706 German Diesel VS Tornado

Kippster · Jul 30, 2009

Just thought y'all might find this one amusing. A fella that I worked for had a 706 with the german motor in it. She was always a miserable thing to start. Crank for a good 25 seconds or better. A large tornado took the barn, house, and a brand new pickup, left an olds 88 and the machine shed. After the twister,the ol 706 was the only tractor that was operational. (the 574 had a 2x2 through the radiator, tornado inflicted) So that's what we decided to use to start cleaning up. Boss's wife climbed up on the 706 and fired it up.....in about 4 revolutions! Out of all the things that twister destroyed, it found in it's cold relentless heart to, not only spare, but FIX an old IH tractor!!! Just thought y'all might get a kick out of that one!! Kippster

Andy Martin · Jul 30, 2009

The tornado didn't fix the tractor, it just scared it half to death and it figured it'd better shape up. It will probably get over it and go back to being stubborn. Mules do.

Kippster · Jul 30, 2009

Actually Andy, that happened better than 18 years ago and the tractor still starts with no problems, even in cold weather! I'm about ready to take my cousin's massey 1155 out to tornado alley and see if they can "scare" that one into shape!!!

wolfman · Jul 31, 2009

Sounds like Boss' wife knew about the start advance!

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