What did you do with your Red tractor today?

[Blee25]

Yesterday my 11 year old son and I used nearly all our red tractors to get the garden planted. It was a little wetter then I would have liked but here input part of southern Ohio it won't stop raining long enough to get any dryer and there is more rain today and in the 10 day forecast, so we gave it a full send.

We used the Farmall H and spring tooth marrow to work it up.

Then we used the 49 Cub and drag to break up the clumps and smooth it out.

Then we finished with the 48 Cub pulling our red neck modified planter.

Only tractor that didn't get used was the farmall c. All it did was get moved out of the way. 

[SONNY]

worked on the 2444 and 140 carbs. got major trouble with both of them. 2444 gas stops coming from tank when it gets up to operating temp,--180 to 210 or higher. never boils but gas in tank will boil on hot days. anyway then gas stops going to carb. pull hose off carb and wait a few seconds,--gas flowing again, shove line back on and go for a few hundred feet again then no gas again. Tank glassy shiny in the bottom so nuttin in the tank. Dump cold water on the carb and wait a while and its good for a while then same o same o again.

Never had one do this before!

140 acts like carb plugged inside. had it apart 4 times to blow it out but nuttin in it. Still messin with it.

used the cub to spray more weeds a couple days ago.

[snoshoe]

46 minutes ago, SONNY said:

worked on the 2444 and 140 carbs. got major trouble with both of them. 2444 gas stops coming from tank when it gets up to operating temp,--180 to 210 or higher. never boils but gas in tank will boil on hot days. anyway then gas stops going to carb. pull hose off carb and wait a few seconds,--gas flowing again, shove line back on and go for a few hundred feet again then no gas again. Tank glassy shiny in the bottom so nuttin in the tank. Dump cold water on the carb and wait a while and its good for a while then same o same o again.

Never had one do this before!

140 acts like carb plugged inside. had it apart 4 times to blow it out but nuttin in it. Still messin with it.

used the cub to spray more weeds a couple days ago.

I take it that the 2444 does not have a fuel pump. Get rid of the hose. Replace with either copper or steel. Include a full circle loop at sediment bowl with loop passing under not over end from bowl. There should be no rises between there and carb. In other words keep line straight as possible. Providing no place for vapor pockets.

[int 504]

Is gas cap vent plugged?

[SONNY]

no fuel pump, tank clean, cap loose,--- never did fit tight. Just got a chimineeeese electric fuel pump that I am gonna try on it next and see if that helps or not. 

somebody got rid of the steel line because they had trouble with it before I got it. Thats why it was put on the auction cause they got tired of messin with it and sent it down the road.

With the 140 down,---the 2444 is my only mowing unit. Neighbor had to have his 806 back so nuttin to pull the batwing with til I get the 560 back together.

GOTTA keep the waterways mowed. Thats the agreement with the crp contract.

[snoshoe]

Don't allow any sag in that hose before it gets to the pump.

[billonthefarm]

[Sledgehammer]

First day all spring it was dry enough to plant sweet corn. The Juan Deere ex-plot planter got the job done. Didn't have time for many pics. 

[acem]

Water seeded some rice with the 10.

 

[Drysleeves]

New rear tires and rims on the 14. Original rims were "tired" and the previous DTII's will be transferred to the H186.

[IHandJDman]

Got the 2nd 1086 and the hay mower out.  Our 1st year doing hay.

[Wes806]

Spent 9 hours bush hogging today. Here's a few pics a long with one of what I seen. Was only about 15 feet from y

[acem]

Squeezed rice leaves today. Works best in standing water.

 

[John Rowehl]

Would that be levees?

[acem]

10 minutes ago, John Rowehl said:

Would that be levees?

Yeah.  Autocorrect...

[MT Matt]

On 5/25/2025 at 8:14 PM, Wes806 said:

Spent 9 hours bush hogging today. Here's a few pics a long with one of what I seen. Was only about 15 feet from y

I brush hogged a 30 acre field two years ago in June. The wild mustard was the height of the muffler tip in a couple low places.  I got 9 fawns off the field, carried 5 of them by hand. Only one went under the machine that I know of.  Worst two days  of farming I’ve ever had.

