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Sloroll

03-03-2005 16:41:22

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I decided I had to run to the farm this afternoon so here they are! The cause of my flame throwing vaccume cleaner and the thighmusher 300U. I am looking forward to getting them here.

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John A.

03-03-2005 19:04:10

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 16:41:22

Sloroll, Huba, Huba, Huba!!! What a Darlin. All she needs is a bath, some new front shoes. and a good going over and she looks ready for business. And her little sister will work for me anywhere, anytime!
Are you going to keep or lose the cab? Glad you are getting them.
Later,
John A.

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Sloroll

03-03-2005 19:22:32

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to John A., 03-03-2005 19:04:10

I'll keep the cab and add a loader I have a lot of snow to remove!

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John A.

03-04-2005 04:43:42

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 19:22:32

Sloroll, May I suggest since you are putting a loader on her go with a set of 20 ply airplains tires for the front. I have my 966 set since 1996. I used my factory rims and they work great for they do not squat when you have a really heavy load on.
The only drawback is in the mud you will also use your brakes to help turn.
The ones that fit a 966 are the nose wheel tires from a Boeing 727. They have a lip built on the tire , that is a brake guard, just turn it out.
Anyway, just my suggestion.
Later,
John A.

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Sloroll

03-04-2005 06:37:01

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to John A., 03-04-2005 04:43:42

Not a bad Idea. The old girl will be used mostly on sod now anyway and i don't want to tear things up with heavy ribs. Now if I can only locate someone familliar with an aircraft mechanic to get a good set of used ones....

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John A.

03-04-2005 20:25:13

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-04-2005 06:37:01

Sloroll, Call Gensco @ Houston Texas. Their # is 800-633-5287. You can get used, or new ( which is a new recap on a older carcas. Don't get the wheels they sell. The offset of the center part of the wheel is 1/2 in to deep. When mounted on the tractor,jacked up, the clearence is less than 1/4 inch. After you set the tractor back down the tire just rubs a touch. Then put a load in the bucket and it realy rubs hard.
Just get the tire and use your rims. The last question you have to answer is wheather to tube the tire! or Get that sealer they sell and run the tire tubeless.
A good tire shop with a machine can turn the tires onto your rims. I have been very happy with mine, hope you are too.
Later,
John A.

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Farmallkid From Ont,

03-03-2005 17:02:42

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 16:41:22

Are they both original? I heard the story of the 966 and jet vaccumm, laughed my head off at that. Why is the utility called a thighmusher????

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Sloroll

03-03-2005 17:11:37

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Farmallkid From Ont,, 03-03-2005 17:02:42

The clutch on that old hog about destroyed my left leg. I would haul sunshine all day and (true) my left leg would shake so much I could hardly walk that evening. I am a big fellow too. If it would have been a right hand (foot) clutch I would have been one H3ll of a place kicker. As it is I made mom but me two different sized blue jeans and sew the larger leg on the left side. I would scoop poo untill I started running into the barnand fence then brake for an hour or so to give my leg a break. I love the tractor! Hate the clutch!

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big fred

03-03-2005 19:40:43

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 17:11:37

Ain't that the truth! My left knee is my arthritic one, and after just a couple hours on the 300U I've had about all I can take for a week or so. Love the tractor, though. :O)

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Allan in NE

03-03-2005 16:55:06

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 16:41:22

Took a few libertys with yer picture. Gulp!

My word! She is georgous!! Looks to me like all it needs is a good dusting from settin' in the barn.

Can I come help? Wow! Love these old IHs. Good catch on that one!

Allan

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Allan in NE

03-03-2005 16:56:56

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Allan in NE, 03-03-2005 16:55:06

Looks like maybe your dad added the pre-cleaner?

Allan

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Sloroll

03-03-2005 17:06:55

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Allan in NE, 03-03-2005 16:56:56

No, it came with the tractor. It belonged to ISU and had a fire under the hood. We got a heck of a bargain on it. I really haven't run it much (or even seen it)in the last 15 to 20 years. Dad just has used the bush hog on it. The front tires are pretty bald but have never been replaced. It hasn't been used much. I need to look into a slipping pto (sigh) and the left rear rim is pretty coroded. I looked her over pretty good and it is in pretty decent condition. If you like I'll e-mail you a few more pics. the tach reads 4700hrs. I believe it was rebuilt at 2700. I am really tickled that I got her before it was sold off to another.

