IH Forever

Mine was a ‘78 Jeep CJ5 Golden Eagle with 304 V8 and a 3spd. manual. I bought it at 14 for $1,200. I really wish I had it today.

Most everything was in excellent shape and appeared to have very little use. All the implements had good paint and original decals, they must have had more shed space than just at the farm site where the sale was held as it would take a lot to get that all under roof. I did not stay for the tractors to sell. But everything I watched sold well. I didn't really see any deals, but many things were probably a once in a lifetime chance to buy something of that vintage in the condition it was. Everything I was interested in brought more than I was willing to pay. Not saying they weren't worth it but more than I could part with right now. There was a really nice IH #40 blade I would have liked. Brought around $2,600. They also had a really nice Honda Big Red 3 wheeler I was interested in. Honda 3 wheelers seem to bring good money right now, but it brought somewhere around $5,700 which is more than I expected. They also had a Yamaha 250 Exciter motorcycle with only 416 miles I was interested in. It didn't bring that much but didn't have a title, I wasn't sure how much of a hassle it would be to get a title and get it licensed. Nice talking to @DT Fan. Have messaged on here before but nice to meet in person.

Appears to be in nice shape. Sorry I can't answer any of your questions as I have never seen an offset disk in my area other than being used on a construction site. Funny that you mention compaction, an old guy in our area used to say there is a reason they use disks to make roads.

I picked my first 2 tomatoes last night for BLTs. A lot of green ones but only those 2 ripe so far. Have had a few meals of green beans now. Cucumbers are producing more than I know what to do with. This is a flower bed I planted on my north fence line. Planted what I’d call native plants and allowed to naturalize. This is light soil so some years it looks rough, but have had plenty of moisture this year.

My personal opinion is that day light savings time year around is dumb as it will be dark until 8:40 in the morning in the winter. Although I’m going to lose any sleep over it. What sucks is there will be states that opt out so in certain areas you will still deal with time differences.

Everyone has an opinion, just like every company can have a turd. I only mentioned an F150 as I think @stronger800 has or has had them.

I guess it depends what you are looking for. But I could find you plenty of brand new F150 Lariats for under $70k.

Definitely could not do that here in IA. The grass was wet with dew until probably 1 yesterday. I’m envious…I hate humidity.

Prior to no till and strip till Dad had a lot of contour rows. When we used to cultivate I used the 1066 and Noble 8 row wide cultivator. Dad had built guides and mounted to the frame. I’m not sure of the dimensions but think they were mounted ahead of the rear axle the same distance as the cultivator was behind the rear axle. I could look through the lower front window on the deluxe cab and keep that guide on top of the row and the cultivator would follow the contours very well. I remember having more “cultivator blight” on the few long straight rows we have because I would start to day dream.

Cut a few road sides with the H and 110 sickle mower. Slow and boring job…but it was too hot to have much ambition for doing anything else.

Growing up I learned to cultivate with a 4 row fast hitch cultivator that had been switched over to Noble rolling shields. Later moved up to a Noble 8 row cultivator that had the same shields. Most of my antique front mount cultivators have the IH fender shields that are similar in principle to Buffalo fender shields 2+2Love posted. I do have a 263 cultivator that has IH fender shields, similar in concept to what Binderoid originally pictured. I assume they would be usual if cultivating very small crops.

Is that a 273 baler? My Dad still has the 268 my Grandpa bought new. Can't imagine how many bales that thing has done over the years. Only does a few hundred a year now. Slow by today's standards but still makes a good bale.

I believe it is derived from limestone. Calcium hydroxide I believe? My Grandma's lime pickles were also colored with food coloring for some reason. Just a little lighter green than @lorenzo pictures. Curious where your Grandma imigrated from Lorenzo? My Grandma that made these was Dutch, just curious if it was a regional thing. I've done some canning but typically just don't find the time to do much of it. Now that I'm close to having all the kids out of high school maybe I will have more time in the future. I should try to make some of my Grandma's lime pickles. I really loved them....just have never made the time commitment to make them myself.

I think they are cucumbers. I have my Grandma's recipe for lime pickles. I loved them when she was alive and used to make them. Her recipe is extremely time consuming...I haven't taken time to try making them myself yet.

I've been dragging my feet but I really need to update my daily driver. I'm just looking for a 1/2 ton truck. I occasionally tow a trailer with lawn mower or skid loader but it's rare so a 1/2 ton is all I'm in need of. I currently have an F150 with the 3.5 ecoboost and have been very happy with it. That is what I've been looking for but saw a GMC Sierra with the little 6 cylinder diesel. I haven't been looking at GM products just because I've never been overly impressed with the 5.3 in my very limited experience. But I happened to see this GMC with the diesel. Does anyone have any experience with them? Curious about power, mileage, and also reliability.

Raked my little patch of 2nd cutting alfalfa. Decided to use my Dad’s 200. It worked great…but I forgot how slow the road speed is. Took longer than expected just getting there and back. Below are pictures of fenders from my Dad’s 200 and 230. I had a set hanging in the shed for years so he used them. Can anyone tell me which models these came from? Not sure when they came out with the cut out vs. no cut out.

What are you bi***ing about???? She left you a whole dollar in the cup holder for your time.😄

I love cheese in general. Extra sharp cheddar, Parmesan, Cotija, are just a few I love. But American cheese has its place too, Velveeta, Cheez Whiz, that Easy Cheese squirt cheese are all good at times. Sure it’s processed but it works great for certain things.

Mine is small compared to some posted here, but enough for us with the time I have. Spent some time today trying to thin out the d**n purslane. Got a lot but was hard on my green beans, carrots, and onions in the process. Should have cucumbers to pick in a few days. Probably could start digging some young potatoes. Those with som creamed peas are a favorite of mine.

Page 11 of the June 25 consignment auction in this link has several Gravely attachments including a pull behind seat. I've never seen them in my area before but apparently someone had them. https://www.legacybidder.com/auctions/6569-machinery-consignment-auction-june-2026?page=11

That appears to be in great shape. Growing up Dad had 1 on his SMTA for years. It was not that nice. Had seen a lot of hard work. I’ve never seen a 33A with hydraulic bucket in person.

I’ve raked with my Dad’s A a few times and it worked well. I’m not a huge guy at 6’… but I think those were made for people much smaller than me. Not a lot of room on there for my legs.

Love that tractor. A 6588 has been a dream tractor of mine since I was young.

As a kid my Dad and about 200 head of ewes. I do remember him spraying something purple on sheep if they had a sore or on their back side when they had the scours. Don’t know if it made it this far north but remember him saying it was for screw worm.

The Stihl safety chain has a green link. I have a little MS180 that use more than the 290. It came with safety chain and that's what I've always bought to replace it. No complaints I guess but I'm not using it day after day either.