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Great day at show spent most of time visiting and not enough looking at tractors but really it’s about the Red Power people ! They are the Best ! the two guys with me in picture are forum members I’ll let you figure one on my left , hint ! has something todo with spark plugs ! They one on right is QC Canada man both are from Canada ! The Farmall C with dry bean cutter is phenomenal would not think it could pull four row cutter , I had one on a 400 Farmall and it was all the 400 could handle till the 806 came out and we put hydraulic cutters on it then flew through field . I shredded many acres of cotton with a shredder like this 400 Farmall 4th gear wide open two rows at a time . Carol and I met forum member “Little feller” took a picture of this Red ih hauler with fuel truck on trailer because the paint job on it imho represented many many hours of block sanding flaw less body work the Blue 57 had a Cummins in it and was phenomenal workman’s ship in my opinion our Group picture at Pete 1468 booth was a success so many guys showed up and I met few more members I was privileged to have a few minutes with Max Armstrong , what a delightful man ! the 806 was early Gasser with a four row cultivator don’t see that combo very often just a little flavor of show through my eyes today tony Sharon Lindsey and Carol. Sharons husband is T-bone on our forum ! Lowell Lindsey .

Here are my pictures of the day. Some are already shown above.

Some of mine. The 1456’s are Long Farms

The blue truck is on a Chevy chassis with 6.2 and 6.5 turbo on in and he said it never been washed and the paint is 15 yrs old The mirrors medicine cabinet was out of the ih plant

Some truck pics

Great. At that time today I was infatuated with all the vendors….. my mind is blown. Apparently I didn’t use my head to apply hearing a picture was at four and SDman telling me about Pete’s booth. 🙄 anyhow I did see about 98% of the show just to take it in. So it was a good day. Here’s a few pics. Loved meeting some of you and looking forward to the next two days!! Phantom (yea pickup has a name, 1992 GMC 1500) and I got here a little after 11 and got a front row spot. This is the same spreader I have at home. Glad I found one that is fully restored. Here is the first Axial-Flow built

Pictures from the combine plant. Thank you to CNH for allowing us to take pictures inside the Grand Island plant. Sad to hear that the Midrange combine production will end there shortly ....its still more or less based on the original IH 1480 design. Many thanks to Roger Lewno as a speaker relating to his 50+ years of working for IH and CaseIH. Lots of neat stories about red tractor production from him.

Made my rounds today. A lot of nice stuff here at Grand Island. Not as much as I expected to see but nice show.

A few I took. Still have more to go see tomorrow!

I found a weight to keep me tied down. 🙂

A couple more pics

Im convinced my 5mo old lab it part beaver 🤦‍♂️

Some rare stuff at the show.

currently for sale locally. 350 sbc ,

Trying to find something that hasn't been posted before My apologies if I doubled up

On my way Think I'll grab a nap in Broken Bow See you guys in the morning 🤠

Knocked down some horse hay after work. Made a few turns and saw a little wiggle up front... Uh oh ... That looks a bit loose. Found a stray nut in the toolbox. Snugged up the three bolts that were left and kept going. My son brought another bolt to the field so I could finish in the dark without obsessing over if the axle was loose again.

Decided to mow after red power roundup

I've got allot of cheese curds you guys need to eat up! It's nice we came up with a slogan for MTO. Keep MTO locked away in PA! I can hear him grumbling already.

Okay everyone, this in me in this pic that @Wi Ihtook. Hey I remember you taking this and I was just getting out of the way for you. Ironic lol! Probably won’t have a cowboy hat tomorrow but I’ll have my glasses and the beard lol. Jayce

Loading rice, spraying soybeans, flooding rice. I'm going in too many different directions all at once. Here's a pic of my wife spraying soybeans while I ate lunch. I took the pic too far away and zoomed in but it didn't work quite right.

That’s great to hear about the progress he is making!! Continued prayers from MN!

That tool display is an amazing setup!!!

Its great to read of Zach's continued progress!

Great to hear of the progress! Just remember that we are lucky he is still with us! All of the progress, even if slow is icing on the cake! We will all keep praying!

Couple more from today Was nice to meet up and talk with some of you guys , wish I could have met more of you.

I've known a few women who qualify as an "attractive nuisance".

l found this F-20 LP conversion in Winters, Texas on the way to a oil lease. Didn't have a chance to talk to the owner so don't know any details.

Is like a treasure hunt at my place 😂😂😂

Grandpa's first tractor bought new in Baxter Iowa. I believe it had been at the dealer a year or 2 before being sold. Told the story before but it was bought to speed the replanting of corn after it was frosted off one spring and grandpa didn't think he could get it replanted in time with the horses. Needs a good washing.

