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Figuratively, although I have physically once or twice. Little back story, I have always drank alcohol of some sort every night since I turned old enough to have a taste. Parties, just at home, sometimes in the middle of the day. It didn't seem to matter. I wasn't the type to be drunk in the morning and last all day, but I was the type that needed it to go to sleep or else I laied there in bed awake. When my wife was pregnant with our second, while I was sitting there getting drunk, I had a sobering moment. If I'm this drunk, how will we get to the hospital if it's time? I had to quit. I swore off it from that night. I went two years before I had another drink, quite frankly it was by accident, a cup I thought had my tea in it in the cart in the barn had a mixed drink. It was on from that point. Back into the same rut I went. I couldn't get back on the wagon. If I didn't have any in the house, I went to the barn, if none in there I went to the shop, if none in there it was the same thing, I would lay in bed awake wishing I would have at least a drink. I had to stop, it was starting to get bad again. Three months ago I was sitting there looking at my drunk a** face in the mirror and said you are pathetic, and you need to be done. This has gone too far, and it might not keep going at this pace. I swore off of it again and haven't touched any for the whole three months to this day. It's not much, but it's a start. I'm not looking for praise, but sharing this so if someone reading it has fallen off the wagon, you can climb back on like me. It's hard to climb on the wagon, but it's harder to tell yourself to get your crap together. You always think I'll do it tomorrow, but you have to commit today.

I pretty much live under a rock when I’m not at work. The local Chamber of Commerce hosted this “paint out” where artists come in and have a set amount of time to paint on a specific day. The subject must be something in the county. They can paint 1 or more paintings as long as parameters are followed. At the end of the day (6pm) all art is brought back to a hall in town and displayed. Artists price their work themselves and if you like a painting you pay for it and it is yours. All items sold on first come first serve basis. An artist had contacted us about painting at the farm we purchased last fall. We told him to have at it and enjoy. I was off work today so the family went in a little before 6 to see what he had painted. I will say that I’m about as far from artsy as anyone but I was blown away with the job he did. Pretty cool. Below are a few real pictures of the barn for comparison. I didn’t know this was a thing that goes on. Sure are some talented people out there.

My daughter Kori has had this m for 5 years now she yesterday got to drive in a local parade celebrating the Towns 350th anniversary it the town she goes to school in so she got te see a bunch of her friends and classmates along the way I walked behind her or rode on the drawbar part of the way she was happy to drive it all by herself at 12. I put a block to help her push the clutch down more. She drove in second gear and never had to stop the whole time till the end. Then we went about a mile down the road in 5th to where we parked. I added a little bit of weight to this for a fun pull we are going to next weekend she will pull at.

Picking corn on part of the home farm today. Our 129th crop. Beautiful day to be harvesting. I jumped out of the combine and hauled with wagons to enjoy the nice day and give some of the 66’s a little workout.

September 29, 2023 Journal Entry by Emily Leinenbach — 3 hours ago this is Zach, I wanted to give an update on my families journey and give Emily a break for once. Please be prepared for a dramatic shift in writing styles, as all the eloquence in this family landed solely in Emily‘s corner! I don’t know where to begin, Emily has done such a wonderful job explaining the unexplainable. The description and depictions of life as it’s going now has been spot on. You have to look back so far to get any appreciable gains to be noticed, all the while keeping tyour head up and Bullhead on to keep forging a path forward to keep those small appreciable gains snowballing. and first and foremost, the new powered wheelchair came in. I officially have the first electric vehicle inDuff. They are still working on the trophy!!! We just had a reevaluation this week, and PT and OT had impressive gains. Shoulder range of motion is almost to the functional level. Which is very different than the normal level, but one step at a time. My quads are starting to engage which is instrumental in being able to walk. strength continues to improve in my arms, core, and legs. No miraculous movements, yet, but getting better all the time. I am feeding myself with a glove and adaptive fork, which basically means a fork is bendable to offset the elbow not moving as much.. still pretty shy about eating in public. it’s not a giant production to get me to eat, just the stigma I have and can’t shake yet. Voice quality is much better, breathing is pretty well normal. Put it this way, Siri has had little trouble typing this! as much as I would love to say that it was my determination and mental fortitude to get me through all of this, the fact of the matter is, it was Emily‘s forward thinking, far superior planning, resilience, and ability to communicate with medical people to advocate for my best care. To be quite frank, I would be gone if not for her. there isn’t another person on this planet that would have or even could have completed such a task that she did. Yes, we had a bunch of help and still do. But she has done the work of 15 people for the better part of the year now . , once this storm has moved on, I’m going to have to be a perfect husband for the next 35 years to even come close! i think for me, the greatest lesson I will learn going through this will be that there is no such thing as mundane. Typical has been erased from my vocabulary. It doesn’t exist. The things easy to overlook as being too simple or unimportant add up to be the greatest things you could ask for. The task may seem so simple, but take it away in your entire lifestyle changes. It really is that quick there is no in between. I guess it goes back to the evaluation we just had. Functional versus normal. Right now our life is functional. We are getting by, by zero means is it the same as before, but we are trudging along. some days are steps that are quick and painless, others seem like there’s three the wrong direction. But each day, we push towards normal again, wherever that may be. I’m going to make this overly simple, please don’t be offended. We all appreciate everything everyone has done. It’s overwhelming. It’s humbling. And at times it’s embarrassing. But it is all appreciated. Thanks again to everyone for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. we will keep you posted

