What an exciting couple of days! Back in ND...

Got home yesterday afternoon and of course right to work. Dad and brother were spraying crops, Dad has the 1086 and Blumhart pull-type sprayer, and brother borrowed a CIH high wheel sprayer. Takes a bit of work to keep two sprayers full of water and chemicals...







I have some video of them I can upload if anyone is interested...

Then today it was time to work the trees as the weeds were quite overgrown. So I thought I would get my H out of storage and use it for the job... first problem was it being boxed in by other implements so I used the C to get those out of the way, got the tractor out. All four tires a bit low, aired them up, checked oil and water, etc. Off we go to hook up the chisel plow. Low tires on that, too.

Get all hooked up and go to work, video here:
http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/smgussey/Farmall/?action=view&current=100_7594.flv

Had a few rounds to go and hear a clunk and tractor stops moving... I thought I had tore something up in the rearend, but just broke the wheel mounting wedge. Sheared the keys right off!



Took me a couple hours to fix, got another wheel and wedge from the parts H on the back 40. Still need to buy or make a key the right size for the wheel part. Key is built into the mounting wedge.

Even got Dad's H out of storage and brought the haybine into the yard to get it ready for haying (not that there is much out there for hay).


Only problem is not enough hydraulic outlets or capacity to run the swing!

How about IH vs. JD?



Not used to this manual labor type work, quite tired tonight but it is a good tired.

That sure is flat country..I think I could probably get my airplane in there.

tw

I wouldn't have thought an H would handle that chisel plow as well as it did!

That blew the cobwebs out of the old girl. Check with IHC it might still be under warranty.

(quoted from post at 21:08:44 06/16/08) That sure is flat country..I think I could probably get my airplane in there.

tw

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Mostly rolling hills, but nothing too big. We are only a few miles from the highest point in ND and there are a couple of Buttes only a few miles away as well.

(quoted from post at 01:03:43 06/17/08) I wouldn't have thought an H would handle that chisel plow as well as it did!

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It wasn't real deep, just barely getting dirt over the sweeps... I hooked the 4450 to it later and was able to make that spin out! Had to kick in the MFWD to work it nice and deep.

(quoted from post at 04:40:18 06/17/08) That blew the cobwebs out of the old girl. Check with IHC it might still be under warranty.

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I believe the warranty period ran out on this one about 66 years ago...

What a nice place. Can't beat that open farmland.

I've been through your country a few times. Kind of land like ours except for the buttes.

(quoted from post at 18:15:04 06/17/08) I've been through your country a few times. Kind of land like ours except for the buttes.

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Whereabouts in ND are you?

Dad finished up the spraying today!

Live in Minot. Farmed N E of town. Retired now.