A couple pix I promised

Back in the "still does a good day's work" thread, I said I'd try to get some pix posted. Being as it's raining and the hay needing stacked in the mow can wait until it cools off a bit, I finally got some pictures on the computer from the camera and sized for posting.

Here is my wonderful (for putting up with me, among other things) other half, raking hay with the '51 SA and Case F-170 rake. The field the other side of the fence is not ours and gets round baled by a neighbor. This pic was actually taken a few years ago, but it's still how it's usually done here.

Yes, I do have the sheet metal for the SA, but it's currently mostly stripped and waiting for ding fixing then prep/prime/paint.

This year, I used a borrowed Ford 851 with the rake as it has better tires and a much better 'footprint' with 12.4x28's than the SA, and with this same corner of the field pretty soggy again this year, I didn't want to end up like this:


And here is the H with the #46 baler, taken yesterday. Pay no attention to the operator, who is actually paying attention to the windrow and baler, and is clearing the slug of hay the header had just picked up. This is why she gets to bale, and her mom gets to rake. I get to gather bales into small "tee-pee" stacks around the field to minimize ground contact and moisture pick up, and for easier pick up later.

The downright ugly alternator conversion came with the tractor when purchased. I have a replacement hood and smaller alternator, but among the rest of the pressing fixes usually going on, haven't made the time to git'er done. Yet.

Thanks for the Pictures. It looks like that little SA really gets a workout. Paul

great pictures!!!

Thanks for posting the pics. A long time ago I was told that in the case that there was concern that the bales might suck moisture up from the ground, to set them so that the cut edge is down. The cut edge will have far less ground contact than any of the other sides or ends.

Nice pictures. Thanks for posting
em!

Showcrop, if there is enough time between bales I might spent the extra moment trying to get them to stand together on the cut corners rather than the string ones, but either way, a damp corner is better than a damp side. It doesn't take long at all for them to start picking up moisture here. Some might suggest they never touch the ground, but the problem with dragging a wagon behind is again, soil that runs heavy. There are places in that field that in a wet year just getting the tractor and baler through is plenty.

To the rest, thanks for your appreciation. I'm not a picture posting expert by any means.

And Larry, I've often enjoyed your pictures. Only fair I reciprocate a bit. ;-)

I wedged a Delco alternator off a mid 60's Pontiac under the hood on my H back in the day, didn't have to cut the hood but I couldn't latch that corner worked the same on our Super M although I think I got the
SM to latch. After converting them to 12 volt I used side post batteries, I didn't like side post batteries but thought they worked better on the Farmalls with the battery under the tank, better access and if
I flipped the tractor over and my battery hold down didn't work I didn't have battery terminals shorting out against the bottom of the tank.

is she driving that H barefoot??

or is the picture deciving?

i'm lucky to get the daughters to mow the yard let alone help with bigger stuff.

INCase, anytime her feet get close to being walked with, she has shoes on. They're just really low ones and ankle socks. Ask her to drive a tractor, and she's right on it, even if that is mowing the lawn with the SA and finish mower. Ask her to do anything else and the answer is more likely to be "no". So I well understand the issues with getting kids to help. Maybe you just need a bigger tractor to mow the lawn with.

And Paul, the SA has done far more than I ever thought it could. It has more than paid for itself even though I paid far more than it was 'worth' when I got it. Amazing little tractor.