DIS Dads DDC XVIII - Spring Fever!

[afwdwfan]

Look nice. What's the HP rating?

Stock is 230... at least that's what the book says. It has a Cummins 855 engine which was used in all of the Versatile tractors in that series (even the bigger ones). This one was rebuilt a couple of years ago and I can assure you it is well over that 230 number. It can pull circles around my uncle's new 280 hp Deere, so it has to be at least 300hp.

 

[alanapapa]

I don't like to see it though. We don't have a problem running old equipment as long as it is mechanically sound. Heck, a tractor like that one is very easy to work on. These newer ones take computer diagnostics, $80/hour shop rates and a bunch of electronic components to fix them. The thing is though, we take good care of our equipment. We have a couple of tractors older than this one that my Grandpa bought brand new in the 70's. We've kept them inside when we don't use them, wash them regularly and even wax them every couple of years or so. They still look very clean and well cared for. It just kind of bothers me seeing this one in it's condition. It really is a good tractor, but the guy who used to own it didn't keep it in a shed so it is just weathered badly.

When I was working for my Dad's paving company we kept getting asked about one piece of equipment we had as it was a 1948 Water Pull (very big water tank on wheels). Dad and the mechanic kept all the equipment in great condition considering we were a construction company. I remember having to go to a factory to get a part cast for this piece of equipment as there was nothing close that could be found, even in junk yards. When Dad finally closed down the company and sold off the equipment, some of the used Caterpillers sold for more than other brands were being sold new.

 

[Emma's Dad]

Morning guys! It's Friday And it's 5:00 somewhere ....

 

[GorshGoofy]

Good morning, gentlemen!!

Morning Dads...

I've had this sharp pain in my neck for alomst 2 weeks now.

I thought it was just muscle pain, maybe slept wrong...

Haven't done anything about it, just waiting for it to go away.

It hasn't.

So I made a Dr. appt. today at 10:45 am.

Sounds painful. Hope you get a good report!

:whisper: 8 Days! :whisper:

:shoooo: :mute button on: Time to start counting hours! Have a great trip! :mute button off:

Morning Men!!

Its finally Friday, and Im listening to the Soarin, the full audio. Queue music, Boarding, the Ride and the Exit spiel. Got to love it!

Matt

Now that's the way to start the day!

 

[Emma's Dad]

Our first soccer game is scheduled for 9:30 tomorrow morning. Only thing is... forecast is calling for rain/thunderstorms. Even a little rain tonight will likely cause the club to cancel games as the ground is saturated from recent rain. DD is really looking forward to playing... as are all the girls on the team.

 

[katoot]

Morning guys! It's Friday And it's 5:00 somewhere ....

Well, it's 11pm on Friday here, and I'm close to finishing my 1.6 liter bottle.

 

[Emma's Dad]

Tonights picture from the farm...

We pretty much have everything done that we can do at this point so this rig is done until we're ready to start working ground right before it gets planted. I had it in the shop tonight to change oil and do routine maintenance. Also, we had some parts ordered for the cultivator that just came in, so we'll probably start working on that while it is backed in there.

Wow... I just imagined putting a go cart track inside that garage! Very cool!

 

[Emma's Dad]

Well, it's 11pm on Friday here, and I'm close to finishing my 1.6 liter bottle.

1.6L bottle? Sounds like an engine spec.

 

[DisDadDoc]

BAAAAA BAAAAA

Man I can't believe you are back!! Wish I could just "run off to Disney" on a whim! Hmmm.. Think I will take the kids to Disney! Now that we've done that... Eh.. Let's take an adult trip as well!! must be nice to be Chris!

Aren't you taking a TWO WEEK trip this summer?

Not envious at all!!

But nice correct usage of envious (as opposed to jealous)

 

[wasnotafan]

I just changed my title to baaaa baaaaa! if i am going be treated like the black sheep I am just going to embrace my persona!

A good TV show back in the day...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073961/plotsummary

 

[wasnotafan]

Morning Dads...

I've had this sharp pain in my neck for alomst 2 weeks now.

I thought it was just muscle pain, maybe slept wrong...

Haven't done anything about it, just waiting for it to go away.

It hasn't.

So I made a Dr. appt. today at 10:45 am.

Ouch. Hope he sets you right. I've got one but it was caused by sleeping in the recliner. The whole family has had a bug and I didn't want it. I may have been better off. I've got another sharp pain lower in the anatomy but that won't go away until someone retires!

