Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

Posted: **Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:06 pm**

We all like seeing what everyone's doing or where everyone's at at this or that moment. I thought a thread dedicated to this would not hurt. A picture, a thought, anything that you like sharing. Anything tractor related is a plus of course.

I'll go first.

Do I sell this 446 or not?

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:45 am**

@Eugen are you not using it and making room for another?

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 8:30 am**

I should buy a Colt Super H to do yard work with.

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Spike

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:02 am**

Timj wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:45 am @Eugen are you not using it and making room for another?

At the moment I got the 644 which covers the following duties:
1. loader
2. plowing garden
3. tilling garden

The 446 was doing garden duty before, but now it's for mower and snowcaster. I have a 224 mostly restored by the previous owner, the one whose engine I'm rebuilding. I'm thinking that for the mower and snowcaster the 224 should probably be just fine. Then I'm not sure it makes sense to keep the 446.

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:03 am**

@Spike188 ahm why, do you have a good lead on one?

I like the look of the old Colts!

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:57 am**

@Eugen No Colt Super H in the fleet but this one is.

A Colt 10

It is on the restore list. Another project tractor or any project for that matter is out of the question for a long while.

Spike

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:46 pm**

Eugen the big wheel tractors really help smooth out the ride on a bumpy lawn. If you can get away with keeping both, I'd test both tractors with the snowcaster this winter and see how they both perform.

Posted: **Fri Sep 24, 2021 1:34 pm**

This very moment at the Elmvale zoo

Posted: **Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:33 pm**

Posted: **Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:41 pm**

Timothy''s first zoo visit. Animal look pretty sad though.

Posted: **Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:58 pm**

Getting ready to go see Great Grandparents.

Posted: **Fri Sep 24, 2021 3:31 pm**

She's so cute!

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 1:37 pm**

Me: I like numbers 7 and 17.
My car: happy to oblige.

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 4:50 pm**

Look there everybody,

Eugen done gots himself one of them there high performance sooped up sports cars. Holy moly that there speedometer thing goes to 220mph. Yee ha.

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 5:00 pm**

You got that right Tim!

It's my supercar. I'm afraid to go half that speed for it may blind the people behind with the rust flying off!

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:27 pm**

TimJ, don't you know nothing? Eugen is in CANADA. That speed-o-meter is in KILOGRAMS PER HUNDRED.

Sheesh.

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:33 pm**

thebuildist wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:27 pm TimJ, don't you know nothing? Eugen is in CANADA. That speed-o-meter is in KILOGRAMS PER HUNDRED.

Sheesh.

My sixth grade educated brain don't get me to far.

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:46 pm**

Well even Bob got it wrong. It's kilograms per hectares!

I will go back to my igloo now.

Posted: **Mon Sep 27, 2021 2:52 am**

Dave

Posted: **Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:17 pm**

244 ready to receive the rebuilt k321

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:19 am**

Working on my new to me mower today...

She's seen a little use in the last 50+ years...
Mott 72 flail mower.
Needs some tabs replaced, and others rewelded due to cracks. Otherwise it's bearings, belt, and lots of new knives... Should be ready for the spring.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 7:21 am**

HI Guys
Been a while

Your going to like the

sound that your 14hp Kohler engine puts out and the

low end power :creeper:

cc

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:52 am**

@Toolslinger very nice! what's it going to be mounted on?

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:53 am**

@crazycase yep! Can't wait to hear that sound!

Thanks for coming by @crazycase

don't be a stranger now!

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:35 am**

The plan is/was to put it on the back of the MF 135. That's likely to happen, but I was toying with the idea of sticking it on the back of an 8N as well.
The 135 has a better selection of gears, and more ponies to play with, but I find I'm using it for a lot of things, so tying it to a mower is perhaps not ideal. One of the N's has a completely rebuilt engine, but has a sticky clutch, and the 3 pt hitch isn't lifting currently. Both simple fixes (well kinda), but I don't know that it would be worth it, or if I should send that machine along to the next home, and look for another more capable machine... I like our N's, but they are very much limited machines compared to the next generation equipment...

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:29 pm**

Toolslinger wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:19 am Working on my new to me mower today...
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She's seen a little use in the last 50+ years...
Mott 72 flail mower.
Needs some tabs replaced, and others rewelded due to cracks. Otherwise it's bearings, belt, and lots of new knives... Should be ready for the spring.
20211006_055307 (Small).jpg

I am hoping to find one of those cheap ( a re-builder ) that I can rework and put under The Bride of Frankenstein as a mid mount to emaciate the vegetation in the fall before disking the garden . The stalks of some of the plants are just too tough to chop up with the disks .

Dave

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:48 pm**

I'm facing the same issue @DavidBarkey . There's a lot of vegetation left on our garden that I really want to see go back in the soil, but some stalks are too tough and complicate my tilling. Ideally all that plant material should go through a shredder, but who's got time for that?

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 4:50 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:48 pm I'm facing the same issue @DavidBarkey . There's a lot of vegetation left on our garden that I really want to see go back in the soil, but some stalks are too tough and complicate my tilling. Ideally all that plant material should go through a shredder, but who's got time for that?

As it is right now we have to pull the stocks and roots of some plants , put in compost pile for a year then flip and wait another year then back to the garden .
Dave

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:17 am**

While searching for my Mott, I ran across a couple 4' self powered Mott's that would sure take care of garden debris. I thought seriously about picking one up to either pull offset from the main mower (they sold a kit to pull 2 behind my 6' machine) or build one out with a hydraulic motor and make a ditch/bank for the 444... I also saw one that was a 20, or 24" self powered walk behind... Interesting little project, but I didn't need another project... That would have made a really nice little over the rail type for the 444...

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:18 am**

Toolslinger wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:17 am While searching for my Mott, I ran across a couple 4' self powered Mott's that would sure take care of garden debris. I thought seriously about picking one up to either pull offset from the main mower (they sold a kit to pull 2 behind my 6' machine) or build one out with a hydraulic motor and make a ditch/bank for the 444... I also saw one that was a 20, or 24" self powered walk behind... Interesting little project, but I didn't need another project... That would have made a really nice little over the rail type for the 444...

Because of the extra long wheel base of the B. of Fk. . diesel powered dumper. I want to be able to make use of that feature , like a mid mount 4' grader blade and 4' flail/ veg grinder . Any one with experience with these things that can share words of wisdom . please do . Still can't do a whole lot but trying to keep my mind active . In the mean time I have been able to do a number of little projects that have been on the back burner .

