[AT] Goodbye 430V - and more

[Dean Vinson]

Spencer, is your "trip to Indiana" related to Portland?  I hope to attend this year, and would be glad to cross paths with you if you're there as well.   Glad to hear you're on the mend, after some no-kidding scary stuff.

I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on using your 3600.   I've had one for some time now and am happy with it--except for the transmission gearing.   I use the tractor primarily for mowing, and often find that 2nd gear is too low and 3rd is too fast.   The presence of six other forward gears to choose from is of little comfort at that point, so I have to wonder what those Ford engineers were thinking. 

Dean Vinson
Saint Paris, Ohio


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Thanks for all the kind words - I do appreciate it and its great to have folks I can count on to have best wishes for my health and happiness. As a side note, I got a phone call today from Alan Nadeau - a long time list member.   It was good to hear his voice and to hear all is well up in Vermont.

I have to get ready for my trip to Indiana and have some other things I need to attend to before I leave so I need to keep this short but I did want to give you - as Paul Harvey said - the rest of the story.  It rambles a bit because I am in a hurry so apologies ahead of time.

Some of you probably were thinking "Why don't you sell the Ford 861 instead????"   I did sell the Ford:  for $800.   "WTH!!" I am sure you are now thinking.  I sold it for so little because because a week ago Friday it threw a connecting rod )-:   Maybe I'm a little dark but there is something pretty exciting about an engine imploding on itself and the Ford didn't disappoint.  Lots of smoke, noise and loss of power.   My neighbors said they heard it (-:   Fortunately it didn't knock a hole in anything.  So compounding this whole Space-Money-Time thing is I needed to buy a replacement farm tractor - something with remote hydraulics, 
40+ HP, etc.  The 430V could not fill those shoes.  Hence the money side
of things became even  more important.   The 430V became the only reasonable choice to sell.

The night the rod broke I listed my motorcycle and the Ford to help soften the financial blow of the replacement farm tractor. Surprisingly both sold right away after the 4th of July holiday so on Thursday I brought home a 1977 Ford 3600 that I started eyeing on Craigslist as the replacement farm tractor.  Not an antique (Hell I remember them when they were new) but "classic" maybe?   I soon will only own the 3600 and the Pacer.   This is the lowest number of tractors I ever owned since the very early 1990s when all I had was the Farmall "A" with a Woods mower.  I hope you folks don't kick me off the list (-:

Been a real busy 8 days but I should be in shape for second cutting when I return and get a good weather window.  Well - maybe.   I need to buy a haybine.   Yea - sold mine in May.  But will have to leave that crazy story for another email.

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Spencer Yost

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