Winter Wonderland

Colin King · Mar 5, 2019

Still moving snow here on the edge of prairie. Hydraulics were mighty sluggish at first. -6F when I took this picture yesterday. The temps are finally starting to warm up some and we should be above freezing by early next week - thank goodness. But more snow on the way.

Ultradog MN · Mar 6, 2019

Great old tractor Colin.
I don't see much snow in our forecast in the near future here.
Looks like temps are going to moderate too - at last.
This has been a tough winter.
Another 60 days and we'll be plowing though.
Spring will come.
It always does...

Colin King · Mar 6, 2019

Spring is definitely on the way. Days are getting longer and even on these really cold days, seems the snow is melting just a little bit. I'm hearing we could get another 8" of snow, though, up here starting Saturday!

Jimmyjack · Mar 6, 2019

In our part of Wis we have had 55 inches of snow in Feb. a new record. Im tired of plowing snow let alone dirt.

NWMO 901 SOS · Mar 6, 2019

Nice looking tractor, here is an older pic of mine. I see you have the pie weight mounting plate. My tires are loaded and I run the pie weights as well.

Ultradog MN · Mar 6, 2019

You should always mention what you paid
for those pie weights - and the front
weight box.
Just to give your fellow 9XXers here
palpitations.
😉

Colin King · Mar 6, 2019

What do you have on the right hand side of the tractor?

When I purchased the 961, it came with a partial set of weights. I ended up finding a complete set about 25 miles away. If I remember correctly, the fellow wanted $150 for them. I have yet to put them on. I also have CaCl filled tubes.

Colin

NWMO 901 SOS · Mar 7, 2019

(quoted from post at 22:46:13 03/06/19) [color=red:63a4070950]What do you have on the right hand side of the tractor?[/color:63a4070950]

Colin

Colin,

That is a left over mount for the original front bucket (name escapes me now, but was a very common front bucket on the old Fords). I have chose to leave it as it is a nice guard when mowing thicker brush. Plus, while not a good idea, it isn't a bad spot for my lovely wife to ride along briefly when she chooses.

Chris

NWMO 901 SOS · Mar 7, 2019

(quoted from post at 13:17:26 03/06/19) You should always mention what you paid
for those pie weights - and the front
weight box.
Just to give your fellow 9XXers here
palpitations.
????

Hey Jerry,

Well, I would say I paid pretty much full price for the pie weights, $400 I believe. But we did find the front weight box and all but one box weight half buried in the barn and he threw them in for free! I think I paid forddoc $100 or so for the final weight to make the set complete.

That said, I believe my family and I will be moving to town and I will likely choose to part with the front weights. I plan on leaving the tractor at my parents so I can still blade their drive etc. while they remain on the hill, but honestly, I don't expect that to last much longer either. Time marches on.

Having gotten them for a bargain, I plan on working out a good price with somebody here if they are interested. Due to proximity and my time spent here, I was going to give Dave Hobbs, Larry or yourself first dibs if interested (I know they don't fit on the "blue" Fords that you prefer).

If I could find the time down the road, I would love to truck the whole thing down to Chris and watch him clean her up. I don't think you've tackled one lately have you Chris (soundGuy)?

Chris

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