Dave

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:45 am**

There are some undermount units out there from Cubs I believe. I think they were 5' though. I don't really recall your frankie, but do you have much height under there? Flails are kinda tall by nature.

This is the 4' style I saw recently...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3XBtTaSkIY

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:22 am**

@BarnyImp I think Bill's account on facebook got hacked. Got a message from Bill but it doesn't sound at all like him.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 4:05 pm**

Toolslinger wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:45 am There are some undermount units out there from Cubs I believe. I think they were 5' though. I don't really recall your frankie, but do you have much height under there? Flails are kinda tall by nature.

This is the 4' style I saw recently...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3XBtTaSkIY

I have 14" to the bottom of the frame on the Bride . What is the swing diameter of the knives on those smaller units ?? Any idea on the rpm of those things , I am guessing it must be 1500 -2500 rpm to have the tip speed needed to chop chop .

Dave

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:13 pm**

Toolslinger wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:17 am I also saw one that was a 20, or 24" self powered walk behind... Interesting little project, but I didn't need another project... That would have made a really nice little over the rail type for the 444...

Something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OEMpuvZC00

Gordy

Posted: **Fri Oct 08, 2021 5:58 am**

Yep, that's the model.

Posted: **Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:16 am**

On the way to the big city of Toronto.

Posted: **Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:18 pm**

@eugen We are crossing paths today. Got a help-911 call about noon yesterday for a special purpose dial indicator. There is one on flea bay that will take over 2 weeks to arrive. 8 hours were spent reverse engineering the indicator and adaptor. The adaptor has to have a spring load of 1Kg. Princess has bags of assorted springs. Out of 4 bags one spring was perfect but with store pickup then sorting and testing spring loads took 3 hours. 2 hours was spent cross referencing the indicator as the original is no longer in production. There was only one indicator stocked and available in Ontario, and 20 minutes away. We got lucky on that one.

The adaptor will be ready for pickup at 1 then a rush trip to Big Smoke for delivery. If all goes well the machine installation team can start testing this evening and will head back to Turkey next week.

Spike

Posted: **Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:36 pm**

That is so cool! You're like in Mission Impossible!

Last night I broke my k321 governor spring. Just saying this because you mentioned springs

Posted: **Fri Oct 08, 2021 8:44 pm**

@Spike188 I hope mission impossible got resolved!

Posted: **Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:18 pm**

@eugen I started with this picture supplied by the installer. From it the make and model number of the dial indicator was readable. Once the stroke and anvil length were known along with the drawing that was supplied then adaptor could be machined. The drawing supplied said "Spring". Sifting through a few pictures was one in Turkish that gave the

spring as 1KG. The springs purchased at Princess came in 100 per bag.

Out of 400 springs only one was perfect. By pairing up a few springs there were a few more that might have worked by adding spacers between them. I had hoped the machining would be completed by 10. At 10 the machinest called and said ready for pickup at 1. The machinist then forgot about the job and at 1 oclock was still an 1-1/2 hours from completion and said he would have it completed by 3:30. An angry face must have gotten his attention and sitting in my truck outside his door might have helped. At 2:30 when the adaptor was finished Google maps popped up that east bound 401 was closed due to an accident. The 1 hour drive turned into 2 and the adaptor and indicator were delivered at 4:30.

and immediately put to use.
[youtube]https://youtu.be/qym95IuEMMM[/youtube]
Mission accomplished with 6 hours of road time today.

Spike

Posted: **Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:10 pm**

That's amazing! Those guys are lucky to have you. The amount of incompetence I see around in my job is at the opposite spectrum. The culture of "pick that one off the shelf " has pretty much won the race where I work. Really makes my day to see skill and ingenuity like what you're doing.

Posted: **Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:04 am**

Eugen wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:10 pm That's amazing! Those guys are lucky to have you. The amount of incompetence I see around in my job is at the opposite spectrum. The culture of "pick that one off the shelf " has pretty much won the race where I work. Really makes my day to see skill and ingenuity like what you're doing.

Agreed , I also come from a trade that is now gone from diagnosing and repairing to Spin the wheel or though a dart diag. and throwing parts at it . I am too in AW Spike188 at your level of on the spot engineering .

Dave

Posted: **Sat Oct 09, 2021 10:51 am**

Eugen wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:10 pm That's amazing! Those guys are lucky to have you. The amount of incompetence I see around in my job is at the opposite spectrum. The culture of "pick that one off the shelf " has pretty much won the race where I work. Really makes my day to see skill and ingenuity like what you're doing.

I couldn't agree more! Well done!

Posted: **Sun Oct 10, 2021 2:31 pm**

Out sucking up wet leaves, trying to get done before more rain comes, third load, one more to go

Posted: **Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:14 pm**

Great contraption the trailer with hey on the back! What will you doing with the leaves Tim?

Posted: **Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:34 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:14 pm Great contraption the trailer with hey on the back! What will you doing with the leaves Tim?

The leaves are going on the garden.
With a fair amount of grass mixed in, and bouncing along, it becomes quite a brick. You can tell it's back there when it's full.
I built the sides back in the mid 90's, I had to tack a new tarp on top today, the old piece of blue tarp had seen better days. Can't believe it only lasted 25 years.

Posted: **Mon Oct 11, 2021 12:58 pm**

SO I have the Case wagon that came with my Leaf Vac. Dumping it has always been a bit of a pain, but over-all not a bad setup! I now have LH and RH Leaf Vacs.

How are you dumping the trailer when full? Looks like Chicken wire on the back? Is there a frame that you take out to dump? Any pictures up close of the back?

We don't have any leaves down here yet, but over the weekend the leaves have really changed. I usually dump the leaves on the garden, also. But I usually have way more that it takes to cover the garden. People think I have a big garden, but nothing as big as where I grew up! I usually stop dumping on the garden when the leaves are covering about 1 foot or more thick!

Haven't used any fertilizer other than nitrogen on it in years, but do pull a soil test every 3-4 years just to keep track. I usually have somewhat high levels of nutrients. I am also keeping track of my PH and that tends toward high (7.3) My overall yard tends toward short on Potash and it shows. My wife keeps trying to get me to spread the "Potassium Ash" from our Burning area for limbs and the left over leaves after our garden. I even have a spreader. But catching the ashes when they are dry enough to spread is usually an issue.

Thanks for posting Tim!