Been looking for one of these for several years now, today it came home. @bitty was thinking of you the whole time after I saw the add on C-list. I now have a tractor to fit the SFW I bought at auction in June. It was about 60 miles East of me, almost talked myself out of it. Friend of mine grew up local to Williamsburg, he rode along. Looked it over, negotiated the price, done deal. It had three sets of wheel weights on it, to meet my offer he wanted to keep the weights. I said , why don't we meet in the middle, leave the splits on the inside, keep the solids. He was cool with that. We had driven over in my Buick, so had to come back home and get the truck/trailer. Brakes are going to need some work, was interesting unloading it!!! Got it to the power washer for a bit, needs lots more! Anyway, here she is.

Here's a shot Dan took while putting the combine away today.

My 1970 1456 #14146

Wishing you success, I drank progressively harder for 40 years and quit cold turkey after my kidneys were hurting every morning, been clean now coming up 5 yrs this January, I just put in my retirement notice last week and driving home thought of stirring up a whiskey to celebrate for about 2 seconds then said why wreck a good streak, should have done it years sooner, I have one daughter that is closer to how I was with partying and a son that has a zero tolerance for anything mood altering, as much as you are doing it for yourself consider the gift you are giving your family

Page 2. The 1456 ,ser#15413,served us well till the financial crunch of the '80's . Dad was wanting to retire and we down sized and the bank put undue pressure on us. We sold all equipment except a 786 and the family M. After the auction the bank was happy and we,my wife and I, started all over again with the home place and 2 tractors. Fast forward to 3 years ago during a BS session, the where abouts of the 14 was brought up. Through a face book chat,a photograph of the14 when new was posted.One member replied that it looked like one of there tractors. It took nearly a year and a 1466 to trade to get it back. It's getting a restoration back to new.

Attending to a burial I stopped by my old home town. After 53 years kinda proud to see Old Glory is still flying and the spot well taken care of.

The Mrs is ready for a new rig. With the kids moved out, we are no longer lugging them and their friends around. No need for the expanse that is the Excursion. So...what to get. We looked at a few SUV including new Bronco. Not thrilled with the looks and even less thrilled about the lack of towing capacity not to mention the payments. So we talked about all of the stuff we were foolish enough to sell that we wish were still around. We both landed on my 78 Bronco. Dead reliable and great in the snow. Towing ability to boot. So after months and months looking and a few deals gone sour, here she is. 400 crate engine. Fresh rebuilt C6. Two new rear quarters and inner tubs. It is a factory air/tilt/cruise truck. The new Holley carb needs some tuning (not surprised) and an alignment but she's a good base to start with. Only rust I can find is a bit on the tailgate and the floor pans will get swapped probably in spring. I'm not going to sugar coat it. Selling the Excursions is going to suck. It'll be the end of an era for us. I've had a 7.3 in the fleet ever since they came out. The 2002 is coming up to auction in a few weeks and I have a guy who's been hounding me for years to buy the 2000 since it was rolled. It'll be nice to get some shed space back though.

My 14 with new shoes.

My gold demo and early 69 model currently getting some attention.

Did this Sunday. The lady I bought it from almost sold it again. She is in her 90s and loosing her memory unfortunately so I went and got it.

Several from shows.

Just a shot taken with cell phone out Pete window at 65🙄mph

Had a fun filled weekend of plow day and tractor pulling over the weekend. Gramps took the 806, dad on his 826 and me on the 1466 with the refreshments. After 7 hours plowing we headed home and loaded the 826 and headed to the local pull to pull in the 12,500lb class. There was only me and a 1566 in the class but he only got me by 30 feet! Sounds like a lot but comparing the two in the same class I thought I did respectable. Sunday we headed back over to the plow day and plowed all day Sunday to round out the weekend.

There are those that say it was a set up. I dunno🤔😳🤣🤣🤣

Friend of mine got his Elk a couple days ago. Shot in western Nebraska.

My 1456 was imported from Kansas, along with a pair of 806s, in 1996. Driver said he got lots of thumbs up on his way to New York. The cab is a Hinson Royal Guardian. 1456 is my best corn planter tractor, as wheels were set narrow, and the wedgelocks didn't want to move anyway. It has done about everything on the farm. Along with the 826 hydro, it will be the last work tractor that I ever let go of.

