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Today was the day. We checked in at 5:30 this morning and wife was in OR by 7 with surgery starting shortly after. The surgeon was just out after almost 10 hours in the OR . He updated us on what was done and a few things that were slightly off from plan. Yesterday in pre surgery consult they had 3 plans that might occur once they exposed the pancreas and inspected it. They went with original thoughts and totally removed pancreas but some of the stomach needed to be removed with pyloric valve as there was a lot more scar tissue to deal with from the previous surgery years ago. Good news is she is going to intermediate care instead of ICU unit for recovery. Surgeon said to expect 14 days in the hospital for recovery than 6 or so more weeks local area. But it is very good feeling for her to start recovery and have a somewhat manageable pain instead of the severe everyday pain and nausea of the last year or so.41 points
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As some of you may have already noticed, and even a few posts have been made....... Yes indeed the pictures from the past and the ability to post new pictures has been restored. Around 4 PM central time, we were able to make the magic happen. So, we will call this an early Christmas gift to everyone. Just a reminder if you haven't make sure to call or go online and get your your Red Power Magazine subscription!!!37 points
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I have collected few tractors..and sold a few.. Finally I bought my dream machine. '76 1466 Black Stripe. Thanks to Jesse Stoltzfus & Family at Restoration Tractor Sales In Lancaster PA for this beast. Absolute pros with these classic muscle tractors. I had them put a 3LM turbo in and leave the pump turned up. Must be making about 230 hp. It's just a fun tractor for me, and I might pull at a local stock pull or two. Always wanted one this nice. I grew up on tractors, have run heavy equipment and driven trucks for my whole life..But this tractor is a real dream come true for me.
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I didnt get many pics. so much going on it was hard to keep up with everything. DT 466 will have some pics to share. It was a beautiful day spent with friends.
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She said grab that bag of potatoes, peel half of them and put them in water to boil. She doesn’t want me to help anymore.
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Funny how you many times don’t see some of the historical things right in your area even though you’ve lived there all your life. So Dawn and I decided to take a drive a couple days ago on a road before it closes for the winter. Everyone drives I-90 through Montana and Idaho across Lookout Pass. There is another pass north of there near Thompson Falls that has some history, Thompson Pass. Never been across there before. Needed some groceries so we went to Kellogg, Idaho and tossed some things in a cooler. Also stopped at Tractor Supply for a couple items. Went a couple more exits west and then northeast up the Coeur d’ Alene River towards Murray, Idaho. Crossed some old iron bridges along the way. Murray, Idaho was a booming gold field in the late 1800s. Now it’s just barely a small town of rundown buildings. The entire valley is a mess of mine tailings for miles and miles. Looks like they got every ounce of gold possible. The last few miles went very steeply up to Thompson Pass. This is Granite Peak and the pass is to the left of it at nearly 7,000 feet. Someone had installed a pipe along the road if you needed a drink. Ice cold. The road was steep and windy just below the pass. Winter maintenance stops with the first heavy snow until it melts away in the spring. Hard to believe wagons made this trip daily to the gold field in Idaho from the end of the rail line in Thompson Falls. At the top of the pass was this placard with a little history. We saw a cow moose on the way down in Montana. I wish I could have got a picture of the base of Thompson Falls where the bridge crosses but there was no space to walk on the bridge. It’s just something you’d have to see when passing over. We finished the 200 mile loop home with a stop at Quinn’s Hot Springs for dinner. We didn’t see any Bighorn sheep near Thompson Falls on the cliffs but saw plenty of deer and a few elk. It was a nice drive with the fall colors, such as we have in Montana. Thanks for riding along!
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We don’t use it much anymore. But got the 4166 out to do a few things to it. Bought new by our family in 1976
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Had a great talk with the owner and did a short interview with him on his 7788. Should have a video up soon hope you enjoy.
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Got the 5288 cleaned up and serviced yesterday. She cleans up good I would say.