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Allan in NE

03-03-2005 17:11:35

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 17:06:55

Must be what? A '73 with that white cab?

You bet! I'll take all the pictures I can get of that thing!

Allan

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Sloroll

03-03-2005 17:13:13

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Allan in NE, 03-03-2005 17:11:35

I believe we were told a 72 but I have never checked the serial numbers so 73 may be right.

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Sloroll

03-03-2005 16:42:39

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 16:41:22

Thighmusher

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Brian in NE

03-03-2005 19:16:51

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 16:42:39

I noticed that your 300 has a Stan Hoist loader on it. My dad had one on our 50 H and yes I did scoop poo with that, no live hydraulics!

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PAULIH300

03-03-2005 16:50:19

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 16:42:39

That Ute image didnt come out too good...

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Allan in NE

03-03-2005 17:05:58

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to PAULIH300, 03-03-2005 16:50:19

Here ya go, Paul

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Sloroll

03-03-2005 16:59:56

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to PAULIH300, 03-03-2005 16:50:19

Yah, the shed was kinda dark. It is about to be torn down so the electricity is disconected. The loader hides most of the old girl. Back before we got her, probably around 62 someone put white paint on it to make it look like a 350U. We have owned it since 64 did all our farming with the little thing until I was about to graduate high school. We then got the 966 and an Allis 190. around 78 or 79.

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PAULIH300

03-03-2005 17:09:10

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 16:59:56

300U owners unite! lol

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big fred

03-03-2005 19:38:31

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to PAULIH300, 03-03-2005 17:09:10

Yessiree! Here's mine after clearing a spot in the blackberry/salmonberry/nettle jungle a few years back. Note the blackberry vines on the headlight bars. The growth was about 9 ft high in places. It was also a very warm day, and I was wearing a longsleeve shirt, a quilted flannel shirt, hardhat and safety goggles. Sweated up a storm. Your pic looks like a much more comfortable situation.

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Sloroll

03-03-2005 19:55:05

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to big fred, 03-03-2005 19:38:31

Boy I would have loved that seat. Ours was allways missing a pad on the backrest it seems. The lower seat was pretty tin. Good thing I wasn't~

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big fred

03-04-2005 06:58:57

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 19:55:05

Sloroll, I made those seat cushions. Pretty easy, the bottom was two layers of 3 inch foam on a piece of 3/4 plywood, with some fabric store naugahyde stapled over it. The back was 3 laminations of 1/8 plywood laminated with Weldwood resin glue. When I glued them up I clamped them to a form cut from a 2 by 6 to make the curve. Again, a layer of 3 inch foam with a naugahyde cover. I think the whole works cost me about 12 bucks, and it's oh, so comfy. :o)

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Sloroll

03-04-2005 07:36:43

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Re: Fer Allen.. Mah 966 an 300u Thigh maker in reply to big fred, 03-04-2005 06:58:57

Great Idea the IH ones don't hold up and as I get older "Comfy" is getting more and more desireable.

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Sloroll

03-03-2005 17:15:50

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Yup in reply to PAULIH300, 03-03-2005 17:09:10

If the photo wasn't so dark mine looks JUST like that! :? ) Someday.. Sharp 300u! Good job!

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PAULIH300

03-03-2005 17:19:30

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Re: Yup in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 17:15:50

Far from done on it.Come good weather,I have tons to do.Thankfully it runs very good,and starts even better! However,most everything else needs freshening.Its lived an abusive life....

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Sloroll

03-03-2005 17:35:32

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Re: Yup in reply to PAULIH300, 03-03-2005 17:19:30

This old girl of mine wasn't babied either. It will require a complete gutting and refurbishing. It still runs better than it should, the clutch still is a pain in the leg and starts great. Dad converted it to 12v after I left home. saved all the generator stuf and didn't cut things up when doing it. The exhaust has always exited the top since we have had it.

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PAULIH300

03-03-2005 17:38:18

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Re: Yup in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 17:35:32

Funny thing about mine,I dont find the clutch pressure excessive.The travel is what drives me nuts.

