The 30 and the 35 get to play in the new snow.

With the 35 back in bed I decided to clean off the Massey Harris and move it under cover. Hardly fair to leave it outside all winter. First touch of the starter and it was idling as if it was all warmed up. That's what I like about those old Continental engines. They start right in cold weather. The Standard engine on the Fergie started like a TR3: no end of trouble and lots of time required, as well as massive infusions of 110.

There was so much snow around the 30 that I had driven the 35 by to make a track to walk to it before putting the diesel to bed. I didn't quite know how it would do, but I crunched into second gear and started off, standing up to avoid the icy seat. Didn't spin a chevron or slide a front wheel sideways. It pushed a bow wake almost up to the radiator but rolled along as if it was a grassy meadow. The 35 is a fine pto tractor, but those old Massey Harris's certainly run well in winter.