Bill

Posted: **Mon Oct 11, 2021 2:05 pm**

Seabee wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 12:58 pm SO I have the Case wagon that came with my Leaf Vac. Dumping it has always been a bit of a pain, but over-all not a bad setup! I now have LH and RH Leaf Vacs.

How are you dumping the trailer when full? Looks like Chicken wire on the back? Is there a frame that you take out to dump? Any pictures up close of the back?

We don't have any leaves down here yet, but over the weekend the leaves have really changed. I usually dump the leaves on the garden, also. But I usually have way more that it takes to cover the garden. People think I have a big garden, but nothing as big as where I grew up! I usually stop dumping on the garden when the leaves are covering about 1 foot or more thick!

Haven't used any fertilizer other than nitrogen on it in years, but do pull a soil test every 3-4 years just to keep track. I usually have somewhat high levels of nutrients. I am also keeping track of my PH and that tends toward high (7.3) My overall yard tends toward short on Potash and it shows. My wife keeps trying to get me to spread the "Potassium Ash" from our Burning area for limbs and the left over leaves after our garden. I even have a spreader. But catching the ashes when they are dry enough to spread is usually an issue.

Thanks for posting Tim!

Bill

The back of the cart has a piece of plywood that slides down from the top in tracks, it's laying on the top. The picture is of how they end up when I slide the plywood up. The 17 cubic foot cart is too long and won't tip up enough to dump. They wouldn't come out anyway. I just take them out with a pitch fork.

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:01 pm**

Troubleshooting electrical right now. I have a feeling it's not the regulator.

Posted: **Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:08 pm**

Must build something with wood

Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:13 am**

Eugen wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:08 pm Must build something with wood

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I see the beginnings of a mezzanine for in there for extra storage . Such a high roof line , be a shame to waist the space .

Would make more room for more Stuff

.

Dave

Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:59 am**

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:13 am
Eugen wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:08 pm Must build something with wood

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I see the beginnings of a mezzanine for in there for extra storage . Such a high roof line , be a shame to waist the space . Would make more room for more Stuff .

Dave

Kind of a vicious circle isn't it

Too much stuff / need more storage, more storage / get more stuff

Gordy

Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:19 am**

Gordy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:59 am
DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:13 am
Eugen wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:08 pm Must build something with wood

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I see the beginnings of a mezzanine for in there for extra storage . Such a high roof line , be a shame to waist the space . Would make more room for more Stuff .

Dave
Kind of a vicious circle isn't it Too much stuff / need more storage, more storage / get more stuff

Gordy

Get to much stuff and you might have to build yourself a new place to live.

Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2021 10:13 am**

Timj wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:19 am
Get to much stuff and you might have to build yourself a new place to live.

Wife and I had some discussions about this. I told her I was well established in my life style before we met, and that if it bothered her she had every opportunity to bail before we got married

So it is her problem, not mine

Gordy

Posted: **Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:26 am**

I purchased a hoop house frame work for scrap a price about five years ago. The owner said it was a frame work for a wedding tent, I thought it looked more like a hoop house but it was more pointed at the top instead of a U shape. I just put it on pallets in a clearing in my woods behind my house. About a month ago I put together one section just to see how big it was. From ground to peak it is twelve feet high and from leg to leg it is twenty eight feet. I have enough sections to make it fifty feet long if I space them every five feet apart. That would make a enclosure twenty eight feet by fifty feet. I was planning on covering it with a tarp and some old metal siding spaced close enough to help support the tarp. This would be quite a substantial enclosure with plenty of room to hide my stuff that I have setting out in the weather. Which is mostly some scrap metal, a few rain barrels and some items in my metal building that take up space. Things like rear rototillers, back blade, mowing decks, spray rig, lawn roller and the like.

The ball and chain didn't like the idea because she knows what you guys are talking about! The more space you have the more stuff you'll acquire. So it sets in the back woods ready for another day in the life of Harry.

Keep the Peace
Harry

Posted: **Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:23 am**

It can be tough and expensive to find good tarps that will last more than 6 months or a year. I found some canvas tarps at Menards, some are 4 years old and are a little faded but still in one piece, but a 6'x8' is $25.

Gordy

Posted: **Fri Oct 29, 2021 4:19 pm**

A friend gave me a couple of tarps that he just wanted rid of. One is used and another is new in a box. The used one is silver which is usually the more durable ones. The new in the box is blue, less durable. Both tarps are fifty feet by one hundred feet. I figured those would get by for a few years.

Keep the Peace
Harry

Posted: **Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:06 pm**

Well we survived the storm Tuesday night through Wednesday. The winds really picked up Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Our power flickered a bunch during the night and then went out about 6AM. Around the same time I heard something crashing outside and thought there goes my grill off the deck. When I got up, the grill was there but my daughters swingset blew about 50 feet across the yard. I surveyed the damage and found the swing set slide was damaged and I found a couple more of my shingles in the yard

I did get to use my my new inverter generator for about 12 hours. I was able to run the fridge, the forced hot air propane heating system, a few lights, TV/DVD player for the kiddos and a few kitchen appliances. I really like the inverter generator. Its very quiet and burns very little gas. I used about 2 gallons all way.
I'm glad I worked from home on Wednesday. Multiple trees and power lines down in the nearby roads blocking my normal access to civilization. Out of state crews were still cleaning up the trees tonight when I got home from work.

Posted: **Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:10 pm**

Thursday morning my parents contacted me saying they had a bunch of trees down. The trees are all at the back of the property line in an area where the ground is rather wet at times of the year. I haven't seen the carnage in person yet but they say 3-4 larger hardwoods are down with another 5-6 smaller hardwoods holding up the larger trees. Its like a whole line of trees blew over. Shouldn't be any damage, the trees are 75-100 feet from the house.

Posted: **Sat Oct 30, 2021 4:30 am**

Wow MattA , around here we have been fortunate to only get the edge if any of what you guys down south have been getting .

Dave

Posted: **Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:42 am**

Wow, nasty storm @MattA !

@Harry we worry around here about two things. Snow load and UV. Had a Shelterlogic 20x12x12 feet for the last 3 years and the original tarp starts to disintegrate from UV. Every winter I worried it would collapse under a heavy load of snow.

This year I got another type, same size but much taller so that the roof is steep and snow won't accumulate on top, I hope. I am blessed with a wife that doesn't mind my tractoritis illness

as long as the family remains priority number one which is the case!