Our 1456 is a 1971. My Dad bought in 2003 from my uncle who had owned it about 10 years. He paid $7500 for it and a 3pt chisel. I love sitting in the seat of this beast. We had only replaced the clutch and head gasket until last year. Rebuilt the turbo, new wiring harness and LEDs. This winter new front spindles and moving it in to 30 inch rows so I can sidedress with it. Since we have gone no till it doesn't get used near as much as the 1086.

I’ve been back to working on the “attack shack”. It got two more windows, shelves, a detachable landing, old paint stripped, roof coated, primed, painted, camo covered. Should be about ready to place on a platform and put in the woods.

We got .3” of rain last night so that slowed up corn harvest this morning. Took advantage of the free time and snapped some pics of some of the 66’s all cleaned up.

So today is opening day for archery here. I hunted in the morning, went to funeral midday and went back out afterwards. I picked a different spot for wind reasons for this afternoon. It's a stand we call the eagles perch and it was originally 26' to the platform. We had added a lower floor to be able to archery hunt so shot angles were okay so it's a pretty unconventional stand. Here is why I think about a GoPro.... Climbing in I set my crossbow on the lower level. I proceeded to climb up to the top floor and retrieve my seat left there from rifle last year. I opened the door and a big big raccoon was right there looking at me. It hopped on the railing and jumped down out of the stand (no windows on the stand) I was thinking I might have to check my shorts . My excitement level was met for the day easily by this event

Thank you Steve for finding this thread and bringing it back to page one with Zach's update. Zach, glad to hear you are still moving forward Progress is a great motivator. And Emily...well, she's a keeper... And that's about the highest compliment paid out here.

Started showing the youngest how to weld, and the oldest is starting to get the tractor bug.

My dads 1456, number 20, would look better if it was sunny My 1456, number 15524

No. 14474. Purchased in southern Ohio auction 2012.

She pulled my 450 this summer at 9950 she pulled 18k on the stone boat. I have pulled 16 with her M. She does like the 450 with power steering and Ta though I may see another one in the future. I did tell her I need to find her a nice old C10 pickup to drive when she gets her license she said she liked a minivan better because the automatic doors. I almost stopped and made her walk home when she said that.

Starting to sympathize with the ladies, never knew the challenges a big rack can pose 😳

When he thinks your taking a pic he gets all weird

My wife took this pic of me out our back door. Believe it out not, the beans were 14-20% so I didn't run that night. They're horribly dusty here this year.

We pulled the trigger on two hydro's out of Nebraska. The 186 is pretty good and had a nice surprise of a turbo under the hood. The 100 seems solid but it needs to lose the cab, extremely poor visibility for what we want to use it for. My question, after cab removal, what do I need besides fenders? I am assuming I need a platform also?

My 1970 1456. It was sold new in Iowa. I bought it from Ed Leaman in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in October 1993. It had a cab from factory , but Leaman had the cab off to do a TA job when I looked at it. My silage chopper had hand controls for the spout, so a cab would have been a problem, so I bought it without the cab. I bought fenders from a salvage operation and installed them. I painted tractor in 1994. The side emblems, which need paint to make them look new, and the Turbo decal are still in a cabinet in my shop. I added an aftermarket ROPS and canopy 15 or so years ago. Most pictures below are of it in the field pulling forage harvester, which is mostly my use for it.

Molly says “where are the snacks, I know you brought snacks!”

Strange looking clouds...

A few little details after work. Grab handle for use when climbing up the ladder and stepping inside.

Cruising the boulevard in the 315.

In the spring of 69 , my neighbor bought a 1456 open station. That was the biggest tractor I ever ran as a kid in high school. I was in heaven. The next year dad rented more ground and due to a wet fall ,none of the corn stalks got fall plowed. So a bigger horse and plow were needed by spring. For a few dollars more ,a 1456 could be had over a 1256. Dad and I studied what would work for us for options and the order was put in the system. A # 700 ,7-16 plow was add as well.

Some I have photographed:

I drank hard alot while in the service and after I got out for years. It didn't much for me to drink a 12 pack a night. Finially I told myself no more. Its been a few years now since I said no more. Every once in awhile after working on a good hot day I think a good cold one will taste good. I'll get one beer take it home and drink a sallow or two. Ugh this tastes like crap and pour the rest down the drain. I can't stand the taste any more. Good luck to you

Father God ,we give you thanks for your love and care you've shown to Zach and Emily through this trial. Continue to be with them and see this to his complete recovery. Be of good cheer for Christ is in your corner.

Keep at it & keep looking forward. You get a few years under your belt & you won't even know you miss it. Keep your spine about you in the meantime. And quit for the betterment of yourself. Everything falls in line after that. Mike

So you guys in the Corn belt have all the dry corn. These guys are combining 30-35% moisture corn for a large cattle feedlot nearby. They blend some of it in with their silage when they put it in the pile. Also have a couple pictures of the MotherBin setup they use as well.

It has began .