 

[theduck619]

Getting some rain here in central IN....finally

 

[GorshGoofy]

All this talk of tractors and life on the farm reminds me of my childhood. When I was very young we would often visit my maternal grandparents. I would tag along with my grandpa. I rode with him on his tractor, the high boy, the hay bailer, and his old pick up truck. I liked to ride in the back of that old truck. Had to be careful where I stepped since the cows and pigs he occasionally carried in the back always left their calling cards. I picked cotton with a field crew in 1961 as a 6 year old boy.

I learned some great lessons from my grandpa.

1.) Don't stand in the bed of the old pickup behind the driver's side since grandpa "chawed tabakker".

2.) Don't sit on the silver tube. Grandpa once loaded that silver tube with about 8 D-cell batteries. One little touch of that silver tube to a cantankerous old sow's butt and she complained loudly ... but she went where grandpa wanted her to go!

3.) When grandpa wants to "blast a stump" it's best to stand a long way away!

4.) There's something special about stopping by an old country store for an RC Cola and a moon pie!

I was with my grandpa one time when he had to plow a small garden. Rather than use a tractor he hitched up and old mule to a plow. But that old mule didn't seem to understand what grandpa wanted him to do. So, grandpa sent me to the house. He told me he needed to talk to that old mule. It took me years to understand why that old mule wasn't listening to what grandpa was saying.

Those were good years!

 

[DisDadDoc]

All this talk of tractors and life on the farm reminds me of my childhood. When I was very young we would often visit my maternal grandparents. I would tag along with my grandpa. I rode with him on his tractor, the high boy, the hay bailer, and his old pick up truck. I liked to ride in the back of that old truck. Had to be careful where I stepped since the cows and pigs he occasionally carried in the back always left their calling cards. I picked cotton with a field crew in 1961 as a 6 year old boy.

I learned some great lessons from my grandpa.

1.) Don't stand in the bed of the old pickup behind the driver's side since grandpa "chawed tabakker".

2.) Don't sit on the silver tube. Grandpa once loaded that silver tube with about 8 D-cell batteries. One little touch of that silver tube to a cantankerous old sow's butt and she complained loudly ... but she went where grandpa wanted her to go!

3.) When grandpa wants to "blast a stump" it's best to stand a long way away!

4.) There's something special about stopping by an old country store for an RC Cola and a moon pie!

I was with my grandpa one time when he had to plow a small garden. Rather than use a tractor he hitched up and old mule to a plow. But that old mule didn't seem to understand what grandpa wanted him to do. So, grandpa sent me to the house. He told me he needed to talk to that old mule. It took me years to understand why that old mule wasn't listening to what grandpa was saying.

Those were good years!

Great farm stories guys!

Morning Dads...

I've had this sharp pain in my neck for alomst 2 weeks now.

I thought it was just muscle pain, maybe slept wrong...

Haven't done anything about it, just waiting for it to go away.

It hasn't.

So I made a Dr. appt. today at 10:45 am.

Good luck, Brian! Hope you get an answer and some relief!

 

[afwdwfan]

When I was working for my Dad's paving company we kept getting asked about one piece of equipment we had as it was a 1948 Water Pull (very big water tank on wheels). Dad and the mechanic kept all the equipment in great condition considering we were a construction company. I remember having to go to a factory to get a part cast for this piece of equipment as there was nothing close that could be found, even in junk yards. When Dad finally closed down the company and sold off the equipment, some of the used Caterpillers sold for more than other brands were being sold new.

There's a lot of truth to "they don't build 'em like they used to."

This new equipment with all of it's technology is absolutely wonderful... when it works. When it doesn't, it gets very expensive, very fast.

An old tractor like that one can be worked on in our shop, with a Craftsman wrench, and very little mechanical experience.

Wow... I just imagined putting a go cart track inside that garage! Very cool!

I know you can get a 4 wheeler sliding around it pretty quick.

Getting some rain here in central IN....finally

It's about time!

All this talk of tractors and life on the farm reminds me of my childhood. When I was very young we would often visit my maternal grandparents. I would tag along with my grandpa. I rode with him on his tractor, the high boy, the hay bailer, and his old pick up truck. I liked to ride in the back of that old truck. Had to be careful where I stepped since the cows and pigs he occasionally carried in the back always left their calling cards. I picked cotton with a field crew in 1961 as a 6 year old boy.

