Tonyinca

Fresno ,Ca. is as hot as I want ! WE usually run about 30-50 days above 100 during year evenings cool down nicely. Its a irrigated desert at least there is green and trees here. My Daughter lives in Henderson NV. I keep asking Her way she wants to live in the gate of **** with the devil as mayor. Since we bought the motor home , if we did not have to go through NV, AZ, NM to go anywhere east it would be great . If I never had to see those states or go over the Grapevine into L.A / again in my lifetime it would still be too soon. Talk about having to take Anti depre

Would like to pull with our CAL-Tex 806. I may pull #100 balance head mower off 560 and use it, if this darn 806 does not quit giving me fits! when I get back from RPRU, Need to pull valve cover, possibly head . that slight miss has developed into a clatter on top or near # 1& 2 cylinders. That head has been through machine shop twice since restoration began . Time for different head even though machine shop says there is nothing wrong with it. Wanting to totally finish baler ,so I can move on. Tony

John and I did more adjusting on knotter , we are feeling pretty confident at this point that it will tie bales okay . painting white lite side rim black , getting pulley brake pad fitted with break lining at friction shop . These will be done while I am gone to RPRU Hope to be back to baler in mid July tony ps : was able to finally get pulley brake finished , mocked up , tweaked up , painted, and brake pad riveted . that turn out to be a tuffy because of no templates , so had to rely on little geometry , cut here , measure there !

May be cheapest money and time spent getting it done properly. Tony

I don't trust the DRIVER of the MH 37 ft and 26ft enclosed trailer . plus don't trust trailer itself, I've had issues with it. If it gives me issues before Pleasanton , I am getting rid of it. B.J. , I am rolling it in my mind to work something out for OHIO RPRU. ( Just between you and I ) Tony

I wish B.J. but no , Just Carol and I and Motor home. If all goes well RedKid has been interred in the GoodGuys West Coast Classic Car Show in Pleasanton, CA. To be held August 27-28-29 of 2021 . Blows my wanting to go to Rantoul of this year but this is my chance to play with the big boys while RedKid has the support to be there. Tony

Oh for sure ! Lift is rated at 9000lbs lift , Redkid is 3500lbs. I am contemplating several options , like solid deck and store lessor used eq. like two small plows ,Dyno , hay mower on lift , park two smaller tractors under. that should free up four stalls and keep RedKid on ground level, next year get another and free up more ground level stalls. Ill be going to Red Power Round Up ,God willing, so hay baling should take place late July, that's the plan depends on cutting and irrigation schedule. Tony

Let me know when your coming ! love to host you! Tony

Sounds like Alabama ! A friend of ours can fix that pretty quickly . tony

I hope so ! It seems he has been MIA Lately ! tony

Just wondering if any of RPRU committee people visit here ? sure seems quite , usually there is some sort of count down , talk of forum members meetings , etc. Is anyone from here going ? we plan on leaving Monday 21st for our 2,021 miles trek by ground to DuQuione. looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones from our RP forum . our last RPRU show was Alabama , had plans of five of us from out here taking equipment to Huron but when they changed date because of covid , it threw us all off because it was harvest time out here on new dates . looking forw

6/9/21 just a glimpse back over the last two years when at times it looked so arduous and now it looks so simple . Lol tony

Two parts to this tying video , the cycling with the starter was to see if all were doing what suppose to , the second is running full speed doing the tying thank you BJ for posting ! we have few odds and ends to finish then to a hay field see if it will make square bales ! Lol lol tony

6/9/21. HALALULIA !!!!!! threaded our wire and cycled ! It actually tied ! I will post stills here and will send video to BJ Kline to post . we got us three knots ! Just need hay now! never thought I would get to this day . first time I threaded a #71 since 1974 and probably first time this baler tied three knots with out breaking something in 40 years . tony

Thank you Sir ! Jury still out on this baler restoration , hopefully this Wed. I will thread wire and see if it ties !!!!!???? That’s the final exam. In my mind . the reason I have a good understanding of this baler is because I ran one like it from 1963 to 1974 , I was pretty young and it stayed with me .I was 17 when my Dad bought it new , I remember it in Allied equipment show room and my Dad let me do commercial work with it ( when not doing our hay )to make enough money to get married Feb of 1965 ! Lol . So it impacted my early life . I got engaged in 1964 my Graduation night fr