Posted: **Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:43 am**

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:13 am
I see the beginnings of a mezzanine for in there for extra storage . Such a high roof line , be a shame to waist the space . Would make more room for more Stuff .

Dave

That's a great idea Dave! But this is something else. Making a small vestibule for the front door.

Work in progress. Managed to get the home wrap on and the steel roof installed just before the rain started last night.

Posted: **Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:17 pm**

Another project,

but there will be no snow and ice right out the door. A little less to shovel.

Posted: **Sun Oct 31, 2021 1:53 pm**

Could fit four but I need the table saw in there too. Happy tractors!

Posted: **Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:30 pm**

Looks a lot of room in there.

Keep the Peace
Harry

Posted: **Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:32 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:43 am
DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:13 am
I see the beginnings of a mezzanine for in there for extra storage . Such a high roof line , be a shame to waist the space . Would make more room for more Stuff .

Dave
That's a great idea Dave! But this is something else. Making a small vestibule for the front door.

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Work in progress. Managed to get the home wrap on and the steel roof installed just before the rain started last night.

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Mine started out as a plain deck, several years later corner posts and a corrugated fiberglass roof were added. Several years later I acquired some old sliding glass doors to cover the north and east sides. If some more would show up, the southside would get done too

Gordy

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:06 am**

Haha @Gordy I should have asked here because I was in doubt how to connect the roof of the vestibule to the house siding. Yours looks good and seems to have withstood the test of elements and years. I ended up cutting the vinyl siding horizontally above the steel roof of the vestibule, inserting another piece of siding in the cut and resting the other side on the roof, and then using siding caulk to seal the cut. Rained in the last two days and seems to have worked as intended.

I like your big windows there!

Posted: **Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:55 am**

I didn't connect the fiberglass roof to the siding. Instead just went for a close fit of 1/4"or less. The overhang of the house roof keeps rain out and only very fine snow makes it in and then only if it is very windy.

Gordy

Posted: **Thu Nov 04, 2021 9:05 am**

Morning in Toronto

Posted: **Fri Nov 05, 2021 10:51 am**

Got to ride my trusty old bike downtown Toronto this morning. Always fun.

Posted: **Fri Nov 05, 2021 1:31 pm**

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This was a stunning view for only a few minutes this morning. 30 degrees, heavy frost, and sunlight just breaking through the clouds at the right moment. What a great way to start the day.

Spike

Just another of the 10000 reasons the 646BH isn't finished.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2021 8:57 am**

A view from the deer stand

Winter came overnight, not a surprise, the weather man was right.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:06 am**

Very nice @Timj ! Hope you get a deer. I got my hunting license a couple of years ago and a nice Hoyt bow but never managed to go hunting. Or fishing for that matter, since the boys were born. One day.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:23 am**

Eugen wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:06 am Very nice @Timj ! Hope you get a deer. I got my hunting license a couple of years ago and a nice Hoyt bow but never managed to go hunting. Or fishing for that matter, since the boys were born. One day.

Some day you will, hopefully it will be something you can do together.
I do alot more sitting and watching them, but one in the freezer would be ok. It's archery here now, firearms opens next weekend.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:54 am**

Oh man, how I wish I was closer to you! We have quite a lot of common interests! What bow do you use? I got a Hoyt nitrum 30.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2021 11:28 am**

Eugen wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:54 am Oh man, how I wish I was closer to you! We have quite a lot of common interests! What bow do you use? I got a Hoyt nitrum 30.

I'm shooting a Mission.

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2021 11:57 am**

Eugen wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:54 am Oh man, how I wish I was closer to you! We have quite a lot of common interests! What bow do you use? I got a Hoyt nitrum 30.

I'm thinking with our shared interests, if we lived closer together our wives may not be happy.

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:01 am**

Nice guys! Tim I love those mornings with a fresh dusting. It'll be down here before we know it.

Here's the view from one of my stands during the last weekend of Nov. shotgun (for where I am there's another gun week during the first week of December too, but you only get to pick one...) Back to bow for now until the end of the year. Took 2 nice bucks from this spot - a 7 pointer and a 9 pointer during first 2 years living here. Been quiet last 3, cams show lots but I didn't have 3 little ones back then

Look forward to having them out there with me one day (I'm sure you are too Eugen)

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Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:32 am**

Beautiful view there @Chad ! Yep, looking forward to take the boys do stuff with them. Timothy's going to be almost 3 next summer so we'll go fishing for sure. Can't wait!

Poor boat's been winterized 2 years ago and just sits there, waiting patiently.

@Timj yeah, well, my wife would be happy if I did buddy stuff once in a while, but you're right, not too much.

happy wife happy life

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2021 7:39 pm**

Chad wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:01 am Nice guys! Tim I love those mornings with a fresh dusting. It'll be down here before we know it.

Here's the view from one of my stands during the last weekend of Nov. shotgun (for where I am there's another gun week during the first week of December too, but you only get to pick one...) Back to bow for now until the end of the year. Took 2 nice bucks from this spot - a 7 pointer and a 9 pointer during first 2 years living here. Been quiet last 3, cams show lots but I didn't have 3 little ones back then Look forward to having them out there with me one day (I'm sure you are too Eugen)

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Very nice@Chad, the piece and quite is great. The rut is in full swing here, so there's been alot of good activity. That ridge has given many deer over the years.

Our archery season runs from mid September to end of the year. Our 9 day firearm season starts Saturday, followed by a week of muzzleloader, followed by a 4 day antlerless hunt. Some zones also have an antlerless holiday hunt from Christmas to New years.

The outdoors is some of the best quality time we can spend with our kids. My oldest daughter (23) doesn't hunt anymore, but we fish whenever she comes home.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:19 pm**

I just finished putting up the outdoor lights for this year. big/old fashioned c9 lights along the creek, icicle lights across the front of the house.

Inside we have the stockings hung by the (virtual) fireplace.

My little slice of God's creation. It's nothing special, but she sure is pretty at Christmastime.

I hope everyone here can feel even half as contented and blessed as I do this Christmas season.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 8:14 pm**

That is beautiful Bob!

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 8:26 pm**

Yours looks great Bob . I can't take credit for much more than put in the hooks and taking the picture . The wife get credit for the decorating.

Dave

Posted: **Fri Dec 10, 2021 7:43 am**

That's Gorgeous, Dave! Where'd you buy all that white stuff you have covering everything???

