Today's Article....Some Like Red

Clerk laid this RED thing on the counter. Says I "I'm not putting that red thing on MY tractor".

Clerk says " Green's only had them on 'em for the past 35 years".

Yuck!

Went home and got out my I&T manual which has a picture of a nice green 3020 tricycle on the front cover..... .yep. On top, in front of the radiator is a RED cap.

Oh well, some days it just doesn't pay to get up.

I'ma just assuming that after a few hundred owners of this new tractor (in the early '60's ) filled their fuel tanks with antifreeze, someone decided it was best to identify which of those 2 caps were which and the one with the red cap was the tank that made the whoopie.

Now about RED. Have nothing against them. My first tractor was a "B" and second was a 464. Just happen to find other things for sale and the dealer sold out and left. Only dealers here now are green and blue.

Gotta do whatcha gotta do.

Mark

It's a version of an old joke..."Do you know how to make an International Harvester tractor run right? Jack up the radiator cap, and run a GREEN tractor under it".

Thank you, Thank you very much. John

But the way I heard it was you jack up the cap and TOW the green under it with a BLUE....LMAO

Mark

Mark

You know its coming..... .....

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Go Cats :-)

and we wont even talk football :-)

Warmest regards,
David

This is "payback" year when basketball season gets here. GO BIG RED! John

That is PRICELESS!! If anybody could could figure out how to score negative points UK could in football.

I'm not sure of how IU does in football except for one game. I know UK almost never fails to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in football (Sox had the curse of the Bambino, wonder if this is the curse of Bear Bryant)?

Now about this basketball thing...(wondering if Bobby Knight left a curse).... :-)?

We're looking at a good season this year. Loads of young talent.

IU shocked the Big Ten by winning at Minnesota this past Saturday. So now they have their one victory of the year....

I have the sports on TV right now. They're talking about UK having the WORST rated offense of any major college in the nation. How did they ever wrestle that title away from IU's football team?

Have a great day! John

Bought a jacket at a men's store once. Twas blue and white as your school. Found out when I got home that it was the school jacket for my oldest son's competeting high school. His colors were black and red. Oh well.

Whoppin 5000 you built. Wow.

Really, I'm a value guy. I buy what looks like a good deal with the amenities that seem right for me.

My operation is a hobby and only work 80 acres; part leased. My 4010 is the tugger and does the big work; Added a Kroyker loader last year for settin round bales on 18 wheelers. It's a nice rig and definitely Cadillac as compared to the others....course you know that.

I have open stations on all my stuff for 3 reasons: 1, Cost, 2, access to things to fix when broken, 3, my antique stuff always needs a hand and I'm on and off all the time, and I guess 4, I like to be there with it; the dirt smell, fresh air, dust blowing and all that makes it what it is.

The Fords are the errand boys as they are so handy and simple to fix and seem to stay fixed, plus they can be bought at a reasonable rate considering they're popular cause they're handy and parts are readily available.

Having a green and blue dealer on the way home from work surely doesn't hurt either..... especially when the service manager lets you brouse his $300 service manuals for free.

Nice Chat,

Later,

Mark

Mike (who likes to paint things)

Mark

Mark

Ya gots a bad taste in your mouth on the 'Red thing'. That "B" and the "464" are only slightly glorified lawn tractors! :>)

Allan

Mark

Then there's the geographical differences, hills, rocks, mountains, clay and sand, swamps and all.

Makes it nice.