[MacAR]

33 minutes ago, MT Matt said:

I brush hogged a 30 acre field two years ago in June. The wild mustard was the height of the muffler tip in a couple low places.  I got 9 fawns off the field, carried 5 of them by hand. Only one went under the machine that I know of.  Worst two days  of farming I’ve ever had.

Beautiful country, as always Matt! I know what you mean about the fawns... always hated first hay cutting here. Never hit one myself, but I came darn close a couple times. 

[Sledgehammer]

Fawns are starting to drop here. My brother is cutting hay in the next few days and normally mows standing up so he can see better. Pic was yesterday...

[Reichow7120]

9 hours ago, MacAR said:

Beautiful country, as always Matt! I know what you mean about the fawns... always hated first hay cutting here. Never hit one myself, but I came darn close a couple times. 

Ive gotten so many fawns mowing hay unfortunately ive gotten pretty caloused to it. Its just gotten to the point like roadkill. It happens. 

There was a dark joke around here that my brother was going to pick up a bunch of Bambi decals and put X's for eyes and put them on the mower like a kill count on fighter planes. 

Of course around here Deer are thicker than fleas on a junkyard dog. So its almost impossible not to get some.

[MacAR]

51 minutes ago, Reichow7120 said:

Ive gotten so many fawns mowing hay unfortunately ive gotten pretty caloused to it. Its just gotten to the point like roadkill. It happens. 

There was a dark joke around here that my brother was going to pick up a bunch of Bambi decals and put X's for eyes and put them on the mower like a kill count on fighter planes. 

Of course around here Deer are thicker than fleas on a junkyard dog. So its almost impossible not to get some.

On the one hand, I really hate to kill them, especially with the mower. On the other hand, I've not got to have a garden-grown green bean or watermelon in 5 years on account of them. So maybe I need to jump up a gear and call it population control! 

[ray54]

Back when I ran a cycle bar it was much harder to not get one. Once I was using a swather I only remember getting one or two. And the one dived back into the last few feet of the last triangle left in the field. It had run off and looked around and saw nothing to hide in. So seeing the last crop left standing more or less jumped into the header before I could react.

 

The one that really bothers me when I think of is baling one up. Almost all balers here still have their own engine. The only control from the tractor on what I was running is throttle. A big windrow and the pickup teeth and cross fed had it before I saw it. It was covered out of site just like mom put it.

[MT Matt]

I’m not a tree hugging, deer lover by any means. I have two yearling pests around the house right now trying to get into my greenhouse. But I don’t want to kill something just for the heck of it. If it happens, and it will when making hay, it happens but if I can spot them and give them a chance, I’ll do it. 

[nepoweshiekfarmalls]

Removed the Roosamaster from the 1206.  Time for a rebuild before the governor ring takes out the pump. 

[MacAR]

I got the 450 all back together on Monday, but didn't get to do any testing until today on account of the rain. Hooked it up to the 10 foot hog, and hydraulics are fast and strong. But they sound like there's a little air in them, so I'll have to bleed them somehow. Not sure how to do that though. Also the pump was pretty warm after about half an hour of bush hogging, I don't know if that's a concern or not either. I would've mowed more but kept finding wet places, so decided not to rut things up any more than I already did and quit.... it pays to quit when you're ahead! Forgot to get a picture, too busy trying not to get stuck!

[766 Man]

33 minutes ago, MacAR said:

I got the 450 all back together on Monday, but didn't get to do any testing until today on account of the rain. Hooked it up to the 10 foot hog, and hydraulics are fast and strong. But they sound like there's a little air in them, so I'll have to bleed them somehow. Not sure how to do that though. Also the pump was pretty warm after about half an hour of bush hogging, I don't know if that's a concern or not either. I would've mowed more but kept finding wet places, so decided not to rut things up any more than I already did and quit.... it pays to quit when you're ahead! Forgot to get a picture, too busy trying not to get stuck!

  An open center pump is always working so there will be heat from the vigorous flow of fluid.  That tractor does not have an oil cooler which would be subject to being kept clean.  If the hydraulics are responsive then there should be little to concern yourself with besides making sure the reservoir is maintained to the full level as denoted by a dipstick or sight glass.  A reservoir which is substantially under being full will allow for the oil to get warmer than it should be.