Posted: **Fri Dec 10, 2021 8:12 am**

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 8:26 pm Yours looks great Bob . I can't take credit for much more than put in the hooks and taking the picture . The wife get credit for the decorating.
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Dave

Compliments to your wife Dave, it is beautiful!

Posted: **Fri Dec 10, 2021 9:32 am**

thebuildist wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 7:43 am That's Gorgeous, Dave! Where'd you buy all that white stuff you have covering everything???

Thanks , Got lots of that white stuff left over if you want some Someone just dumped it on my property and left. Free to good home buyer pays shipping . Does not do well in above freezing temps. and the shelf life here is only a few months .

Dave

Posted: **Fri Dec 10, 2021 11:16 am**

Here are the lights that my wife and I put up every year. It changes somewhat every year because we usually purchase something new every year and get rid of the older decorations. Some of the older decorations I've been putting up in front of my shop. I haven't taken a pic of that yet and I was going to do that before the snow melted. Rain is scheduled to arrive tonight so all the snow is going to be gone. They are also calling for high wind gusts, so possibly all the decorations will be gone also!

Keep the Peace
Harry

Posted: **Fri Dec 10, 2021 12:40 pm**

Harry wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 11:16 am Here are the lights that my wife and I put up every year. It changes somewhat every year because we usually purchase something new every year and get rid of the older decorations. Some of the older decorations I've been putting up in front of my shop. I haven't taken a pic of that yet and I was going to do that before the snow melted. Rain is scheduled to arrive tonight so all the snow is going to be gone. They are also calling for high wind gusts, so possibly all the decorations will be gone also!

Keep the Peace
Harry

Looks great Harry . Very festive . Ya we have the same warnings here too . Time to batten down the hatches and get the hip waders out .

Dave

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:28 pm**

Very beautiful @Harry !

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:29 pm**

Never seen a truck like this.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:37 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:29 pm Never seen a truck like this.

Military surpluss , with the wrong size tires .
Dave

Posted: **Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:00 am**

100 month limited warranty from Costco. Let's see what Costco says about this being bad?!

Posted: **Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:30 am**

She: "This battery wasn't purchased on your membership sir."
"
Me:"That's right, it came with a Case 644"
She: "Sorry, nothing can be done about it "

Posted: **Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:48 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:30 am She: "This battery wasn't purchased on your membership sir."
"
Me:"That's right, it came with a Case 644"
She: "Sorry, nothing can be done about it "

They always have a loophole with those warranty's.

Posted: **Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:54 pm**

I certainly don't like that the item warranty gets void with transfer of ownership.

Posted: **Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:00 am**

I have a trail cam setup to monitor my backyard. I usually check it every few days and mostly see some fat guy walking back and forth. LOL!
Yesterday I seen a few deer and one pic of a fox. This had a deer getting really close like he was kissing the cam. I tried to post the video but no luck!

Keep the Peace
Harry

Posted: **Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:43 am**

I don't think there is any way to directly upload a video to the forum. What everyone does is upload it to YouTube and then link it here.

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:36 am**

In Toronto today. Haven't been on public transportation since March 2020!

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:52 am**

Not much snow in Toronto.

Noel

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:02 pm**

Looks peaceful and quiet, almost a ghost town

Gordy

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:26 pm**

Any body ever see this before or do one of you own it. Quite a snow Plow tractor. You tube video on it. Look up, Erwin custom snowplow.
Kinda reminds me of the old Walters snowplows.

Noel

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:48 pm**

Thanks for posting that

I have not seen that before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCR7372by3c

Gordy

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:35 pm**

Yeah, not a lot of people on the streets.

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:42 pm**

That plow is amazing and is mounted on my favourite tractor, the 444!

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2022 2:20 pm**

I had seen it on YouTube in a short version last year, but could not find it again. It is definitely a cool build.

I can hear the gears turning out there in Case land.

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:57 pm**

Well now you gone and done it . If I didn't have enough projects now I have another one .

Dave

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:12 pm**

That snow plow setup reminds me of a Jordan Spreader used in railroading. The Jordan Spreaders wing plows are hydraulically raised/lowered and extended/retracted.

Posted: **Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:18 am**

So, never hearing of Jordan Spreader wing plows before, I had to look that up on Internet. Quite a thing. Invented in 1905, so I read.
Thanks MattA.

Noel

Posted: **Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:28 am**

Propane57 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:26 pm Any body ever see this before or do one of you own it. Quite a snow Plow tractor. You tube video on it. Look up, Erwin custom snowplow.
Kinda reminds me of the old Walters snowplows.

Noel

That's one for the record book for me. It's not something I would build for myself, but it can get the imagination going. Thanks for posting Propane

Keep the Peace
Harry

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:33 am**

Driving by the city of Hamilton on the way to Niagara Falls :canada:

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:10 pm**

Guys are wondering why

is Eugen going to Niagara Falls? Surely he's not buying another Case tractor!

Uhm.. guess what. He is!

A tiny Case 680E loaded and ready to go 3h away to Port Mcnicoll, her new home.

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:15 pm**

Uhm, Eugen. That’s not a garden tractor, hehe.

Looks in great shape, have fun with it.

Noel

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:06 pm**

Just because it is Case and 6XX series does not mean that you will find a manual for it in the tec library. :creeper:

Spike

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:22 pm**

Noel, I can plow the garden with it if I really wanted!

@Spike188 true! But I purchased the manuals for it and they will be soon in our technical library. It's still a 6xx after all! Just a little bigger and with a 336 cubic inch diesel engine. I will not try to replace it with a Kohler k321 though.

It's really Dave's fault for putting that diesel engine in his Case tractor and making me envious.

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:50 pm**

Just a little bigger. !!!! 88 hp bigger.

I looked it up on tractordata.

Noel

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:08 pm**

the back yard is going to be one giant hole

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:18 pm**

Timj wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:08 pm the back yard is going to be one giant hole

Fish pond / swimming hole

Gordy

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:58 pm**

Gordy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:18 pm
Timj wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:08 pm the back yard is going to be one giant hole

Fish pond / swimming hole

Gordy

Huge sand box for Eugen and the boys. Who needs Tonka's when you have the real thing.

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:36 pm**

Only difference between men and boys is the price of there toys . Eugen just upped a couple of notches .

Dave

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:24 pm**

In all honesty guys, this whole tractor was cheaper than a 3pth backhoe for a kubota compact. Boggles the mind. I want to pull some stumps and do the footing for the house addition.