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Hello, everyone. I have been absent for a little while on this forum. Wanted to share what is going on in my world. My parents have been declining rapidly health wize in the past year. This winter has been particularly rough. Dad can no longer drive safely. I think his days operating a tractor are done. Not sure whether he will even be able to mow his lawn this year. They are both using walkers/ canes to move about the house now. Together, they get along well and function okay in their home. They eat well, bathe and the house is clean. Local volunteers from the church transport them to important appointments. They are okay where they are for now. However, they require daily help from me for all kinds of tasks and for their shopping needs. My stress level has been rising, hard to sleep at night. Almost no time to deal with the day to day of MY life after looking in on them every evening on my way home. The last several years, I have been proud to operate the farm for the family. (We did hire the neighbors to harvest our crops and haul them to town.) I have been increasingly concerned that I may not be able to operate the farm as efficiently and timely as I should with my life as busy as it is now. If I do a poor job raising crops, Dad makes less money off the farm. I proposed to the family that for the first time in 5 generations, we rent the ground to the same neighbors that have been harvesting our crops. It was sad to break the family tradition, but I felt it was the best decision. I can devote time to looking after my parents and allowing them to remain in their home for the foreseeable future. I can keep the lawns mowed, trim the road ditches and play with old tractors. The neighbors offered competitive rent and will be good stewards of the land. My parents will receive reliable income from rent. The neighbors are going to let me raise alfalfa on about 6 acres of rough clay hillside, so I will have some hay farming to do each summer. Enough work to get me out in the field awhile and give the tractors a little exercise! In my mind, that still makes me a Farmer. On my family's ground. Someday, I may take over the row crop again. That option remains as we still own the land. So, changes taking place, but I feel it is for the better. Thanks to everyone on this forum for your support. Means the world to me.30 points
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In welcoming Virgil Merritt to the world! He will be joining his sister Cora Kate, and brothers Cason Jay and Jep William and their best friend Shadow on the ranch And since he was born today, we know what his first rifle will be...........😄 Oh and prayers for Grandma who is babysitting the three little perpetual motion tricycle motors while Mom and Dad and Virgil are still in North Platte🙏😀 She told me that agreeing to be the bucking bull at their little rodeo last night was not one of her best decisions🤠
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When it’s going good, I enjoy few things more than mowing a nice field. 766 on the 9ft 1100. Cole is in the background with the 966 and the 10ft disk mower. It is plenty wet but I need to start spraying my beans tomorrow. Heat index was 102f today but it wasn’t bad.
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There was a vintage tractor show locally this past weekend, unfortunately I didn't get to go, but a good friend of mine sent some pictures over for me this morning to cheer a girl up and I figured, what better place to share the red ones?
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After dragging the New Holland swather home, going through it and giving it a test run, it was time to get it to the field. The tow hitch and the dolly cart were done so now I had to load up and move it 10 miles away. Getting the swather up on the dolly wheels definitely is not a one man job. There isn’t much room for error to get the wheels in the buckets. But everything fit. Just folded the ramps up and strapped it all down. Signs, flags and away we went! A friend was my pilot car and he blocked traffic on a bridge going into town. I think the dolly is 13.5’ wide so I took the whole bridge up. I didn’t set any speed records at 15 mph but we made it. The route was the back road which is gravel part of the way and pretty steep in a couple of areas. Everything worked as planned and the setup pulled well. To unload, we left the tow bar attached to the truck and used it along with the swather to back out of the buckets. Once on top of the ramps, we unhooked from the truck and backed down the ramps. Again, not a one man job to stay straight on the ramps. Safely on the ground and cutting hay. The swather is a huge improvement for speed and comfort. I can say I was very lucky to find a machine that was basically field ready.
