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[Mike Sloane]

I suspect that Chuck is correct. I know that I have been busy now that 
the weather around here has turned to real Spring. I finished preparing 
the IH 2001 loader that will be mounted on my Farmall 340, but I am 
waiting for some parts in order to get the tractor itself ready. 
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/tractor_loaders/> I will be using 
the bucket from a junk IH 1701 loader that I bought for $50. The bucket 
turned out to be the best part of it, but it needs 4 manure tines of the 
original 6. Unfortunately, Case IH wants $45 each for new tines, so I 
will have to find used or make them from 1 1/8" square stock steel.

Then I mounted the "new" IH 100 7' sickle bar on the Farmall 560 and 
used it to cut up a bunch of multiflora rose bushes and push the locust 
trees away from the roadway - the neat part of this mower is the ability 
to cut in a straight vertical position, thanks to the PO's skill in 
installing a hydraulic cylinder to adjust the cutter bar. In addition, I 
replaced the 560's torn old seat cushion and backrest with new ones, and 
then I painted and installed the "new" fenders I bought from the same 
guy who sold me the 2001 loader and 100 mower.

The old Super Six loader looks like it will end up being installed on my 
Farmall Super M. I have one free hydraulic outlet, and this loader is 
just hydraulic up, gravity down, with a trip bucket - one outlet is all 
I need. But it will a while before I get to that project - it is quite 
rusty, the cylinders are off of it, and the trip mechanism needs a 
little attention.

Earlier this week was "spring start up day" for all the tractors stored 
in my neighbor's barn. I guess I must have been doing something right, 
because they eventually all started up. Oddly enough, the oldest ones 
started the easiest, including the '47 Farmall Cub and the '46 Ford 2N. 
The last and hardest one to start was the '79 IH 184; I am going to have 
to figure out why that one is so cantankerous about starting.

It is cloudy here in NJ today, with an occasional spatter of rain, so 
today is an "indoors" day - catching up on putting manuals away and 
other puttering. The grass is starting to grow, and I guess I will be 
busy cutting in a couple of weeks. With gasoline prices rising quickly 
again ($2.63 for regular this morning), I will be keeping my use of gas 
tractors down to a minimum again this summer. I used to think nothing of 
filling up half a dozen 5-gallon cans and emptying them into various 
tractor tanks. Now I buy 10 gallons and only add it to a tractor that 
needs it to finish a job. And "road trips" with the diesel truck and 
trailer are going to quickly become a thing of the past. I guess that is 
what happens when you retire and have to watch prices go up and your 
income stays the same. :-(

Mike

Chuck Saunders wrote:
> I think everyone has gone outside to play.
> Welcome Spring
> Chuck Saunders
> Kansas City, MO
> 
> On 4/14/06, jahaze at aol.com <jahaze at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>>I used to hate getting e-mails like this, but now I find myself asking,
>>has the list been really slow the past two weeks, or is it just me?  I only
>>get two or three e-mails a day and am having withdraw symptoms.
>>
>>Is anyone going to the Aauman auction on the 28th & 29th?  It looks like a
>>bunch of great tractors but I just can't justify going as my yard it
>>presently littered with a bunch of great "projects" already.  At least
>>spring is finally here.
>>
>>Enjoy, Joe
>>
> 
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> I think everyone has gone outside to play. <br>
> Welcome Spring<br>
> Chuck Saunders<br>
> Kansas City, MO<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:jahaze at aol.com">jahaze at aol.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:jahaze at aol.com">jahaze at aol.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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> I used to hate getting e-mails like this, but now I find myself asking,
> has the list been really slow the past two weeks, or is it just
> me?  I only get two or three e-mails a day and am having
> withdraw symptoms.<br><br>Is anyone going to the Aauman auction on the
> 28th & 29th?  It looks like a bunch of great tractors but
> I just can't justify going as my yard it presently littered with a
> bunch of great "projects" already.  At least spring is
> finally here.<br><br>Enjoy, Joe<br></blockquote></div><br>
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Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
<mikesloane at verizon.net>
Website: <www.geocities.com/mikesloane>
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without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a
mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to
prevent its ascendancy. -Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect
and author (1743-1826)


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