Posted: **Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:01 pm**

Very nice Eugen! That'll be a handy (and fun!) machine to have for sure.

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Posted: **Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:08 pm**

I don't know about Spring, but at 19C and with meat on the grill it's a Summer day!

Posted: **Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:59 pm**

I didn’t get an invite Eugen !

2C here, with 60 kilometre North wind.

Noel

Posted: **Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:48 pm**

Propane57 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:59 pm I didn’t get an invite Eugen !

2C here, with 60 kilometre North wind.

Noel

Come quick! A few pieces of lamb are still warm!

Posted: **Sun Apr 24, 2022 5:13 pm**

My grandson and I did some work on the chicken and duck runs today (wait for it )..... It was eggciting

Dave

Posted: **Fri May 20, 2022 11:41 am**

Wasn't as easy to drive it up the ramp as on youtube

Posted: **Fri May 20, 2022 8:26 pm**

At this moment….

Standing here waiting for the garden to grow. Apparently a watched pot doesn’t boil.

Posted: **Fri May 20, 2022 8:42 pm**

But that feeling that the garden is all set is great. How do you deal with the weeds?

Posted: **Fri May 20, 2022 8:55 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 8:42 pm But that feeling that the garden is all set is great. How do you deal with the weeds?

I was using and old walk behind tiller until the well worn Briggs engine finally shot craps. Last year I tried a hay mat and that was a disaster. This year I’m going back to a tiller. This time an old craftsman walk behind a coworker gave me. It’ll probably turn into a weed patch again this year, but we’ll still get plenty of veggies out of it!

Posted: **Sat May 21, 2022 6:18 am**

Eugen wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 8:42 pm But that feeling that the garden is all set is great. How do you deal with the weeds?

Tractor with cultivators and a hand hoe. That’s how I do the weeds.

Noel

Posted: **Sat May 21, 2022 6:50 am**

I use 21" rear tine tiller , torch , old faction hand tools , and my wife .

Dave

Posted: **Sat May 21, 2022 2:16 pm**

The loader on the Massey is sooo useful. I wasn't going to back the motorcycle down the ramp from the truck bed. This is much safer!

Posted: **Sat May 21, 2022 4:39 pm**

@Eugen Soon you will lift it with the backhoe and swing it on and off.

Spike

Posted: **Sat May 21, 2022 5:44 pm**

"Ummm... I found this motorcycle... Where should I put it?"

Posted: **Sat May 21, 2022 6:09 pm**

Good power equipment makes life so much easier!

Posted: **Sat May 21, 2022 6:24 pm**

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 6:50 am I use 21" rear tine tiller , torch , old faction hand tools , and my wife .

Dave

I'm thinking a thread about weed management in the garden would make sense in the gardening forum.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 10:16 am**

At this moment…

Been mowing a lot of wet grass. Time for some deck maintenance. This 648 sure is handy to have around!

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 10:29 am**

It really is amazing how many things you can do with the little loader. You wonder how you did anything before.

Someone down at the docks just caught his third pike. The big Keewatin is a popular destination for me and the boys to go for a stroll to. Beautiful sunny morning on this holiday.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 3:07 pm**

Thought I’d share this afternoon’s project here. Trying to bring this new holland 268 baler back to life after sitting a looooong time.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 4:41 pm**

@JSinMO what does it look like it needs to bring it back to life?

Today I finally got around to replace the steering pump on the truck. It was one of those easy jobs with no surprises. Yet.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 5:24 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 4:41 pm @JSinMO what does it look like it needs to bring it back to life?

Today I finally got around to replace the steering pump on the truck. It was one of those easy jobs with no surprises. Yet.

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So far it needs a lot of grease, a lot of oil, some beating with various hammers. It actually seems to be in pretty good shape. Just rusty and stuck from sitting. I’ve had it for a couple of years and who know how long it sat before that.

Glad you pump job went well! It’s nice when things go as they should.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 8:20 pm**

JSinMO wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 10:16 am At this moment…FBE82357-288D-47E4-82D5-5FDC056B3098.jpeg
Been mowing a lot of wet grass. Time for some deck maintenance. This 648 sure is handy to have around!

Once you have one you'll find many uses for it. If you ever sell it, you'll regret it. I like mine so much I purchased two. A 644lbh and a 646 loader with a rototiller and rear mowing deck. They are very uncommon in my area!

Keep the Peace

Harry

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 8:27 pm**

Harry wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 8:20 pm
JSinMO wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 10:16 am At this moment…FBE82357-288D-47E4-82D5-5FDC056B3098.jpeg
Been mowing a lot of wet grass. Time for some deck maintenance. This 648 sure is handy to have around!
Once you have one you'll find many uses for it. If you ever sell it, you'll regret it. I like mine so much I purchased two. A 644lbh and a 646 loader with a rototiller and rear mowing deck. They are very uncommon in my area!

Keep the Peace
Harry

Your right, im liking it more and more! The guys here told me it was a hard to come by unit. I believe them this is the only 600 series machine in seen around here.

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2022 11:48 am**

Never seen anything like this before. All of a sudden I hear what sounds like hundreds of bees. And then I see them!

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2022 12:09 pm**

Wow. I think that’s a sign your supposed to spend the day in the house!

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2022 12:32 pm**

Just the other day @Spike188 said he was setting up a trap for bees. This swarm would have been great for him!

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2022 12:55 pm**

Wow, @Eugen that is amazing. Unfortunately bee die off has been dramatic here this winter. We are starting to see some bumble bees but no honey bees in sight.

Spike.

Posted: **Thu May 26, 2022 5:36 pm**

I picked up this John Deere sickle mower a while back.

The PO told me the PTO shaft was bent. He wasn’t kidding!

Have I mentioned this 648 is rather handy to have around!

Posted: **Thu May 26, 2022 6:10 pm**

Hope you get it straight enough andnworking again! Now you gave me ideas for the hoe!

Are you planning on using the sickle mower? I got this one but would like to somehow adapt it to attach to the front of one of the Case garden tractors.

Posted: **Thu May 26, 2022 6:48 pm**

Is that a Taylor Forbes or a McCormick Deering sickle mower. ? Neat.

I think you would need bigger tractors than a Case or two Eugen. Your MH 33 would pull it nicely.

Noel

Posted: **Thu May 26, 2022 7:14 pm**

I think it's a McCormick.

Posted: **Thu May 26, 2022 7:29 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 6:10 pm Hope you get it straight enough andnworking again! Now you gave me ideas for the hoe!

