'Nother Hoss for da Farm

[thecfarm]

That is a good thing to get back!!!

[GRANITEstateMP]

hate seeing farms go away, but it'd be a real shame to loose the farm AND the tractor! What else was that tractor used for other than baling?

[newoodguy78]

That's a great thing to keep in the family.  Not too many with their original fenders still around. Looks like an M?

[Magicman]

That is awesome.  Congratulations for adopting the family back together again. 

[Corley5]

  It's an H.  It's early farming life it did everything an H would do with mounted cultivators for corn, tillage etc.  As the farm wound down hay was its big thing.  This tractor always had more power than Grandpa's H thus it was always used on the baler.  It burned a valve one season, and it was discovered that it has the high compression gas head    Uncle Ralph sold his cattle in the 80s and the tractor hasn't done much more than work a garden plot and plow snow until Uncle Ralph put a plow on a truck.  It hasn't seen anywhere near the use that Grandpa Bob's H has with the slick pedals ;D .  I scrounged up the cultivator cylinders and the belt pulley for it too and the original battery box and lid and a set of tire chains.  The cultivators themselves are long gone.  I believe Grandpa sourced parts for his set from them and what was left has been scrapped.

[Ed_K]

 Are you going to keep it original or do a restoration on it? I have a Massy Harris model 81r I've been restoring for 7 yrs.

[newoodguy78]

I'd like to have a wfe H here for cultivating. Think it would work slick. Always liked the old farmalls, first thing I learned about them was keep your thumbs on the outside of the steering wheel. 

[btulloh]

I always liked those H's. Just got rid of a nice one about six months ago. Never saw one with fenders though, although I knew that was an option. 

FWIW, the tricycle front end was really for cultivating since the H was made for two rows at a time. You could even turn and come back in the next two rows without even using brake steering. People did a lot of log skidding with the tricycle front ends on the H and the M, but quite a few of those people didn't survive the work. 

Nice that you could keep that H in the family. 

[GAB]

first thing I learned about them was keep your thumbs on the outside of the steering wheel.

That was also true of the Ferguson TO20's.  
GAB

[Magicman]

Not a "Hoss" this time but it is a "Nother"


 
A Grandson sent me this picture Saturday.  He was Bushhogging and since the PTO shaft is not centered in the gear box....that's a bad sign. :-\  This 25 year old cutter is/was put back into service last year and held fluid but apparently the lower seal gave out, dropped the oil, and the input bearing was next to go.  
 
We found a used Rhino cutter on "marketplace, a deal was struck, so we made a trip.


 Loading it up.


 And ready for a trip to Mississippi.  I'll put a new set of blades on it before it makes the final trip to the farm.

[thecfarm]

Looks in better shape than the one I have. Too many rocks and it lost the fight. 
Like the back "bumper". 
I had the great "idea" about backing over the trees.  :      That lasted a few days, then the back started to hit the blades. Or did the blades hit the back.  ;D 
But the wife mows the fields with it. Not once or twice a year, but every few weeks. She mows about 10 acres. It's six years old and have seen 30 years of use.  ;)
I did finally put a new set of blades on it. What a difference!!! Should get news ones every 2 years or yearly. Blades are only $100.
Use to spend that on mower blades on the other mowers she used.
Looks like one of the arms are bent? maybe loading it?
That's the only parts on mine that look good.  :D

[Bruno of NH]

I hope you get many years of service out of the new purchase. 

[Magicman]

Welp, maybe there needs to be a memorial service so that all of you could send a weed to express your grief? The old cutter was a stout old guy that lived a good life cutting things down to their proper size. He was a life member of the Rotary Club.  Sure will be missed, and I doubt that the new guy is ever going to replace him because he was a cut above all the rest for most of his life. May he rust away in piece. Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about my faithful old friend.

[Magicman]

Welp, da Tree Farm gained another hoss.  This is to accommodate our enlarging family so that all can enjoy our annual 4th Trail Ride and Scavenger Hunt at the Cabin.


I installed the flip back seat and the 6" lift kit but the 23" tires have not arrived.  They sent tires for 11" rims and my new rims are 12".  When I get the correct tires I will update this picture.

[Magicman]

Sooooo, Marty's Fiber Optic placing business was in it's own mode of adding another Hoss to his herd.


That is a brandy new-in-da-box Kubota KXO 40-4.  He also added another full-time employee last week so he is gradually growing his business.

[SwampDonkey]

My cousin has a big Kabota hoe. I noticed they had to open up the old cespool over the weekend. Young family and two adults working the farm, gotto pretty much wash stuff daily.

[Resonator]

Nothin' says 4th of July freedom like putting a lift kit and big tires on a golf cart.

[Southside]

Except maybe adding dual Thrush mufflers to it.  

[Magicman]

The Golf Car did get it's update:


It went from here...


To here.  12" all terrain tires and rear seat safety grab bar.  The 6" lift kit and large tires gave it the needed ground clearance.  This is a 2015 model with an EFI engine and performed very well at our July 4th trail ride.

[Peter Drouin]

Goes to show one can make a Hot Rod out of anything.
Kool--

[Magicman]

I wish that I had taken a picture of it before the 6" lift kit and back seat were installed.  It was golf course wimpy.  

[Ron Scott]

Great for going out to the deer stand and back.

[Magicman]

Absolutely, we now have 5, all with gas engines.

[SwampDonkey]

A few of them up this way, battery powered. A few retirees thought it would be nice to ride them on the main road. That's until the cops started issuing warnings about the idea, with risk of seizure. Not talking about a road like up by my place, that's just a paved over horse wagon road. ;)  Some of these guys have in their mind that because they are slow moving they have exemptions like tractors. Nope, I asked some local guys to show me where it says so in the regs. And they can't, they've never even read them. Years ago, cops would be all over you for riding a tractor lawnmower on the road shoulder to go mow your grandmother's lawn. Towns have bi-laws to allow the lawn mowers because they ride them there to mow and tend flower beds.

[Magicman]

Many towns here are becoming Golf Car friendly, but they have to be equipped with the proper lighting, and some require vehicle tags.

I understand the use for electric units but our trails at the Cabin cover several miles and it would be no fun dragging a heavy dead battery golf car home. 

I have two Polaris 4 wheelers but they are the last choice for riders.