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Sloroll

03-03-2005 17:47:18

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Re: Yup in reply to PAULIH300, 03-03-2005 17:38:18

Have you ever hauled poo with it? A lot of it was the travel and the repetitiveness. 5ft forward, clutch, reverse, clutch, scoop clutch. Kinda like Jed clampet stumpen at a ho down. Once the leg gets tired holding the clutch down that last inch against the foot plate required me at 225lb (highschool weight) to stand up to clutch all the way.

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PAULIH300

03-03-2005 18:11:21

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Re: Yup in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 17:47:18

Using the loader for snowbank work is rather similar...drive forward,sink into snowbank,clutch in,raise bucket,drive forward,stop,back up,stop,go forward,stop at different snowbank,dump load,repeat process over and over....

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iester

03-03-2005 18:58:55

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Re: Yup in reply to PAULIH300, 03-03-2005 18:11:21

Paul. Stop that!!! just kidding,every time you post picture i want to go to shed and work on 350u. I need warmer weather ...Some day soon..I hope to post picture. lol

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iester

03-03-2005 19:11:37

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Re: Yup in reply to iester, 03-03-2005 18:58:55

Curious about your battery cover?

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PAULIH300

03-03-2005 19:21:05

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Re: Yup in reply to iester, 03-03-2005 19:11:37

The battery is in a marine battery box.I also have a master disconnect on the negative side inside the box.When I first saw a battery sitting between where my legs would go I freaked out.No way I was going to sit behind a battery that could spill acid/explode uncontained.The battery box also keeps the post from accidentally shorting against the dash.I run rubber post covers even though its inside the box.
The battery is a NASCAR Select,and cranks with authority even when below zero.I have reapplied the shift diagram and warning decals atop the box cover.

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iester

03-03-2005 19:34:21

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Re: Yup in reply to PAULIH300, 03-03-2005 19:21:05

My thinking too.need some type of protection in case of type of electrical problem

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PAULIH300

03-03-2005 19:42:37

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Time Machine in reply to iester, 03-03-2005 19:34:21

What I wouldnt give for a chance to move back into time...to the development stage of the Ute.A few helpful hints for IH toward future advances/upgrades that I had learned of by my being in present-day time....come 2004,the 300U I bought would have been a slightly better engineered machine.
Toughen up the TA,conceal the battery,and do something about the dreaded steering box issue.Would they even listen to me? Probably not,but it would be neat to try anyway....

Back to the Future? Quantum Leap?
Nawww...its not possible....

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Sloroll

03-03-2005 19:25:14

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Re: Yup in reply to PAULIH300, 03-03-2005 19:21:05

I never thought of the explosion factor betwixed my legs... Heck If it would have happened it would have kept me out of some trouble later I suppose...

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iester

03-03-2005 19:40:19

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Re: Yup in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 19:25:14

Good one Ha Ha..

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PAULIH300

03-03-2005 19:35:41

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Re: Yup in reply to Sloroll, 03-03-2005 19:25:14

Call it more of a phobia than anything else.I had never seen anything with such disregard for operator safety/well-being than a battery placed where that one is.To think they had a cigarette lighter socket on the dash...right above a battery pumping acid vapors out when charging!I consider this 300U more of an updating rather than a "restoration".Fix what the factory didnt/couldnt do,to move it into the 20th century anyway (alternator,electronic ignition,12V neg,gauze air filter,modern fluids...etc)..if they made an EFI system I probably would go for that too...however this starts/runs excellently without such an advance.

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iester

03-03-2005 20:22:53

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Re: Yup in reply to PAULIH300, 03-03-2005 19:35:41

I agree

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PAULIH300

03-03-2005 19:11:26

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Re: Yup in reply to iester, 03-03-2005 18:58:55

No chance of warmer weather here.I'm highly frustrated.So much to do,so little time...

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B Watson

03-03-2005 20:39:42

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Re: Yup in reply to PAULIH300, 03-03-2005 19:11:26

Paul:

You've cleaned that old girl up nicely,I'm a little ashamed as I think you bought that one right around the time I got mine, and she's no prettier than the day I got her (but it runs).

I think I've got a line on a loader for mine, but I'm trying to think of how to hook up the hydraulics, next time you've got your camera out would you mind taking a pic of how you've got the loader hooked to the hydraulic?

thanks

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