Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

somebody posted one on the CCI group on Facebook the other day. I think it was in Mich. or Wisconsin.

I'm up to 5 now. And I'm getting pretty good at it, I could have 5 more with no trouble at all!

Bob

While we're at it, my crazy idea worked. I took my old 3pt hitch-based pallet carrier and added a boom to it so that it'll hang level when suspended from a shackle.

The pallet carrier boom just pins in the upper 3pt hole and extends out over the load. 2 chains run from the boom back down and ...

We're helping out our youngest, they just bought their first house. A real fixer upper, nobody can afford anything else these days.

Just finished new HVAC. Redoing the main bath. Expanding the master half bath into a full bath. And tons of general paint and drywall and repair.

But next thing is ...

It's been 3 or 4 years now since my loader build. And for the first time I've had an opportunity to officially determine it's lifting capacity, at least with the pallet forks installed.


I'm about to put a roof on this house, and I'm planning? to use the loader extended boom to lift the shingles up ...

What a great looking setup!

Eugen wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 4:31 am I have no words to express my gratitude to you guys. This literally squeezes a few tears out of me. God bless you all and your families!


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Gotcha!

"Tears" are precisely the target I was aiming at!

Lol

I'm happy to have joined in, @Eugen deserves a lot of appreciation for this site.. But the mugs were all Spike's idea.

Three cheers for you, @Spike188

And three cheers to you @Eugen ! Enjoy them in health way over yonder in the mother country!

What I know of welding I've mostly learned watching YouTube. The Fabrication Series channel is great for learning about TIG, ICWeld is great for creative and clever approaches to welding big heavy stuff (mostly 7018 stick welding) with essentially nothing more than a welding/service truck. And ...

Christmas season seems really short this year. I think it's because Thanksgiving was so late.

Anyway, I wasn't going to put out George the 9 foot tall nutcracker this year. Seemed like too much hassle for 3 weeks of holiday season.

But the neighbors kids asked about him, and seemed really eager to ...