Drysleeves Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 I have one of those on the shelf as decoration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utility 64 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Photo of my Farmall F 135 D tractor. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utility 64 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Found a photo from 2011 with two other tractors on my farm. The tractor on the left with the loader is a 1981 model 633. He left the farm in 2016. The tractor on the right is a gasoline-powered 1954 Utility Super FC-C. It's parked in the sheltered shed, but it hasn't started for many years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
766 Man Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 18 hours ago, billonthefarm said: I put the monitor for the 4 row on the 766 and tinkered on the 1466 with the tanks. I'd like to find a 766 NFE diesel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billonthefarm Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Moving stuff around today. Took the snowblower off and put it in the back of the shed. Fired both these girls up today. IH gas tractors always did run good! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 Was that 706 under the 234 last fall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billonthefarm Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 1 hour ago, DT Fan said: Was that 706 under the 234 last fall? No. That’s a different tractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Farmer Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 After the crappy day yesterday,,,,,,Sunny and 50 ish. Sap season is done so spent the afternoon retrieving the barrels from the bush with the 140. Bittersweet ending to a good run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes806 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Started the 806 and hooked it up to the bush hog t ok get it ready for the summer. Took the 756 gas and moved some old tractor tires around for the wife's flower bed and maybe a little garden for her to play around with. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall1066 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 On 3/25/2023 at 6:33 PM, CDN 400 said: ended up with absalute? That’s what I have, maybe we should switch?! 😬🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsaIHCs Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 A LOT of moving snow! Dug a trail to a trailer and a pickup that I need to put an engine into. Widened .4 mile driveway so I can get the trailer out to go get my new snowblower, which, by the way, the owner called me and said it is ready to go! Next Saturday! Generally cleaned up the yard in preparation for a snow storm that may hit us toward the end of the week. Noticed that my shop propane tank was nowhere to be seen, so I started digging a trail to it. Then switched to the Lahman Little Dipper skidsteer to finish the trail. It too, is a red tractor (of sorts)! That is the handiest little skidsteer! My dad bought it to dig the basement under my house and it was to be sold when that job was done. Nope. Once we had it, there was no way it would be sold. I dug the ramp to the 8X10 dirt cellar under the house with my Hydro 70 and 340 Du-All loader and he dug it out under the house to a 24X32 basement with that little 4 foot wide bucket. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utility 64 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Here is a picture of my 1954 Utility Super FC C. Photo taken 15 years ago 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacAR Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 22 hours ago, billonthefarm said: Moving stuff around today. Took the snowblower off and put it in the back of the shed. Fired both these girls up today. IH gas tractors always did run good! I'd love to have either one of them on my farm... the 706 more especially! Those old gas sixes do purr nicely, and plenty of power for just about anything you'd want to do short of pulling a 25' disk, etc. Mac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Filled the 756 up with gas. Not that I'm going to need it anytime soon, just needed an empty gas-can. Stopped and talked to the former owner of the H I bought last fall Sunday. Told him I'd come pick it up pretty soon before fieldwork starts. He said to bring a can because he has fuel (Cam-2) leftover he'll send with it. Also pondered taking the TA-46 off the 856 and putting it on the 7. Really wouldn't mind having a gas loader tractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepoweshiekfarmalls Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 6 minutes ago, DT Fan said: Also pondered taking the TA-46 off the 856 and putting it on the 7. Really wouldn't mind having a gas loader tractor. That would make a nice cold weather combination. Also frees up that 407 diesel for fieldwork. Did you ever replace the clutch in the 856? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 11 minutes ago, nepoweshiekfarmalls said: That would make a nice cold weather combination. Also frees up that 407 diesel for fieldwork. Did you ever replace the clutch in the 856? Haven't got the clutch done yet. Still talking with Jason, says he's really busy. Told him that's OK, don't need it until July. It will do everything I need of it just fine before the tractor pull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepoweshiekfarmalls Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I have heard that the Poweshiek county fair will have a "straight from the field", just for fun tractor pull during the fair. A chance for bragging rights competing with working machines! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drysleeves Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 2 minutes ago, nepoweshiekfarmalls said: I have heard that the Poweshiek county fair will have a "straight from the field", just for fun tractor pull during the fair. A chance for bragging rights competing with working machines! My friend Paul's pop owned 806D sn #503.....or 4,5,6..... I can't recall for certain but it was one of those. IH was tired of getting whacked by Deere and their blueprinted 4010's (since the production ones didn't really live up to the fanfare) and sent some slightly modified 806 Diesels to select customers who could be relied upon to properly represent in competition. Paul said his dad bought this particular 806 under these circumstances which had a different injection pump than production tractors. This enabled him to crank it up for pulling competition and then turn it back for fieldwork as per a classified prescription from Hinsdale. Just a fun anecdote from days of yore.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farming Enthusiast Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 3 hours ago, Drysleeves said: My friend Paul's pop owned 806D sn #503.....or 4,5,6..... I can't recall for certain but it was one of those. IH was tired of getting whacked by Deere and their blueprinted 4010's (since the production ones didn't really live up to the fanfare) and sent some slightly modified 806 Diesels to select customers who could be relied upon to properly represent in competition. Paul said his dad bought this particular 806 under these circumstances which had a different injection pump than production tractors. This enabled him to crank it up for pulling competition and then turn it back for fieldwork as per a classified prescription from Hinsdale. Just a fun anecdote from days of yore.... What did they do to get the 4010s to beat the 806s? I was under the impression the 4010/20 weren't really in the 8s league when it came to drawbar power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drysleeves Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 3 hours ago, Farming Enthusiast said: What did they do to get the 4010s to beat the 806s? I was under the impression the 4010/20 weren't really in the 8s league when it came to drawbar power. Install a different engine. I have no clue. I only know the story about the handful of special 806's. I also know of two guys who had 806's and 4320's who both independently told me the 806 would do the same amount of work as the 4320 with less fuel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Farmer Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Had a sales man ,that when the 806's came out, do demo's at farms. 5-16's was good for the area. He sold a several tractors and plows that way.One demo was set up for a farmer that was looking at a 4010. The 806 and plow arrived at said field and upon arrival a 4010 was there as well. The Deer went first with the 806 trailing. After the round, the farmer drove the deer, 806 behind. Next round the farmer was driving the 806 and still trailed the deer but was backing off the throttle from time to time. Not sure how things worked out ,but they switched plows. After a round on each tractor, the farmer wanted the plows switched back. The Deer left the field and the 806 and plow never left the farm. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drysleeves Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 A friend was fall plowing with neighbors back in 1972 when Deere had just introduced their Generation II lineup. He had his trusty 1206 while the neighbors had sparkling new 4430's and all were pulling IH plows since the John Deere Plow Company apparently had forgotten how to build plows. The neighbors were all cooperating with plowing duties because as anyone who has run a moldboard plow or a row crop cultivator will attest, multiple units in the same field can really make the day seem shorter. The point of all this is my friend on the 1206 pulling an identical plow as his neighbors gleefully bumped the tail wheels of the other plows pulled by shiny new 4430's the entire plowing season. As a result it's a safe bet some fuel screws were adjusted, not that it mattered. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgriffin856 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Not exactly a tractor but got started on getting the plow ready. Idk what the heck but seems as daylights savings time started time has went quick and don't seem to get much done in a day🙄 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdetig1 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Well I got the 7140 out to start putting new blades on the finisher. Got the 9130 all shined up the other day. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billonthefarm Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Lots of projects today. Taking advantage of decent weather. Rain coming Friday and all next week and cool temps. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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