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Ellis Kinney · Feb 22, 2015

Northern Ky. 30 miles east of Cincinnati. Got
about a foot on the ground. The temp has been in
the minus numbers for a few days. It warmed up to
20 today so I decided to shovel the driveway. Two new Titans helped a lot. I
got my new heated seat installed just in time.
Ellis

rankrank1 · Feb 22, 2015

Tells us more about the heated seat. (e.g. your fanny heats it?, you use the little hunter chemical throwaway packs?, or a real genuine heated seat like snowmobilers would use powered off of 12 volt battery power?)

Also what kind of hitch you got on the ole M. Fast hitch or 3 point? Got any rear view pics of the hitch and blade.

Dave H (MI) · Feb 22, 2015

I know you don't normally get a lot of snow down there but, well I am sure you know this...your blade is turned around the wrong way! 8)

Ellis Kinney · Feb 22, 2015

Gravel driveway, If I turn the blade the other way I dig into the gravel. It really works well this way. Ellis

Ellis Kinney · Feb 22, 2015

Here is a picture of the same M but with a 35-90
Land Pride finish mower on it. Shows the 3 point
hitch. I put a pack of toastie toes in my pocket
for the heated seat. Ellis

wilson ind · Feb 22, 2015

Have a nice SMTA set up like yours with blade. Just too old and lazy to use it.. Dont need to get out till drive thaws!!Retirement has perks.

Farmaller · Feb 22, 2015

I like those fenders, what kind are they, that's a nice set up.

Ellis Kinney · Feb 23, 2015

Farmaller, I had the good fortune to teach machine shop, welding and drafting for 30 years. The fenders have the same shape as the original fenders, but I designed them to be slightly taller than the tractor tires to be easier to hold on to. The fan part is 1/4 inch in thickness and the flairs are 2 inches wide and 1/8 in thickness. I have 3 M Farmalls and I only made one set of fenders. Dumb me. Thanks for asking, Ellis

JakeBrakeIH · Feb 23, 2015

I've been getting a lot of use of my Super C and Fast Hitch blade! Getting tired of the snow but still a good excuse to use the ol Farmall

JakeBrakeIH · Feb 23, 2015

Hmm cant figure out why I cant add more than one picture at a time on the old version? My work blocked the Modern style...

JakeBrakeIH · Feb 23, 2015

Last one lol.

mkirsch · Feb 23, 2015

(quoted from post at 10:10:29 02/22/15) I know you don't normally get a lot of snow down there but, well I am sure you know this...your blade is turned around the wrong way! 8)

I've never understood why people PULL the snow.

You're driving through the unplowed snow, compromising your traction and packing the snow down ahead of the blade.

fastfarmall · Feb 23, 2015

Ellis, I was going to say i will buy about 2-3 sets from you !!

Ellis Kinney · Feb 24, 2015

2 reasons (1) my grader blade jumps and hops if I
plow backwards, I think it does this because it
has no down pressure. (2) I have a steep spot at
the end of my driveway, and even with new tires
the tractor spins and slips sometimes. I get your
point though. Ellis

Ellis Kinney · Feb 24, 2015

fastfarmall---I appreciate your interest in the fenders. They would cost a small fortune if I had to buy all the steel, and then charge for the fabrication and welding. I can't even afford to build myself another pair. As a teacher I could use scrap or sometimes donated materials and have a project for kids who couldn't afford materials on their own. This helped kids pass the class and me with farm projects. Sorry Ellis

rankrank1 · Feb 25, 2015

Looks like going forward is working quite okay in working towards the goal of getting that driveway cleared to me.

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to get it done with the limitations of the equipment at hand. Old antique tractors are usually limited in gear choices as it is. That said going forward gives you 4 working speeds (not counting road gear) compared to only 1 reverse gear so an advantage.

Also very few tractors have down pressure on the 3 point so they want to ride up when you push in reverse unless the blade is real heavy. 3 point arms are designed for pulling anyway and very suspectible to getting bent when pushing (although it can be done with care).

Good job plowing that snow and good job on the custom fenders too.

J.Wondergem · Feb 26, 2015

(quoted from post at 12:22:05 02/22/15) Tells us more about the heated seat. (e.g. your fanny heats it?, you use the little hunter chemical throwaway packs?, or a real genuine heated seat like snowmobilers would use powered off of 12 volt battery power?)

Also what kind of hitch you got on the ole M. Fast hitch or 3 point? Got any rear view pics of the hitch and blade.

Hey rankrank, what kind of snowmobile has a seat warmer? Mine sure don't. It has hand and throttle warmers, but have never heard of a seat warmer. I think it would give you a wet butt.

rankrank1 · Feb 26, 2015

I have no idea what brands of snowmobiles might have heated seats, I just figured some did by now due to the other warmers like grips, throttle warmers, etc that are available on them.

Some cars even have heated seats so if someone wanted to install an old car seat on their tractor well they would have a heated seat.

I was just curious what Ellis had since I could tell his seat was not stock and he mentioned the heated seat...

Redturbo · Feb 26, 2015

Arctic Cat & Yamaha have heated seats, they work very well.

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