Tractor Therapy and Hooters!

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James Howell

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• Dec 30, 2011

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Walked up to the hay barn yesterday afternoon and cranked up "1011" one of our 53 Model 70s.

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Drove down to the equipment shed and checked on the log splitter.

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Decided to drive down to the bottom and check for any "pig damage" from the resident wild hog.

While slowly driving down the trail, started thinking about the upcoming new year and remembered that it was time replace my calendar.

Always look forward to the new year and a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuuIr-mNfoU">sneak preview of the Hooters calender</A>.

Wishing y'all a safe and happy new year.

 

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bill mart

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• Dec 30, 2011

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have you considered dispatching the resident hog? bill m.

 

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James Howell

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• Dec 30, 2011

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Yes, Nancy is the self-appointed dispatcher of wild hogs.

She's always checking the fields for pig damage.

Shouldered her rifle one afternoon and headed for the woods.

I'll let her tell the story.

 

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kruser

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• Dec 30, 2011

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Happy New Years - James and Nancy
(But seems like Nancy does all the WORK)

glennsters "talkin" like he might come down our way to check out Tractor Supply, etc. BUT won't him close to Hooters till he has helped billonthefarm and ME get some things in order!

James2

 

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Old Roy

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• Dec 30, 2011

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What's the project tractor there ? nice pics , ya did get me on the calendar though not at all what I expected..... I did re post it on another forum to see how many hits I get . LOL

 

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James Howell

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• Dec 30, 2011

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Read your post below about y'alls get together.

Sounds like a good time to me.

Be sure to take some photos of the dog (Wrigley not [b:654c4848f0]glennster[/b:654c4848f0]) and post them for us.

 

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James Howell

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• Dec 30, 2011

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The project tractor is "Lazarus" our 40B.

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Bought "Lazarus" for the rear spoke wheels that are now on "Uncle Earl" our 39B.

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Old Roy

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• Dec 30, 2011

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Lazarus seems to have something different I'm not familiar with. Is that some type of crank in clutch on the belt pulley ?

 

Tom in TN

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Southern Middle Tennessee

• Dec 30, 2011

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James,

You and Nancy are such upstanding individuals, I guessed that your hooters calendar would be a bunch of owls before I opened the link.

My wife was formerly an English teacher at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA. Their team mascot is the Owl. Their baseball stadium used to named Hooters Field. They eventually got enough criticism that they changed the name of the field to something else (I don't remember what the new name is).

Anyway, thanks for the pictures.

Tom in TN

 

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5020s rock

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• Dec 30, 2011

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there was talk of hooters...i dont see any...

 

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James Howell

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• Dec 30, 2011

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Didn't want to give away the punch line.

On my last two trips to "the bottom" a large owl flew from one tree to another along the trail.

Could have gotten a good picture yesterday as the owl watched me drive by.

We have several red-tailed hawks, but only one owl that I've seen.

 

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James Howell

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• Dec 30, 2011

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That is the belt pulley without a cover.

 

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James Howell

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• Dec 30, 2011

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There was a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuuIr-mNfoU">link to a video</a> with lots of hooters!

The October photo resembles my ex-wife.

The November photo looks like her mother.

 

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Az. Peapicker

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• Dec 30, 2011

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A nice picture of the Johnny Poppers. Did you say that you were going to restore it or use as a parts tractor

 

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ohiojim

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• Dec 30, 2011

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speaking of hooters,..here's one that lives along my driveway

 

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James Howell

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• Dec 30, 2011

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Bought "Lazarus" as a complete tractor for the factory round spoke wheels only.

Have not "robbed" any other parts from it.

The motor was stuck, but removed the head and now have the motor turning freely.

Bought another head, rebuilt the magneto, and rebuilt the carb.

Have all the parts to put it back together, but...

 

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James Howell

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• Dec 30, 2011

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Nice photo; looks like its there to stay.

Thanks for sharing your photo with us.

 

glennster

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• Dec 30, 2011

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Big Als???????????????????????

 

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Fritz Maurer

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• Dec 30, 2011

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Yea he tricked us... he only saw one hooter.

 

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NCWayne

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• Dec 30, 2011

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Them are some of the prettiest hooters I've ever seen, thanks for the link. That's also a nice looking shed full of Deeres.

 

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ASEguy

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Festus MO

• Dec 31, 2011

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Did I read that right? You have 53 model 70's?

 

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James Howell

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• Dec 31, 2011

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Sorry about the spelling/abbreviation.

Should have been either [i:654c4848f0]one of our [b:654c4848f0]'53[/b:654c4848f0] Model 70s[/i:654c4848f0] or [i:654c4848f0]one of our [b:654c4848f0]1953[/b:654c4848f0] Model 70s[/i:654c4848f0].

Here's a photo of "15" our other 1953 Model 70.

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James Howell

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• Dec 31, 2011

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Thanks for the compliment on the equipment shed and tractors.

The tractor shed at the shop was damaged in a snow storm a couple of years ago.

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We had planned on building an equipment shed for the balers, rake, and mowers.

Parked several tractors in the new equipment shed until the tractor shed was rebuilt.

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rankrank1

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• Dec 31, 2011

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(quoted from post at 03:05:12 12/31/11) ...The motor was stuck, but removed the head and now have the motor turning freely. Bought another head, rebuilt the magneto, and rebuilt the carb.

Have all the parts to put it back together, but...

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Oh the suspense! Please elaborate further on the "but...."

Maybe this has been covered before and I missed it, but I have two other questions.

1) Of all your 2 cylinders: Which one is your personal favorite JD 2-cylinder (why)?
2) If you had to sell them all but one, which one would the one that you keep and why? (I am guessing one of the 70's since you could technically do everything in your haying operation with it in a pinch)

 

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36 Coupe

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• Jan 3, 2012

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Shed needs angle bracing, wouldnt last the winter here.

 

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641Dave

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• Jan 3, 2012

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"Tractor Therapy and Hooters".


I'm ashamed to admit...I bit. :lol:



...Let me know if you need any help with the piggys.