Life in Alaska

[AKwelder]

30 minutes ago, mader656 said:

*live hydraulics don't appease OT.

Ah yes, good point. 

 

[12_Guy]

IMHO, if he has all of the plow parts it would be worth more. Please understand that I am partial to implements and would love to have it. An A can do a fine job of plowing if it is set up properly. If the lift lever has the assist spring (I'm not sure if they all did. It may have been an option. ) the lift lever is not that difficult to operate at all.

[bitty]

1 hour ago, 12_Guy said:

IMHO, if he has all of the plow parts it would be worth more. Please understand that I am partial to implements and would love to have it. An A can do a fine job of plowing if it is set up properly. If the lift lever has the assist spring (I'm not sure if they all did. It may have been an option. ) the lift lever is not that difficult to operate at all.

And if you know someone who welds you can add an elctrohydraulic to lift the plow 

[AKwelder]

Spring has sprung.   Thank goodness

 

we have been cleanin*up and getting ready, cleaned up the peonies and we will clean up the yard.  

 

My oldest got a bow 

 

now all all he needs is a hair cut.   Sent out to my diesel truck, batteries were done, changing them out today, a couple other items

[SMiller]

9 minutes ago, AKwelder said:

Spring has sprung.   Thank goodness

 

we have been cleanin*up and getting ready, cleaned up the peonies and we will clean up the yard.  

 

My oldest got a bow 

 

now all all he needs is a hair cut.   Sent out to my diesel truck, batteries were done, changing them out today, a couple other items

I don't think that boy has had a haircut since he was here!

[AKwelder]

14 minutes ago, SMiller said:

I don't think that boy has had a haircut since he was here!

Nope.   Him and his momma got something going,  it is getting close to intervention time.  

 

 

[AKwelder]

Firing things up and getting caught  up with a few things .  I got the battery cable back together on my diesel.  And since I was time changed the filters and oil  

 

then finished the new carb carb with a manual choke on the 1210

now it purrs like a kitten so it got an oil change  and I folded up the boom

 

 

Field is drying out, but sure is wet and soft,  if we keep up with sun and breeze it should be good in about next weekend  

There was 8 inches of snow on some of that field less than a week ago.  And frost this morning

[AKwelder]

Almost gone in the front yard 

 

 

[AKwelder]

Spending time in Delta Junction, they have a farming community so I took a drive

 

 

 

and passing Eielson the big hanger

 

[AKwelder]

Storm coming up from the south and boiling over the Alaska range

 

Gusting to 50 mph

[AKwelder]

We got a hair cut.   Woohooo.   

[AKwelder]

I think we have officially found the northern most pivot in Delta Junction Alaska 

 

 

also saw this implememt,  the two spoked wheels are massive, and I have no idea what the used it for

 

 

Driving out to the job site, gotta love it

 

 

Took the rest of the week off, need to get the next batch of peonies in the ground

[AKwelder]

Went and rented a dump trailer and hauled compost for this weekends planting.  It worked but was a bit used.   Saw this at a light

 

sure hope that is big enough.  There has been a few running around town like this, where is the head shaking emoji?

[hillskinefarms]

AK, remember, it is on a Ford after all. Anything less won't hold a powerhouse like that

[AKwelder]

2 hours ago, hillskinefarms said:

AK, remember, it is on a Ford after all. Anything less won't hold a powerhouse like that

Lol, ok

[poor farmer/logger]

That's a trencher or scarifier for reforesting areas ak. Trenchers not really the right word but it turns up the soil and mixes the seeds in. Kind of makes a little furrow.  That's what it looks like to me anyways. 

 

[AKwelder]

42 minutes ago, poor farmer/logger said:

That's a trencher or scarifier for reforesting areas ak. Trenchers not really the right word but it turns up the soil and mixes the seeds in. Kind of makes a little furrow.  That's what it looks like to me anyways. 

 

That makes sense,  the angle of the wheels is adjustable and it appears to attach behind a dozer 

[MTO]

11 hours ago, AKwelder said:

Went and rented a dump trailer and hauled compost for this weekends planting.  It worked but was a bit used.   Saw this at a light

 

sure hope that is big enough.  There has been a few running around town like this, where is the head shaking emoji?

Our friend above the black line gave me this to use on my Chevy as his Mopigs couldn`t handle it...

[AKwelder]

Hmm

 

https://fairbanks.craigslist.org/hvo/d/older-international-tractor/6597289719.html

 

thats is a nice looking snow plow tractor

[new guy]

On 5/25/2018 at 10:44 AM, MTO said:

Our friend above the black line gave me this to use on my Chevy as his Mopigs couldn`t handle it...

Thats cause he knew it would be the right size for the hitch on your trailer for delivering feed!!

[Sledgehammer]

On 5/25/2018 at 11:02 PM, AKwelder said:

Hmm

 

https://fairbanks.craigslist.org/hvo/d/older-international-tractor/6597289719.html

 

thats is a nice looking snow plow tractor

That is interesting lookin for sure. Never seen a setup like it. No 3pt means it can't do as much double duty though. Surely it would have a drawbar and possibly a PTO?

[AKwelder]

2 hours ago, Sledgehammer said:

That is interesting lookin for sure. Never seen a setup like it. No 3pt means it can't do as much double duty though. Surely it would have a drawbar and possibly a PTO?

Pretty sure it came off the Air Force base, and was used for moving equipment on the flight line.  And that might make it a 2504 I think.  I was going to run out and look at it today

[Sledgehammer]

1 hour ago, AKwelder said:

Pretty sure it came off the Air Force base, and was used for moving equipment on the flight line.  And that might make it a 2504 I think.  I was going to run out and look at it today

Makes sense. Take a few more pics. That would be an interesting machine 

[AKwelder]

On 5/27/2018 at 9:55 AM, Sledgehammer said:

Makes sense. Take a few more pics. That would be an interesting machine 

Well it was sold before I had time to go, and was an hour away.  I never made it

 

but the red power mafia may have a lead for me.  More to come

[AKwelder]

We planted nearly 450 plants in furrows that we filed with compost.  It was wet, we rented a skid steer and tried our best.  

Had the skid steer stuck at one point and used the IH 1210 winch truck to pull it oit, sorry about there being no pictures, had my hands busy

It did not turn out as clean as we wanted but we had to get them in the ground

 

And my boys were wallowing in the mud

they got to ride home in the back of the truck and got hosed off in the driveway, childhood memories right there 

 

spent today using the skid steer to clear the new shop land

 

later that evening someone tried to drive past the field with thier new side by side

that hole hole has got more people....by the time it was over there were three vehicles with mom, a girlfriend, and sister cheering them on .    I gave them a pull out.