ChaseIH Posted October 21 Posted October 21 Finished up harvest yesterday and we’ll start washing to. Gramps 5288 is making a noise in the trans that sounds like a fan hitting a fan shroud so that’ll be interesting once we get it opened up. Dads 1586 took over tillage duty and we got everything worked late last night. Couple photos my mom got over the past couple days 16 Quote
stronger800 Posted October 21 Posted October 21 8 hours ago, MT Matt said: Not sure what you mean? Second time spreading this year? Yes to that. There isn’t a set time as to when I can get the fertilizer. Just when he has 12-15 bags stacked up. Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I meant second year running it through your flail chopper. I feel like you just built that. 1 Quote
MT Matt Posted October 21 Posted October 21 2 hours ago, stronger800 said: Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I meant second year running it through your flail chopper. I feel like you just built that. Yep, built it last fall. Still have some bugs to work out but getting there. Quote
39farmalla Posted October 21 Posted October 21 On 10/20/2026 at 11:52 AM, MT Matt said: Dumped bags of fertilizer from the meat locker on the ground with the 400. The ravens and magpies were having a feast. Run it up the elevator with the Super C. Spread it with the Super MTA. Fought it all afternoon as the stuff wanted to bridge in the hopper. Need to add a rotating spiked rod in the hopper to get it to feed better. Big operation! 😂 Is that a spreader attachment on a flail chopper? Sam Quote
MT Matt Posted October 21 Posted October 21 7 hours ago, 39farmalla said: Is that a spreader attachment on a flail chopper? Sam It’s a fertilizer blower. The chopper is disconnected and too much work to remove. The fert goes into the hopper and the cross auger under it feeds it into the blower. Then blows it out onto the field. The fertilizer is soft remains from the local slaughter house that is fed through a digester for three days. Comes out like ground jerky kinda. The owner said he has saved about a million and a half pounds of animal waste from going to the landfill in the last two years. It’s still a work in progress for all of us but that saves him landfill fees and wear on his truck/trailer. He still takes the bones in, he’d like to get to where he can grind those up also. Here’s the link to what I built: 2 Quote
gafarm49 Posted October 22 Posted October 22 1 minute ago, gafarm49 said: peanut harvest and the vines left after harvest is an excellent cow feed 6 1 Quote
TurkeyRed Posted October 22 Posted October 22 Got the oldest son(13) out hammering in some cover crop. Unfortunately this tractor dont get used much anymore, good to get it out there. Used to incorporate chemicals with a 3 point tank and disc long ago. Love these 66 series. Dad bought this one in 1976 couple years old. 17 Quote
766 Man Posted October 22 Posted October 22 11 minutes ago, TurkeyRed said: Got the oldest son(13) out hammering in some cover crop. Unfortunately this tractor dont get used much anymore, good to get it out there. Used to incorporate chemicals with a 3 point tank and disc long ago. Love these 66 series. Dad bought this one in 1976 couple years old. Sure looks sharp. Original paint? Quote
acem Posted October 22 Posted October 22 6 minutes ago, TurkeyRed said: 1466 1466 was a stud horse round here when new. Good looking tractor. 1 Quote
Ethanfarmstractors Posted October 22 Posted October 22 I took an engine out of our 826 gold demo or “goldy” as I call her. We took the engine out because coolants getting in the oil and the blocks cracked so yeah fun… Quote
TurkeyRed Posted October 23 Posted October 23 11 hours ago, 766 Man said: Sure looks sharp. Original paint? I wish it was, my brother did a moderate resto and paint job as an FFA project years ago. I was too young to remember what it looked like before hand. But I remember sweating it the cab for sure! Quote
TurkeyRed Posted October 23 Posted October 23 8 hours ago, acem said: 1466 was a stud horse round here when new. Good looking tractor. Thank you, we have a 1566 blackstripe and the 14 almost always gets picked first to do odd jobs. Must be the gearing, cause the 1566 has 180HP and a heavy rearend Quote
mrfred54 Posted October 23 Posted October 23 22 hours ago, Gabriella Cook said: 1066? Have a question about a 1066?? Here in mid Michigan they were probably the most popular tractor back in the day. Our dealership probably sold them three to one with the rest of the 66 series. Had a customer that had 3 of them and then about 1978 he traded all 3 in for a 1086 and 4386 Quote
766 Man Posted October 23 Posted October 23 39 minutes ago, mrfred54 said: Have a question about a 1066?? Here in mid Michigan they were probably the most popular tractor back in the day. Our dealership probably sold them three to one with the rest of the 66 series. Had a customer that had 3 of them and then about 1978 he traded all 3 in for a 1086 and 4386 Around here dairy was the number one farm enterprise during the first half of the 1970's and the local IH dealer sold mostly 966 and 766 tractors with a few 1066's. This would change during the second half of the 1970's with the 1086 the best seller. If they sold a 1566 or 1586 I am not aware of that. Quote
yellowrosefarm Posted October 23 Posted October 23 On 10/18/2026 at 7:45 PM, yellowrosefarm said: I did the one on my Farmall C 3 years ago and it still looks good. Sits outside all the time. After 3 years outside 6 1 Quote
DT Fan Posted October 23 Author Posted October 23 Had every one of them running today except the H. 7 Quote
stronger800 Posted October 24 Posted October 24 1066? I can count close to 20 of them within 5 miles of me still today. Even the big guys still have one or two sitting on a manure pump. Shadow of one today is all though for me 10 Quote
billonthefarm Posted October 24 Posted October 24 Started on the last farm to harvest this afternoon. Fill one more bin then haul the rest to town, the end of harvest is in plain sight! 17 Quote
MT Matt Posted October 25 Posted October 25 Loaded an elk with the 400 this afternoon. A good friend of mine dropped this bull in the middle of his field. His field is across the river from my alfalfa field that the herd must have been in all night. Today was the opening day of rifle season. The herd stayed on the river at the edge of my field before swimming the river and crossing his field at 1 pm. Denley was in the right place at the right time. Not bad for 75 years old! 14 Quote
IHandJDman Posted October 25 Posted October 25 Continuing on corn the last couple of days. My son runs the combine, I run the IH truck and my Dad runs our Chevy truck. It's our 1st year with 2 trucks. 13 Quote
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