Not So Pro 3

[41FanForLife]

Good evening mfers.

Good evening mudder focker

 

[41FanForLife]

Niece's neighbor sent a very low hour 69 ford 2000
Backwards off a cliff
It landed way below this fence
It drops about 20ft

This is very steep
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He didn't get a scratch
Even though he is the only person I've ever seen wear a seatbelt on a tractor.
It took a John Deere 450
To pull it out
The Ford kept trying to turn over on it's side it's so steep.
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Duke took a header out of the Kawasaki mule
About 20mph
He saw a red squirrel and jumped for it
And rolled down the road.

Liked for squirrel chasing , not tractors over hillsides.

 

[GCJenks204]

Evening all. Couch time…

 

[Czed]

Any spare time I've had over the past three weekends has been working on getting this old girl running. As many would know, these old Cats have a 600cc 2 cylinder boxer petrol starting engine to start the diesel main engine. I had to rebuild the magneto and clean the carb out before I could get it to run and then had several adjustments to make to the engagement pinion before I could get the main diesel to start. Finally, on Saturday I got everything right and the main diesel made smoke - the first time in many years. Very very satisfying! The 87-year-old owner (on whose estate I cut wood) was absolutely thrilled. And for a machine built in 1940, I have to say the quality and engineering is superb - American engineering at its finest.
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Dad ran heavy equipment for about 60 years and loved caterpillars.
He was born in 1913 and was a combat engineer in the army in WW2 went to Germany
Building roads and bridges
He was 56 when
I was born in 70.

Internet pic.
He ran cable operated d8s alot
He'd go right over a mountain side
Cutting roads in
With no cab it was scary to watch when I was a kid.
And would be now
But now they have things like safety inspector's.

 

[dall]

Damn slackers

 

[Czed]

@USMC615
When you have guests over
Do they have to watch you eat?
Or do you share?

 

[Agent Smith]

@USMC615
When you have guests over
Do they have to watch you eat?
Or do you share?

First they go through lawn mower show and tell. Then if your participation was satisfactory, you get a plate

 

[41FanForLife]

Evening all. Couch time…

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Was the tri tip a success? Pictures make it look really good.

 

[Slumberjack]

These early ones have only three gauges total, fuel pressure (you can see this on the fuel filter tower just in front of the injection pump), oil pressure, and water temp, the last two are on the dash to the right of the pony flywheel. You know the best way to know if it's warm enough to start? Hold your hand on the block just behind the engagement levers.

Crazy how far along diesel technology has gone since early days pre diesel cycle of the hot bulb pretty amazing those old machines last forever if the weren’t abandoned or abused

 

[Dub11]

First they go through lawn mower show and tell. Then if your participation was satisfactory, you get a plate

I raffed.

 

[GCJenks204]

Was the tri tip a success? Pictures make it look really good.

The first thing I have made that wasn’t hotdogs that the 8 year said he liked and asked for more. I’ll call that a bonafide success.

 

[Agent Smith]

Crazy how far along diesel technology has gone since early days pre diesel cycle of the hot bulb pretty amazing those old machines last forever if the weren’t abandoned or abused

Yep. Its a shame newer diesels aren't even semi reliable. All guaranteed short life ticking time bombs

 

[Slumberjack]

Yep. Its a shame newer diesels aren't even semi reliable. All guaranteed short life ticking time bombs

Sad to say that’s the truth. They all junk now

 

[Slumberjack]

I raffed.

I pray arong

 

[Czed]

Yep. Its a shame newer diesels aren't even semi reliable. All guaranteed short life ticking time bombs

In looking at diesel tractors for my nephew
I was honestly surprised
To see sub 100hr tractors broke down.
several different brands not one in particular
One has 21hrs and the clutch tore itself apart.
Lots of electrical issues and no easy fixes.
The new Mahindra my nephew bought
Was the most simple design we looked at
But who knows.

 

[Czed]

Evening all. Couch time…

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Did you share?

 

[Slumberjack]

Sad to say that’s the truth. They all junk now

Newer baby duramax with all its temp equalization valves and aluminum head. Belt driven oil pump. Engineer of the engines state if you don’t overheat it it will last 200000 miles exact words

 

[Agent Smith]

In looking at diesel tractors for my nephew
I was honestly surprised
To see sub 100hr tractors broke down.
several different brands not one in particular
One has 21hrs and the clutch tore itself apart.
Lots of electrical issues and no easy fixes.
The new Mahindra my nephew bought
Was the most simple design we looked at
But who knows.

That's why I settled on my tractor. It's small but 0 emissions and mechanical everything except for a tiny little inexpensive lift pump if you want to call it that. Supposedly it just made the cut to be under the emissions bs

 

[Mastermind]

In looking at diesel tractors for my nephew
I was honestly surprised
To see sub 100hr tractors broke down.
several different brands not one in particular
One has 21hrs and the clutch tore itself apart.
Lots of electrical issues and no easy fixes.
The new Mahindra my nephew bought
Was the most simple design we looked at
But who knows.

My 2640 is showing 5900 hours or so....but it gets stuck and will go a month without clicking around to the next digit. No telling how many hours it really has.

 

[Agent Smith]

Newer baby duramax with all its temp equalization valves and aluminum head. Belt driven oil pump. Engineer of the engines state if you don’t overheat it it will last 200000 miles exact words

My old beat, lifter tick, 208,000 mile, oil puking 5.3 I'll trust any day to newer "technology "