.

I have had a few pickups in the last 35+ years. 1972 GMC C10. It had the 350 and 3 on the tree. It was a little rough when I got it, but okay for a farm truck. 1984 S10 Tahoe. A nice little truck 1996 Sonoma And these two, my favorites. 1995 Chev Silverado, bought when it was 3 years old, nice truck Current 2008 F350, 12V Cummins conversion

Thank you. It’s not because I can’t afford a newer one it’s because prices right now are ridiculous for something even half that new. More to the point it was my first vehicle and I want to hang on to it.

Fifth 16 degree notch was added for LP engines. Located between 0 and 25 notch.

Cutting and forming a new skid plate

Got precision measuring instruments now...

A few more just for fun

Here are a few of my 61 460 utility, well actually my wifes, lol. Her grandfather always had one on the farm so was first tractor she drove as a kid because it was the smallest on the farm so we had to find one just like it. Grandfathers got scrapped years ago and was wore out.

I bought a 5x18 720 for the 1086 Grandpa bought new. Haven’t had the chance to mate them up yet for action but that’s the plan. (Just moved it with 686)

Does 1/2 scale count.....🙂