I learned some great lessons from my grandpa.

1.) Don't stand in the bed of the old pickup behind the driver's side since grandpa "chawed tabakker".

2.) Don't sit on the silver tube. Grandpa once loaded that silver tube with about 8 D-cell batteries. One little touch of that silver tube to a cantankerous old sow's butt and she complained loudly ... but she went where grandpa wanted her to go!

3.) When grandpa wants to "blast a stump" it's best to stand a long way away!

4.) There's something special about stopping by an old country store for an RC Cola and a moon pie!

I was with my grandpa one time when he had to plow a small garden. Rather than use a tractor he hitched up and old mule to a plow. But that old mule didn't seem to understand what grandpa wanted him to do. So, grandpa sent me to the house. He told me he needed to talk to that old mule. It took me years to understand why that old mule wasn't listening to what grandpa was saying.

Those were good years!

Definitely thumbs!

 

[Emma's Dad]

All this talk of tractors and life on the farm reminds me of my childhood. When I was very young we would often visit my maternal grandparents. I would tag along with my grandpa. I rode with him on his tractor, the high boy, the hay bailer, and his old pick up truck. I liked to ride in the back of that old truck. Had to be careful where I stepped since the cows and pigs he occasionally carried in the back always left their calling cards. I picked cotton with a field crew in 1961 as a 6 year old boy.

I learned some great lessons from my grandpa.

1.) Don't stand in the bed of the old pickup behind the driver's side since grandpa "chawed tabakker".

2.) Don't sit on the silver tube. Grandpa once loaded that silver tube with about 8 D-cell batteries. One little touch of that silver tube to a cantankerous old sow's butt and she complained loudly ... but she went where grandpa wanted her to go!

3.) When grandpa wants to "blast a stump" it's best to stand a long way away!

4.) There's something special about stopping by an old country store for an RC Cola and a moon pie!

I was with my grandpa one time when he had to plow a small garden. Rather than use a tractor he hitched up and old mule to a plow. But that old mule didn't seem to understand what grandpa wanted him to do. So, grandpa sent me to the house. He told me he needed to talk to that old mule. It took me years to understand why that old mule wasn't listening to what grandpa was saying.

Those were good years!

90% of he population today would not be able to understand/relate what you have written here. I'm glad I do.

Have you guys heard about the rules the government is trying to put in place to protect kids from farming accidents? Basically to keep all kids under 18 from working on a farm??

It’s a bill called the Preserving America’s Family Farm Act

It seems the government is trying more and more these days to control everything.

 

[stopher1]

And it continues to roll right along.



Hello all. Hope you're doing well.

Just stopped by checking on a couple of other threads and thought I'd say hi.
Haven't been on the boards much the past week or so.

 

[carlnix30]

Aren't you taking a TWO WEEK trip this summer?

What? Uhhhm... I forgot! and going back in January for a little weekend gettaway. And September for my bird day! But you already went!! I want to "already went and go again" too!

But nice correct usage of envious (as opposed to jealous)

I dun knowd that the thee a saurus wood help with the big wurds!!

 

[DisDadDoc]

Hello all. Hope you're doing well.

Stopher!

 

[AirGoofy]

Our first soccer game is scheduled for 9:30 tomorrow morning. Only thing is... forecast is calling for rain/thunderstorms. Even a little rain tonight will likely cause the club to cancel games as the ground is saturated from recent rain. DD is really looking forward to playing... as are all the girls on the team.

We started last weekend but have same forecast for this weekend. I have to ref 2 games. I hate playing in rain.

But nice correct usage of envious (as opposed to jealous)

The grammar pirate pillages again.

All this talk of tractors and life on the farm reminds me of my childhood. When I was very young we would often visit my maternal grandparents. I would tag along with my grandpa. I rode with him on his tractor, the high boy, the hay bailer, and his old pick up truck. I liked to ride in the back of that old truck. Had to be careful where I stepped since the cows and pigs he occasionally carried in the back always left their calling cards. I picked cotton with a field crew in 1961 as a 6 year old boy.

I learned some great lessons from my grandpa.

Those were good years!

My grandad had 2 lakes in his farms. He overstocked them one year that I could cast and within seconds, get a strike. The best fishing ever.