MT Matt

Don’t forget the pile of orange parts I harvested that will be headed to Iowa in early January.

Half of them must be out west. See several each week. Have a charging station here in town along I-90

Yep to all and I’m only 55. Still know how to use a rotary phone too. 😂

Can’t stop him! Coming back together so he can take it back outside to blast some more hardened grease off. I had to chase down some fine thread bolts for him to attach the front pedestal. Guess they didn’t make it into the parts bucket.

Neat tractor! Looks like the big brother to this Cub low boy I picked up this summer. Still haven’t got it running, must be on the winter project list! 😂

I think I’ve found custom farming rates from 9 or 10 different states on the internet. I like to keep track of what is charged for custom hay so I’m in the right realm for what I charge. I’ve also based replanting people’s fields to grass on those custom rates.

Ever! If I didn’t have to so many projects, I’d be able to keep up with repairs… maybe I have so many projects I farmed one out. I told Curt the 200 was a winter project for him. The next day he power washed it and rolled it in his shop. He ripped it right down. Badgered me into bringing the parts over. He’s reassembling it right now. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣 I couldn’t pass up a set of tires for $60 yesterday for the 806. Guess that will be a spring project!

No dumb questions. Glad you figured it out. Yes that’s why there are two holes in the tank. I did the exact same thing with my W-9. It was a rusty mess when I bought the tractor. So much rust in the tank I could hardly lift it. I have a parts WD-9 and the tank was good. I just put a pipe plug in the extra hole to block it off when I mounted the tank on the W-9.

Probably not a 1954. That part was cast on that date but the serial number will tell the final assembly date or approximately. I have an early Super MTA and a section has a Y casting date. Think it’s the ta section. Probably others too, just haven’t looked too closely.

There’s a place in Missoula with those signs. It’s because the property fence is too close to the edge of the parking lot. If a truck backs in there, likely a ball hitch would catch the fence or the bumper would smack a fence post. I’ll bet the business paid for some fence repairs before posting the signs.

You followed directions to a T. What’s the matter? 🤷🏻‍♂️

I like Thanksgiving so that was the date our tree went up after.

There’s lots of sand in this field so I’m usually more worried about burning up the plow! I’d rather plow when the soil is wet throughout but not this year. Not much rain this last month so only the top three inches was moist. Had to get it done, never know when the ground with freeze up in November.

Hard to tell from the pics but is it brown dirty or green dirty? If green, you’ll probably have a hard time cleaning it up. It is being overloaded with nutrients likely from the inflow from the tile. Pounds in has to equal pounds out roughly for balance. So all of the nutrients have to run through the food chain and be removed at the top end. Think of it in crop terms. Nutrients are added to corn and the corn is fed to livestock. Then the livestock is slaughtered for the meat. Same thing with a pond. If it’s stocked, the fish have to be harvested to keep up with the nutrients put in. But there are so many variables to keep in balance to make it work. The green is algae. What is in the pond to process the algae to get it to the fish level of the chain? Usually it’s easier to remove the nutrient load to control water quality. Just a few thoughts from the other side of the world based on a couple pictures. Just depends on what your goals are with the pond.

The snow is getting closer! But I’m all done. Let it.