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Dad had a 1980 1586 he bought from an older neighbor that retired, and Grandpa had a 1976 1086 he bought used from the JD dealer in the mid 90's. I loved every hour I spent in either of them!

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Not to take away from the somber gravity of today, but it is also the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the 86 series. I would post the advertisement that says "Coming September 11th..." which shows the tractors covered with custom tarps being hauled down the highway on a flatbed, but the pictures still don't work, so...

I think about this more as I and everyone I know gets older. No matter how busy I am, I always make time to visit mom and dad, because like you said, you never know when the last time will be! I try not to take people for granted. As friends and family start passing, it opens your eyes. There is nothing I have going on that's THAT important. I am glad you took the time to visit with your neighbor!

I have never seen an I-706 with a German diesel in person, but I've seen pictures of them with the D310. Any that were built in or after November 1966, would have had the German 310 (or the C291 instead of the 263). I'm guessing that's a pretty low number since the 756 was on the way. I have a copy of the production reports from Farmall somewhere, but I can't find it right now. In our area, 706s were almost all early standard models with the D282. There were virtually no Farmalls. As I'm sure you can attest, you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting an 806 Standard and/or Wheatland! They were like the M, every farm that ran Red had one at one time and a lot of them are still earning their keep.

I don't know if the 706 was owned by the museum or if someone was just displaying it. I saw it either last year or the year before when they had their big weekend show.

I have laid eyes on 3. I have one, there was one at the Dale Hawk museum, and there was one with an aftermarket cab on Frank Weber's auction in IA. am not sure on the engines, but I think they were all early with 282s. An LP Standard hand clutch would be super rare, like 1 of 1. I wish I had an LP to round out the collection, but only 1 of the three 7's we have get used for anything. The other two just sit. When we replaced the clutch in mine, it had numbers written in grease pen including 9-63 on the pressure plate. I assume this was done at the factory.

@brahamfireman I don't think I have seen a TA delete 706 before. I have seen a few Wheatland 806s without it, but not 7s. Also, were your rear cast centers white? I thought I noticed that in the original marketplace ad and was wondering if your rear wheels were swapped with a 1206s at some point, or someone just thought white looked better than red.

I never heard an official tally. Did they reach their goal of 250 trucks, Scouts, and pickups? My apologies if this has been covered and I missed it.

In the case of mine, it was a farmer retrofit. The filter housing was from a larger tractor. The louvered access door on the hood was removed because the can stuck out too far. A hole was torched in the hood for the precleaner.

Are those not the wheel centers for an I-9 or I-6? As mentioned earlier, they look like they go the other way and slide over the splined axle.

I saw that for sale locally and seriously considered going after it, but we already have 3 706 Standards (Wheatlands). One is a gas. Dad put an engine from a salvage yard in it, painted it up, and put a 2350 loader on it. Now it's too pretty to use. It's also too loud and fuel inefficient compared to the D282s.

I may be way off here, but I could see that being used to hoist square bales into the haymow if you didn't have an elevator. ???

I second this! ^^^ They are the best of the small straps I have used. The straps last longer, they are stronger and the cam/ratchet mechanism doesn't bend, bind, or break like a lot of them do when you really reef 'em down tight.

I've never seen actual IH stamped bolts used by other manufacturers, but IH did sell West Pullman (WP) bolts to other manufacturers, such as Massey-Ferguson and I have bought WP bolts at a hardware/surplus store (Mac's) in the last 5 years.