Are you planning on using the sickle mower? I got this one but would like to somehow adapt it to attach to the front of one of the Case garden tractors.

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I got most of the bend out, but I can’t quite get enough force on it with the 648. I had the back wheels off the ground! That all the pressure I’m gonna get with it!
I have to figure another way to get the rest out.

Yes I plan to use it. I already tried it with the bend in it on a small patch.

. It works but is has a heck of a wobble. I don’t want to destroy the u joints.

On yours I think Noel has the idea. Your GT would have the horse power but I don’t know if you would have the torque. It might work on flat ground it good grass conditions. That’s a pretty heavy unit. I think it would have been a 2 horse set up back in the day. You could always hitch to the back of you GT and see how it tows around.
Like Noel said your Massey would handle it fine.

Posted: **Thu May 26, 2022 10:39 pm**

I can pull my Deering with my 4118. It's a handful. You have to put at least 150lbs on it to get enough traction. Cutting grass with a bunch of old dead underneath plugs it up. Clean grass or alfalfa would go ok.
Mine is for sale. Taken up space and doesn't get used.

I'm going to go with my AC/simplicity 4' and power it with a hydraulic motor. When I find the time

@Eugen if you power it off the belt or hydraulic you should be good.

Tim

Posted: **Thu May 26, 2022 10:45 pm**

@Timj yes, that's my plan, to use just he scissors and power it up either with belt off the front pto, or hydraulic motor. But I don't like it under me to the side, I want it in front like the Gravelys. Just dreams for now, I don't have the time or skills to fab that.

Posted: **Thu May 26, 2022 10:59 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 10:45 pm @Timj yes, that's my plan, to use just he scissors and power it up either with belt off the front pto, or hydraulic motor. But I don't like it under me to the side, I want it in front like the Gravelys. Just dreams for now, I don't have the time or skills to fab that.

That's me too, to many other projects and no time.
I've been doing a lot of thinking and planning, at this time, I'm really leaning towards mounting mine on the 3pt. Be easier than mid mount, more room and height adjustment, quick on and off, could use with deck on, and get a better view ahead of bar.

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 11:59 am**

I got my PTO shaft about as straight as I can get it. I think it will work.

I put the bucket of the 648 under the hitch of the M and used a 3ton jack to bring it in line. Harry was right I’m finding all kind of things this machine can do!

Eugen,
I was thinking of a set up like timj is doing. Your idea of putting the mower out in front is interesting. I hope you get get a chance to build it. That would be a cool build!

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 8:06 pm**

My first time to see a full rainbow and a piece of double rainbow.

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 8:31 pm**

Nice.

Noel.

Posted: **Sun May 29, 2022 1:26 pm**

Déjà vu

I noticed when I did this the other day my blades we’re worn out. New one came in. Back up on the air it goes!

Posted: **Sun May 29, 2022 6:28 pm**

JSinMO wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 1:26 pm Déjà vu
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I noticed when I did this the other day my blades we’re worn out. New one came in. Back up on the air it goes!

I see your using your 648 again on another project!

Keep the Peace

Harry

Posted: **Sun May 29, 2022 8:13 pm**

Harry wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 6:28 pm
JSinMO wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 1:26 pm Déjà vu
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I noticed when I did this the other day my blades we’re worn out. New one came in. Back up on the air it goes!
I see your using your 648 again on another project!

Keep the Peace
Harry

Yes sir!
I’ve been using it quite a bit for shop work. Any job I can give it thats saves my back!

Posted: **Sun May 29, 2022 9:49 pm**

Spending a little quality time with the ladies.

My Ingersoll is disassembled, my son's 442 needs new deck spindle bearings.

Doesn't this man own a lawnmower????

Posted: **Mon May 30, 2022 10:11 am**

@thebuildist that grass is trembling in fear already, at the thought of your tractor getting back in shape!

This may not apply to you, but from messages I have seen on Facebook groups, people in North America are very stressed when their lawn is not trimmed nicely. Because I grew up in a different culture, where the tradition is to have a flower garden instead of the front lawn, and a veggie garden in the backyard, it doesn't stress me that much seeing the grass high. I'm lucky my neighbours don't complain, as they have a beautiful lawn, everything is nicely and timely trimmed.

So, Bob, if it helps you, there are many parts of the world where people don't mow their lawns

Posted: **Mon May 30, 2022 10:39 am**

JSinMO wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 8:13 pm
Yes sir!
I’ve been using it quite a bit for shop work. Any job I can give it thats saves my back! 444305A4-8E83-4A10-8856-261B8788469B.jpeg

Fixing your back is a lot more expensive and painful than fixing a tractor, I'm with you on this Jeff!

Posted: **Mon May 30, 2022 4:09 pm**

My wife took a picture of son learning to drive the 648. He did great. He says he likes it!

Posted: **Mon May 30, 2022 8:36 pm**

Dream of any boy to play with a real digger. My boys can't wait until they're allowed to handle the tractors. Would've really liked a smaller backhoe like you have, in part to give them this opportunity; and maybe one day I'll find one.

Posted: **Tue May 31, 2022 6:26 am**

Eugen wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 8:36 pm Dream of any boy to play with a real digger. My boys can't wait until they're allowed to handle the tractors. Would've really liked a smaller backhoe like you have, in part to give them this opportunity; and maybe one day I'll find one.

Jake has been driving the mower for a couple years now (with blocks on the peddles ). But when I got hurt last summer and was riding the pine for a few months . Jake got a crash coarse in driving Frankie .

Fortunately with out any crashes .

He had to learn not only drive the tractor with a load out front , but also how to pick up a load with the forks on . Thank goodness he did pretty good for a 13 year old

. He gets a big kick out of it when he gets to drive it .

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:53 am**

A pleasure to swing the trusty old scythe through the tall rye grass!

To be fair, the Austrian blade is only 4 years old.

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:54 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:53 am A pleasure to swing the trusty old scythe through the tall rye grass!

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To be fair, the Austrian blade is only 4 years old.

When I was an early teenager . My grandpa taught me not only how to use one but how to keep it sharp .

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:18 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:53 am A pleasure to swing the trusty old scythe through the tall rye grass!

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To be fair, the Austrian blade is only 4 years old.

I don’t know how big of an area your doing, but I think you have more energy than I have! I would have to pull your sickle mower through it!

