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Posted by Matt Page on February 07, 2007 at 07:02:56 from (65.69.27.28):
Bought it at an auction for $500. Got took, transmission was toasted, engine made funny noises. Steering shook, tires were bad. The thing was totally run into the ground...oil poured. Bought another one at an auction that had a three point conversion for $200. Had some better parts, some worse. Engine and transmission were both toasted. Tore both of those completely apart, bought another rear end that shifted well on a gamble that it was good instead of replacing all the bearings and some gears in one of the other two. Was totally sick of the whole pile of junk I had piled up and taking up my time, but felt it was a matter of pride and salvage of investment to get it together and get some use out of it to justify the whole thing. Combined parts from all three, slowly fixing everything as I put it together, the best into one... And yesterday as I was sitting on that spring seat looking down that long hood at the sunset while the engine purred along pulling the trailer load of alfalpha through the cows while my dad fed... dependable and steady. I realized it was in fact a very good thing, and my time had been well spent, and it is a good tractor and a part of history. Even went so far as to wonder if any of the old farmers who had used it were looking down... Heck I'm ready to do another one now. Matt
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