Post by: Nick on September 02, 2019, 02:02:38 pm
Will have to edit some video from the day shortly...
Video added:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpHoYf_dVRI
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Dad pitching bundles with my kids on the rack (left)
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Playing while the baler was broke down
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Riding in on the rack with the last load before sunset
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Post by: jkbixby on September 02, 2019, 02:33:59 pm
Post by: jerseysteam on September 02, 2019, 03:35:05 pm
Post by: CBWho on September 02, 2019, 04:43:03 pm
Your local show?
Post by: Stoker on September 02, 2019, 05:53:01 pm
Great family event that lets kids know what life is all about early enough to be able to grasp the whole concept while growing up!
That is just GREAT!!!
Love the equipment on display at your very own "show" .... ;c)
Post by: St Paul Steam on September 02, 2019, 08:47:31 pm
Post by: Nick on September 02, 2019, 10:07:12 pm
Neat tractors
Your local show?
Yes, 10 minutes away at my dad's classmates family farm. Not sure that it could be called a show... more of a get-together, but just as fun as a show. Not even sure that we had two dozen people there this year, all the old-timers are passing away or in too rough of shape to make it out there :-\
Post by: Nick on September 02, 2019, 10:10:25 pm
That's certainly one heck of a long belt.
Great family event that lets kids know what life is all about early enough to be able to grasp the whole concept while growing up!
That is just GREAT!!!
Love the equipment on display at your very own "show" .... ;c)
Long belts are much easier to line up, slap around less and seem to give an increase in power. It rolls on to the side of the machine for storage and it looks like a longer one would fit on there.
My oldest son wanted to stay home, but I didn't dare leave my mom with him and a 3 week old. When we left he asked if he could go back over there every day :D He has no interest in tractors, but had fun in the straw pile and chasing the pigs and chickens around :D
My middle son however is in love with tractors, sleeps with a 1/64th toy Case traction engine, so maybe my collection has a place to go someday :D
Post by: Nick on September 04, 2019, 10:25:29 pm
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Post by: Nick on September 04, 2019, 11:47:10 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpHoYf_dVRI
Post by: Mi Steam on September 05, 2019, 01:49:35 am
Post by: classixs on September 05, 2019, 04:29:30 am
Some really cool old machinery there, thanks for sharing Nick.
Post by: St Paul Steam on September 05, 2019, 05:49:32 am
Post by: Swift Fox on September 05, 2019, 08:40:02 am
Post by: Nick on September 05, 2019, 11:04:51 pm
the old machinery works jut fine Nick, & your bargain tractor putts right along, more importantly I like how you have your boys there to be part of the process ,even if they're just sitting there quietly & watching. Good stuff.
Thanks Bruce (and all), but nope, not my bargain F-14... that's a friend's F-20 that was an even better deal than mine at only a couple hundred bucks. Hiding them in the corner of the rack was about the only safe place to keep them ;)
Post by: Nick on September 08, 2019, 11:26:23 am
https://youtu.be/hXj5qEHIPEM
Post by: Stoker on September 12, 2019, 11:57:06 am
But oh my does that "contraption" look like a first class OSHA alert!!! ;c)
Post by: Nick on September 12, 2019, 07:56:39 pm
But oh my does that "contraption" look like a first class OSHA alert!!! ;c)
I had my eyes on the kids all the time and think I explained to them over a hundred times how important it was to stay away from the belts.
Post by: Empire man 202 on October 01, 2019, 11:14:16 am
Post by: Nick on October 02, 2019, 09:23:48 am
Nice very nice would love to have a few tractors like that
Thanks Stewart, most of these tractors are cheaper than our toy steam engines, just not as easy to store :D