My neighbor plants oats in the spring and chops them and replants corn for silage. Today they chopped the oats and he asked if I could come help him disc the oats stubble. I went over with the 5488 and 24' Krause disc, and he tan his 7140 and 24' 496. We were both traveling about identical speed, 6.0 MPH or a little better. We disced about 130 acres in 5 hours. The Coop elevator was there spreading dry fertilizer so it was a busy place. Then when we finished discing someone came in with a 30 foot plus finisher behind an STX something tractor. I came past about 10 tonight and they were still out there with the finisher and planting. Sorry, forgot to get pictures.

It's on the show grounds, "Cactus Jacks" ... out front of the main concession Building, one Awesome sandwich !!! " Smoked Brisket " hOlY wAt Da !!!! HP

I got the carb back on and everything back together enough to run it this afternoon. Switching the lines to the steering cylinder fixed the steering issue. Now I just need to fix the clutch, transmission, water pump, alternator, steering wheel / steering shaft, fuel leak, water leaks..... This has not been my best purchase so far....

Dropped the new flywheel for the 856 off at the shop. Mechanic was just removing the wear sleeve off the crank. Things are progressing, good to see.

No, but a month ago it looked like the yellow brick Road because of the dandelions! Lol

Our prayers continue for Gods blessings Tony

June 14, 2023 Journal Entry by Emily Leinenbach — 5 minutes ago Zach started the week out with a bang. Both the trach (breathing tube that has been capped) and PEG (feeding tube) were removed yesterday. They had told us to expect his voice to be very weak or gone for a few days after the trach removal but thankfully it has been nearly just as loud and clear as before. We continue to work with therapy in hopes of improving strength and forge through to functional movement. They are also utilizing e-stim (essentially shocks delivered to muscles to stimulate contraction in hopes this helps stimulate more movement). Zach is getting stronger but there is just a lot of strength to gain. Sometimes it is frustrating to see what isn’t back but it is amazing to think of all we have gained. At the worst I would manually close Zach’s eyelids so he could sleep. There was quite literally no outward movement. 3 weeks later we had twitching in his jaw. And now at 6 months- chewing, swallowing, talking, full facial movement and expressions, core strength and balance, hip and shoulder strength and movement, movement in biceps and triceps and into hamstrings and quads. In therapy (and with a lot of assistance) Zach is put in a harness of sorts and with therapists in front, behind, and beside him he helps facilitate steps and “walks”. We try to do this daily. He asks for more therapy between sessions. We try to go to the gym on weekends when no therapy is scheduled. His motivation is amazing. Him having a stronger voice has been very freeing too. We are now hearing all the sarcastic comments he couldn’t say the last few months! We are working on getting things set up for his transition home. It’s exciting and also daunting but certainly a welcome step on the journey. Each phase takes a lot of planning, coordination, and decision making with very limited ability to know what the next weeks and months hold. We just keep trying to do what makes the most sense at the current time. We were given advice early on by another GBS family to make no major decisions for a least a year. I added to that a commitment to try to keep things as normal as possible for the kids - trying to keep their normal activities on the schedule. It has taken help from a lot of people and we appreciate it. Summer is busy in many different ways this year. I’d be lying to say we don’t miss our friends, our normal, our regular routine and rhythm. Most of all we miss seeing our kids every day and tucking them in and letting life be about them. But- we are on our way back. And we are thankful for every day we move in the right direction and all the lessons and insights we learn along the way. We have days where we feel like a lost has been stolen in this time but we have to focus on the fact there are things to be gained and just take it for what it is. There is some reason or some good to come. Ripple effects… we may never know. We are so thankful to be where we are now. We are so grateful for his gains and our overall support. We continue to pray for complete healing. We pray for diaphragm strength, strength and movement in lower arms and legs, initiation of movement in hands and feet. We pray for physical and mental strength, safe travel, and continued guidance in our upcoming transitions. thank you.

Something on one of Brian’s 1456s looks very familiar to me. That IH factory wedge lock pipe extension handle strapped to the frame rail used to be mine. Cool to see it on display at RPRU. LOL! A pair of gorgeous 1456s! Have a great time everyone.

Pretty sure this is an "official" diagram from IH:

It was uneven ground.

Nice pics Tony. Thanks for taking the time and posting them for those of us that couldn't be there. Y'all take care and be safe.

Getting ready to install a loader on the MX 135. Got this 6 year old loader for it. I'm hoping to only have to remove the front 3 pt arms

Semi..

Now you have a sense of what your mother endured with you...karma.

I think I know who's staying at the same motel as I am.

aaaaaah so thats where lentils come from

New flywheel arrived! Loaded in the truck ready to head to the shop tomorrow morning. I'm excited, will be nice to run this old girl with a clutch that doesn't slip.

I understand why she ran off. Guy is an idiot if he blames UPS.

I don't understand... with the door swinging backwards, poor steps, and the shifters in the way how did the package end up there? 😁