Time for Janicholsons feature night,,,honoring SweetFeet

As I was cutting the grass,I remembered ,,its time for Janicholsons idea to honor SweetFeet with all the rust stories,scrap pile pictures,,,and anything to do with rust.As I was mowing the back yard I found an old rusty chair! Even if you dont have rust stories,or pictures,Imagine SweetFeet is sitting in this chair,and say hello to her.I will be the first.Hello SweetFeet,,thanks for all the help you have given us with computer problems,,and thank you for being a great part of this wonderful tractor site!

I got a feed box at an auction for $5. Decided to redo the flat lid, used it for the gable ends and old tin for a roof to make a barn. It's full of all kinds of not-so-rusty (out of the weather) stuff (almost scrap steel). Somewhere in there is the handles, gears & axle for a Simplicity 2 wheel tractor (maybe for parts). I got the cream separator for $1 when I stopped at an auction as it was ending. I made it into a fountain. Should have "flipped" it for a profit but I'm not into selling things. There's also a set of cobbler's shoe forms in there. Oh yeah, and a hand crank post drill, and a pump jack from an old windmill....

I little rust here in Florida

First photo is the awning in front of our
house.
Second one is the deck in the rear.

two feature night posts in one night
SweetFeet wont know which one too look at 1st

Just got in for a quick break after putting up two loads of hay, don't feel like going and fetching pictures(or digging n camera), even with as much rust and random metal that's around here.

Wish I had a picture of a farmer made SP corn copper I saw at an auction once. It had a Ford(??) tractor, either an eagle or Fox feed cutter, and a stalk gatherer/cutter from a corn binder all patched together as a SINGLE UNIT. It drove with tractor and chopped with power from PTO.

I'll relink to this poem, for those who haven't seen it.
Rusted things Where Wild things Grow.

Take a look at "<a href="https://youtu.be/SH4xP5gw95Y">Rusty</a>" one of our 1951 John Deere Model MTs.

"Rusty" is one of our small utility tractors that has several jobs here on the farm.

Every Christmas "Rusty" gets decorated with lights.

One was supposed to be a heads up for tonight,but I dont think she will mind two,And,,she deserves it ///right? lol

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Is that Cat an RD-6?

Here is one from the Bruce County show....anyone care to guess make and model? Ben

A nice start for a front end Christmas tree. Just put on a few lights. Stan

I hate seeing other peoples scrap piles. I see 14
things I would just have to have within the first 30
seconds.

Case LAI???

An IHC plow for your Farmal, 2 one way seeders, a hay rake, a Chariot awaits if you ever come to
Canada.

Right! Good a whole bunch of Case pictures for you Case guys. Ben

Hello, from that nice rusty chair in that beautiful backyard in Joisey. LOL

Sorry... this is LONG.

I always love a post about rust! Some of you have got quite a collection.

Ultradog's deck has to be the most unique use of rust (not even I could have dreamed
that one up)... it's cool. I remember seeing that rusty deck when originally posted
- but did not remember that it was Ultradog's. Kudos Ultradog.

Corey's poem is great.

Sure looks like there's some pretty nice rust from Florida to Texas... and all
points in between.

We don't have much of an iron pile - sold off when prices were high.

So instead, here is how I came to love rust and a story about our favorite junker.
Also a pic of my favorite rust at the end.

HOW I GOT TO BE A RUST FANATIC

I?ve been to a lot of junkyards with my husband over the years. For many years,
junkyard trips just seemed like an ordeal to be gotten through: it took a long time
for him to harvest parts, it was HOT, there were ticks and wasps and mosquitos, the
kids were bored/hot/tired/thirsty, etc. And sometimes the junk dealers were
unpleasant people.

I guess I fell in love with rust when I got a digital camera. My husband asked me to
snap a couple pictures of a rusty, old tractor so he could see something later, for
reference. When I looked on my camera to be sure those photos were clear? I was
struck by the sheer beauty of the ?rust? against the backdrop of weeds and brush.

Then I said, ?Hey hon, I?m going to walk around while you?re getting your parts -
these pictures actually look kind of neat with this rusty stuff sitting in the
weeds.?

LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME since then? now I see all of life in ?pictures?. Just
give me a little bug repellent, charged-up camera batteries and a water bottle? and
I can get lost in a junkyard for hours and hours. LOL

My husband humors me (like many of your spouses also do), by not minding that life
takes a little extra time for me to ?snap a few pics? most everywhere we go. He?ll
even turn the pickup around to go back so I can get a shot of a rusty critter
reposing in the weeds somewhere? or an old, dilapidated building.

THE KINDEST JUNKER

One day we met the kindest junker. His name was Jerry and he was the nicest junk
dealer and had the sweetest wife. They?d invite you right into their home (and it
was a nice home too), to visit for a bit before you could ?settle up?. He was always
fair in his prices... And he always, always had something funny to say. He?d come
out of their house and say, ?Well, whadaya want this time? Am I gonna have to fight
you for it??, while rolling his fists in a boxing fashion. Or we?d arrive in his
yard and he?d come out of the house, but his dog would bark and growl ferociously
inside the house and he?d say, ?BE CAREFUL now ? I?m gonna let KILLER out of the
house? only to open the door and out bounds a tiny dog that just can?t wait to be
petted. Then he?d tell our kids, ?She?s only ever eaten a FEW kids ? and I just fed
her breakfast? so you?re probably safe.? LOL

We made many trips to that yard in all season?s except winter. So you?ve seen a lot
of photos from his place? old tractors, pickups, cars and trucks. His place is like
a playground to me. : )

In lieu of a junk pile, here is a pic of my very favorite hunk of rust:

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Hey J
That is probably an RD7 or maybe a 70, notice it is a four cylinder. The RD6 was a three cylinder, half of a D8, had the same piston and rod. I grew up on one. The only weakness was that the bolts in the final drive hubs would strip out. Finally had them welded up solid. Was a great old tractor, sounded so cool with those big pistons barking through a straight pipe at 900 rpm.

yep I'll give her that

man all I see is gold in them thar piles.

Benj R

Looks like you've got some great rust to our north as well.

Should we ever make it that way... I'd bring my camera for sure.

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The cat looks more like an old 50 or 60. The RD- was a three cylinder with the fuel tank on the dash I believe.

"Got"

This count?

well this one should qualify

This old M was towed to my place behind a pickup a couple
weeks ago, after being stored, un-started, indoors for an
estimated 15 years or more.

It was the owners' father's tractor and they wanted to get it
running and fix it up a bit to use and cherish. It's running now.

Other than the 20? year old engine rebuild with paint and
bolt-ons like the seat, JD loader brackets, and tires, it appears
to be original as far as I can tell. Even the lights and switches.

I like to fix them up and paint them generally but I have
mentioned to the owners of this one that they are only
original once, so maybe it would be best to leave it that way.

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I believe it is. Pictures was taken at the Florida FLywheelers park

Like this?

Forgot to take new pictures so here are some old ones. Just some of the stuff I have laying
around.

Diesel Fifty - its a 4 cylinder with exposed push rods, an early D-8800 engine.

What is that on the back of the model T ( guess it is a model T) frame? Some kind of walking mechanism?