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With my parents health declining, we rented the farm out this spring. I mentioned this in another thread awhile back. However, we kept 7 acres of rougher ground to make hay on for our calves. It was rougher ground and and a 25 foot wide strip to access the field. So, I will be a hay farmer for awhile! This weekend was finally dry enough and it warmed up. So, I woke the 1486 from its slumber and blew up a couple low tires. Rounded up the disk and hit the field. The 25' strip was already worked up by our renters, so I just smoothed out the soil. The no-till cornstalks took 4 passes to be ready. Tomorrow, I seed oats and alfalfa. Videos: Enjoy!
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I have been contemplating for the past few years about building a shop.the older I get , the harder it is to work on things on a dirt floor . I know there was a previous posting about this topic, but I couldn't find it. So I'll start a new one.
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350 Diesel, Super M, 400 all part of friend's fleet... also jd 2 way, 1940 Dodge coupe with Grand pas carpenter tools in trunk..
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Finally got everyone together long enough last weekend to stop for pizza for lunch and some quick informal pictures since we had all the grandkids, my kids and my dad there that day. The two grankinds in the cab was their first time ride in our combine. The boy thought the noise the monitor made when raising and lowering the header was funny. I've heard it so much and used to it it took me a bit to figure out what he was chuckling at. Those two grandkids are 3 hours away so dont get to see them as often as my sons kids. I figured since she was home with them and it was a nice day we better do some pictures. Dont know how many folks I seen post pictures this fall of last years harvest of their parents/granparents that said they didint know that was the last harvest we had together. Dad turned 83 last summer. I'll be 60 soon. You just never know.
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I may have one in the family in a few years😍😄
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Looking through some old pictures i took when i restored the ol gal.
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Hi you guys. After my son had surgery last year and all the other little issues before and after his recovery. The hospital referred his name to make a wish. And as a wish he chose Hawaii and wants to visit Pearl Harbor is go snorkeling. We got delayed a day yesterday due to a frozen plane in minot nd. Then today in Denver we were delayed again for a couple hours. But it is really nice here. Looking forward to a couple days of warmth. We are staying at the Disney aulani resort in Oahu
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I’m on the road to the Midwest for my annual trip to sell fishing lures. Already scanning Craigslist for potential tractor parts stops. 😂 I packed up in the rain on Friday. Woke up Saturday morning to 4” of snow, closed the gate and headed out. Headed northeast to Conrad, which is in north-central Montana. Dawn had spent Christmas with her mother there and my Christmas with them was a few days late. Going over Rogers Pass wasn’t a peach. The wind blowing 30 mph created a whiteout. I was driving 25 mph at the top and down the east side until getting out on the flats. But at least the road was plowed pretty well. I took off early Sunday morning from Conrad at -9 degrees. At least the sunrise was beautiful. The shortest route across the state is diagonal from Great Falls to Billings. Right through a member’s old stomping grounds. Eddie’s Corner was where Gary Yaeger’s (Old Binder Guy) wife used to work when Gary and Sharon were a young couple. This is near Moore, Montana. This is the land coming into Eddie’s corner. Gary had said Sharon’s parents farmed the land on the left side, north of the highway. Headed south from there is Judith Gap and a large wind farm. The mountains create a perfect funnel and the wind is always blowing here. I believe these are part of the Crazy Mountains near Harlowtown. I’m glad the 30-40 mph tailwind was pushing me east. The highway comes into Billings along a ridge above town. It’s our largest city at 120,000. Not much to look at but there you go, ya saw it. I-90 rolls southeast from Billings. I cut across Highway 212 to Belle Fouche, South Dakota before getting back on I-90. Saves a lot of miles if the weather is decent. About a mile off I-90 is Custer’s battlefield. The rectangle on the ridge line is the monument where the battle ended. Hard to fathom this happening almost 150 years ago when you can just drive right by it today. The landscape is mostly rolling hills with scrub pines in this area. Pretty poor part of the state. Right before you leave Montana is Alzata. Not the most eastern town in Montana but pretty close before crossing into Wyoming. Not much but a bar and the last chance to buy gas. Or maybe the first, depending on direction of travel! I slipped out of Montana right at sunset. That covered close to 800 miles. I’ll be glad to be back on the farm in two months!
