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My lady friend works in the ER there and was on shift but didn’t work on him. He was alert and talking before going to surgery so I’d say he was doing as good as possible. Case of bad luck being in the wrong spot at the wrong time that day. 

I’ll load up the IHC goodies for you when I come up this fall.  We can unroll the canvases and see what we have there. Hope they are in good shape. They have been hanging 15 feet up in the air for a good number of years!

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10 hours ago, MT Matt said:

My lady friend works in the ER there and was on shift but didn’t work on him. He was alert and talking before going to surgery so I’d say he was doing as good as possible. Case of bad luck being in the wrong spot at the wrong time that day. 

I’ll load up the IHC goodies for you when I come up this fall.  We can unroll the canvases and see what we have there. Hope they are in good shape. They have been hanging 15 feet up in the air for a good number of years!

Matt, I'm glad to hear the gentleman is hanging in there. 

Would it be possible to measure the old binder sometime, to see if it is an 8' or a 10'? Either way, those canvas aprons would benefit someone! I've had people ask about aprons in the past. Gary

 

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I bump[ed into this Lehaitre tracked "motorcycle" on Facebook. I haven't seen anything like it before.

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I thought Tubacase47 might like seeing a Case tractor pulling a McCormick Binder.

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Is this IHC tractor a Mogul Junior?

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Anytime I bump onto mules, I think of Anson Sheldon and that Delta dirt getting plowed. Gary😉

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Tracks, motorcycles and mules 😜 great subject matter Gary 🏅 looking at the oil streaks on the panel and drips on the ground do you reckon it was HD powered 😁

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I rode a mule last summer Gary. 

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This picture was taken at the beginning of a trail ride. The mounts were from a dude ranch in the area. We rode 5 miles into a mountain lake. The ride in was fairly uneventful and lunch at the lake was nice. I won’t say much about the ride down but this mule didn’t want to take me back out, to put it nicely. I won, I guess, but If I never ride another hay burner that’s just fine with me.  Red tractors will take me where I need to go. 🤠

Speaking of IH red, I’ve been doing a little spring maintenance. I drug the Super MTA out of the shed yesterday. Changed the oil/filter, fixed a couple hydraulic lines, brake pads, and generally checked her over for the up coming spring planting. Then for some reason the alternator quit. Had one stashed in the shop so she’s charging again.  Waiting for a tie rod end to show up, one is a little loose.

The Super C was the next on the list.

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The pto shaft was worn out. Something that has needed to be fixed since I bought it.

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I’m not sure how it could wear like this, maybe the coupler wasn’t pushed fully in. Luckily I bought a parts tractor a couple years ago and stashed the pto unit away.

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Nothing wrong with the shaft but the housing was broken so I couldn’t just throw this unit in. I had to remove the pto shaft itself. 

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This looks much better!

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And somehow I was able to stab the 3’ long drive shaft back into the rear end on the first try!  I fought my A for an hour once and had to remove the top cover to get it together. So now I have two IH red tractors ready to go to work on a Montana farm!  

Tomorrow I’ll sit down and figure out my seed order. We still have snow on the ground in the shaded areas but planting season is just around the corner!

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We had a horse and later bought a mule and had for years until its death, mule was branded from US forestry service and excellent pack mule BUT not that great riding, I don't claim to be any equine expert but a horse will kinda roll and forecast what's coming, this one was like a bomb, one second your enjoying the saddle and boom your on the ground with no warning 

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On 3/19/2023 at 11:05 PM, MT Matt said:

My lady friend works in the ER there and was on shift but didn’t work on him. He was alert and talking before going to surgery so I’d say he was doing as good as possible. Case of bad luck being in the wrong spot at the wrong time that day. 

I’ll load up the IHC goodies for you when I come up this fall.  We can unroll the canvases and see what we have there. Hope they are in good shape. They have been hanging 15 feet up in the air for a good number of years!

It's good to hear the guy should pull through ok!

Do you know if any of the huckleberry product suffered unnecessarily?

Don't know what I'd do if harm (also) befell the mountain caviar.

Mike

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