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 8:16 am**

It's not a large area Jeff, about 26x36 feet. Goes fast be caused the rye is stiff now. I plant it over the garden area as cover crop.

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:52 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:53 am A pleasure to swing the trusty old scythe through the tall rye grass!

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To be fair, the Austrian blade is only 4 years old.

Used one of those when I was a kid. Be to hard on a old fella like me. Might get twelve swipes and that would be it. Sharpness is the key of that tool, any tool for that matter.

Noel

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:10 pm**

Noel, it's quite hard on me back, the snath is too short so I have to bend over slightly. I tried hard to find a longer snath, but a new one is quite expensive.

Working the scythe is a matter of skill too. There is a certain movement that you're supposed to do and it makes the cutting really efficient, and much easier on the body. But you're right, sharpness is very important, and also important is the snath fit to the body.

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 4:48 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:10 pm Noel, it's quite hard on me back, the snath is too short so I have to bend over slightly. I tried hard to find a longer snath, but a new one is quite expensive.

Working the scythe is a matter of skill too. There is a certain movement that you're supposed to do and it makes the cutting really efficient, and much easier on the body. But you're right, sharpness is very important, and also important is the snath fit to the body.

That’s for sure, Eugen. You have to have the skill and movement. If I was sawing a piece of wood with a hand saw, my dad always said, let the saw do the work.
You have to have the skill and movement , but let the tool do the work. Don’t force it.

Noel

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 5:34 pm**

Propane57 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 4:48 pm
Eugen wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:10 pm Noel, it's quite hard on me back, the snath is too short so I have to bend over slightly. I tried hard to find a longer snath, but a new one is quite expensive.

Working the scythe is a matter of skill too. There is a certain movement that you're supposed to do and it makes the cutting really efficient, and much easier on the body. But you're right, sharpness is very important, and also important is the snath fit to the body.
That’s for sure, Eugen. You have to have the skill and movement. If I was sawing a piece of wood with a hand saw, my dad always said, let the saw do the work.
You have to have the skill and movement , but let the tool do the work. Don’t force it.

Noel

Never force it . Get a Bigger hammer .

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:41 pm**

duplicate

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:42 pm**

The kids and the grandkids just headed home. We had ourselves a bonfire complete with weenie roast, marshmallows, s'mores: the whole nine yards.

Now it's quiet time with just me and grandma.

Our daughter and her husband and baby are moving north to Indiana in just a few short weeks. We are sure going to miss them!

But for tonight everything could not be better in my world.

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:07 pm**

Sounds like a great time! That’s a nice patio set up!

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:58 pm**

Sounds like a great family time! Nice picture!

Posted: **Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:46 pm**

Out doing some yard work this evening and came up on this guy having dinner. I hope he sticks to honey suckle and leaves the garden alone!

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:04 am**

JSinMO wrote: ↑Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:46 pm 1520A36E-BC0F-475E-AAE6-3A499AB33D6C.jpeg
Out doing some yard work this evening and came up on this guy having dinner. I hope he sticks to honey suckle and leaves the garden alone!

We get deer coming into the garden too. My wife usually sprays a product called deer out to keep them in check.

Keep the Peace

Harry

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 8:11 am**

That's a nice Kodak moment!

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2022 8:45 pm**

Told the

if I was on death row I would have this as last dinner.

She said “Too Smokey”.
Now just chilling with beersky.

Knucken.

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2022 9:06 pm**

That looks like a great way to finish a Saturday! Especially with the nice weather we had. We had pizza take out as a treat for the hard day on the excavator but no pics

Now I ponder how nice it'd have been to have a bulldozer to level that ground.

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2022 9:18 pm**

Nice. Closest I came to a lawn tractor today was a push mower.

Posted: **Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:12 am**

FUTZ wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 8:45 pm Told the if I was on death row I would have this as last dinner. A0D57306-88F0-438B-9B57-42CE0118199A.jpeg
She said “Too Smokey”.
Now just chilling with beersky.
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Knucken.

Nice , Where's the puddle you are at . Nice looking spot .

Posted: **Sun Jun 12, 2022 10:20 am**

Hamburger with antlers, as far as I'm concerned! Some disassembly required.

Bob

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:01 pm**

I parked the old wagon out in the sun to dry out the floor and seal it. Came home tonight and moved it up to the shop. Thought the wife snapped a pretty good picture of the the M and wagon.

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:26 am**

Very nice.

Noel

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:59 am**

Great picture @JSinMO ! What are you planning to use the wagon for mostly?

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:25 am**

Nice looking rig! There's nothing quite like those old FarmAll's.

Is that your grandfather driving it?

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2022 5:40 pm**

Eugen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:59 am Great picture @JSinMO ! What are you planning to use the wagon for mostly?

Thanks!

I think we’ll use it as a utility wagon. Maybe haul some wood, maybe haul some dirt. If I actually ever start putting up hay we’ll bring bales in with it. It’s still in pretty good shape for being 50 or 60 years old. Then again the tractor that’s pulling it is 83 years old, so I guess it proves your equipment can last a long time when it’s given a little love.

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2022 5:45 pm**

thebuildist wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:25 am Nice looking rig! There's nothing quite like those old FarmAll's.

Is that your grandfather driving it?

LOL! No that’d be me driving. I wish I could tell you I’m wise beyond my years, but I can’t, I just look older than I really am!

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:28 pm**

I'm kidding, of Course!
Since I'm jealous of your tractor I had to josh you about looking old!

Bob

Posted: **Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:06 pm**

The weather finally cooled down some this evening and we decided to come down from the hills and check out the river this evening. Here’s a few pictures of the Mississippi.

: Here is a tow coming upriver to lock through the dam.

Here’s a couple of the lock and dam

Posted: **Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:15 pm**

Big River!

Posted: **Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:37 pm**

I’ve had a friend of mine take first cut hay off our field for a few years now. He baled today, looks pretty good.

I couldn’t get a picture, but we just saw a family of raccoons chasing a coyote across the field! Never seen that before. I bet there not that brave when the rest of the pack shows up!

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:04 am**

JSinMO wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 5:45 pm
thebuildist wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:25 am Nice looking rig! There's nothing quite like those old FarmAll's.

Is that your grandfather driving it?

I use to tell people I'm just a young guy with a lot of miles. Now I'm an old guy with more miles.

Keep the Peace
Harry

LOL! No that’d be me driving. I wish I could tell you I’m wise beyond my years, but I can’t, I just look older than I really am!