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So loooong story cut short because I dont tend to speak on it much; but I had cancer when I was 25 and as a result of treatment and operations, I developed lymphoedema in my left leg - its progressively gotten bigger and bigger ever since, for the most part I ignored it, as I do most things when it comes to physical ailments. Anyways, they gave me compression to wear 24/7 in the initial stages - and since then the care has increased and improved. I now (usually) wear a fully personalised stocking which is made to my leg measurements every six months, I have bandaging at home to self treat, and I was also given this amazing machine - called a Lymph Assist/Lymph Flow machine - my leg goes into the full cuff - and it moves excess fluid up and out of my leg, it has multiple settings for pressure and different cycles - anyhow, the cycles take 45 minutes+ and as a busy mum, I never really stuck to using it regularly. Just lately, since May, I decided that I had to start looking after myself better, I'd been given this second chance and frankly I was wasting it in a lot of ways. I've started walking daily, sometimes up to 10 miles on a good day with supportive walk mates, I have started swimming AND I've started using my pump- every single night without fail. I had a 6 month check with my nurses today and I'm absolutely over the moon with how it went - I was 45lbs lighter than 6 months ago AND my leg has improved so much, they have now changed my full length stocking to one that only goes to my knee and I know that medical science is partly to thank for it, I cant imagine how people suffered before these technologies and its been 9 years since I've been able to walk around without a full leg stocking on, I'll never not have lymphoedema but the progress is extraordinary, my nurses were amazed. 😭🥳 If you know anyone with lymphoedema in either their legs or arms, whether it is secondary to a cancer treatment, or they were born with it - I cannot recommend this teeny tiny machine loudly enough. There is a lot of things in my life that still need to change, but the progress is starting to really tip the scales over here 🤩 (My machine is a Haddenham pulsepress - I'm not sure if they supply the US or not, but I'm sure if not they'll have companies that do make them very similar)
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Got a set of matched duals in for the 1256 to plow on land this fall. Hung a quick hitch in preparation. Dealership decals from where it sold new added.
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Linda posted my picture in the Afton Memorial Day parade. 1926 Regular. A friend replied "did he buy it new?" She had my back though- replied that a BTO bought it first and asked him "was it you"??? Good woman!
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This one came in next door to work. Family that jockeys some equipment that works alongside us at the yard. I drove past it and stared at it for a week. Told myself that I did not need it. But, it was in such nice shape for its age... a second look and a third. The owner was hanging around the office yesterday, researching an upcoming auction. I asked him what he would sell it to me for. "For you, $650. Has a cylinder that goes with it. I ordered new implement tires and tubes that I will include." Well, I could not say no to that! IH 37 disk. Decent paint. Decals are almost legible. Bearings and blades are nice. Very little signs of wear in the lift and hitch. Only welding is where the cylinder attaches to the lift mechanism. Needs new hoses in my opinion. Have lots of washouts and waterways that need work next spring. Good chance to give both disks a workout.
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...have a bunch of pictures ..old and new of our back country,,,and the wonderful year round hunting that we have ..... The first picture is the Rainbow Valley....early morning, went up to drop off two hunters...'.Beau ' and his Dad..they took some of these pictures..including the old Hi=Lux beating out across the creek... The mountain, alight with sunrise is 8 miles up that valley... You can see the 'fly camp' ..late in the day..then the morning mist at daybreak.... The country is typical of NZ high country....and unless one has a big wallet.....one walks up these tops..(The ''big wallet '' will buy a helicopter ride...providing the destination is not a National Park...__) more to come... Mike
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It’s a 1973 1466 that had a lot of issues so it got a transformation a few years ago. It’s 466ci, still has a Ambac pump. Rules have us running a box 2.4” charger. Makes passes in road gear and 1 tooth over road gear. Been driving it for a few years but it is still a thrill to turn it loose. Have a great bunch of guys to run a round with and it is so much fun traveling with them. Everyone needs a good hobby!
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Dad was the winning bidder of this old 660 that was west of @dale560 Said it hadn’t run in many years. Well he got it home, we rolled it off the trailer and hooked a chain on it and gave it a pull, being it had no batteries in it. A little shot of liquid encouragement and it was running. Got put right to work on the dryer. It’s bigger brother the 1206 standard from the same sale will have to wait a bit to mess with.
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Just got home a bit ago, The old binders made it with no issues other than to dump a can of gas in along side the road. Bucked wind both ways. 540 miles round trip. I had about 5-10 test miles on my white travelette after getting it running. It last had tabs in 1978. Did a bunch of work to it before we made the trek.
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My friend Danny Anderson showed up at Lilley International on Thursday 4-16-2026 for a quick visit. A long ways from Pine Island Minn.
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- he would be 103 today. Local farmer. Worked for him when I was in high school. At graduation he made me an offer to join him. Grew sweet potatoes as main crop. For several years he also kept 12 to 15 sows. Finally quit that and just grew potatoes. Following service as a MP in ww2 he came home, married and farmed. He and his wife never had any children. They are both gone now. I called them my adopted parents. Told everyone I was lucky enough to have 2 sets of parents. They were great to work with and be with. He loved to quail hunt and fox hunt. Was a man of few words but when he spoke, it paid to listen. Was very wise. This drawing was made by one of the workers we hired to ride the plant setter. She took a picture looking up at him from the setter and did the drawing from that. She and her sister worked for us in the summer while going to college. Both very talented. The one that did this drawing teaches music at a college Missouri. Happy birthday Jack!
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Well today was the day, record high of 67 degrees and the ol gal is back up and running. Not trying to start a fuel additive argument so just remember im just stating what i did . Tractor sat too long between usage, wouldn't start and had no fuel coming from the injector pump. At the advice of a company in Iowa that rebuilds these style pumps the thought was to remove the top cap and pour in some Stanadine, let it sit and try it after a couple weeks so thats what i did. Today was warm so i tried it and it started.
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Drove 3-1/2 hours to pick up son’s 656 Hydro project. New seat on Christmas Day to break the news. Definitely excited. Interesting that the hydraulic filter is different from our other tractors.
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Took my rifle for a walk yesterday. All I’ll say is that it got zeroed again today. 😫😫 Not a fun hunting trip. Anyways, the snow stuck up high and thought you all would enjoy some pics. A crew is logging across the way. The snow line was at about 3000 ft in the valley. The fields down below and in the distance are owned by a good friend of mine. I was just above his property line on the side of the mountain.
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Friends international 706 LPG. Per info I've found here they only made 74 total. It's a pretty decked out rig. It has an adjustable front end, TA, 3 point, wide coverage fenders. Front steps, Currently sitting on 18.4x34 but i bet it had 23.1x30 originally, 7.50x20 up front. Only single remote. He got it a number of years ago out of Oklahoma I believe. It's on loan for a couple shows to sit next to my international 706 gas. It's getting a bit of wiring work and a good bath before heading to Jordan MN tomorrow for the Scott/Carver show.
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I had to drive 9 hours but it was worth it. International 706 gas. Per info I've found here they only made 299 and roughly 75 got converted to propane. So it's 1 of only 225 or so made. Tach says 2711 and I believe it's original, no wear on drawbar or pedals. Oil change numbers in cab show it only got 500 hours since the mid 90's. Oddly it's got 8 bolt front hubs. Cab and loader are definitely coming off.
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So the previous owner of the truck I haul fuel with did this for me And for someone who just did it to do a nice thing, I thought it was very cool of him
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A special present... for the welders in your life 😂😂😂
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You should list your home with a realtor rather then For Sale By Owner so they can crop out your coke tray.
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Getting my 71 camaro running. Going after the 70's street machine look. My 20 year old son thought this looked period correct.
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