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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Brad Gunnells wrote: “</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It’s funny Steve mentions using Dean’s tractor pic for a desktop background. I’m reminded of the pic he shared several years ago at his old place. That M was shining like new in a freshly fallen snow. It was a picture you’d see on a calendar. But I have to admit, it is kind of nice to see those old tractors with a little working dust on them.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dang, Brad, good memory… that was ten years ago, right after I’d bought the Super M from a guy who’d had it restored. I looked back through old photos and found the ones I figure you must have been remembering, and have added them in below. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On the subject of calendars, this same tractor did once make the Steiner calendar: <a href="https://antiquetractorblog.com/2021/01/14/january-featured-photo-3/">https://antiquetractorblog.com/2021/01/14/january-featured-photo-3/</a>. By now it’s dirtier and not quite so bright, but it still cleans up good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Saint Paris, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><img border=0 width=720 height=432 style='width:7.5in;height:4.5in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D96879.3AEFB5E0"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br><br><img border=0 width=720 height=432 style='width:7.5in;height:4.5in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D96879.3AEFB5E0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> AT <at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gunnells, Brad R<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 6, 2023 8:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at@lists.antique-tractor.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Out with the green tractor<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It’s funny Steve mentions using Dean’s tractor pic for a desktop background. I’m reminded of the pic he shared several years ago at his old place. That M was shining like new in a freshly fallen snow. It was a picture you’d see on a calendar. But I have to admit, it is kind of nice to see those old tractors with a little working dust on them. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Brad<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>AT <<a href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com">at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>> on behalf of STEVE ALLEN <<a href="mailto:steveallen855@centurytel.net">steveallen855@centurytel.net</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 7:12 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a> <<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[External] Re: [AT] AT Digest, Vol 63, Issue 4<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in'>I have always admired your 620, Dean. I have NO need for one, but I want one.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in'>My ever-vigilant email service scrubbed out the pic, alas. But an earlier pic you sent is one of the background pics I use on my home office computer.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in'>The "original" Steve Allen waiting for the weather to dry up enough to get his A put for some brush clearing. ..<o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On Wed, 5 Apr, 2023 at 3:01 PM, <a href="mailto:at-request@lists.antique-tractor.com">at-request@lists.antique-tractor.com</a> <<a href="mailto:at-request@lists.antique-tractor.com">at-request@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt'><div style='margin-bottom:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:17.25pt;background:#F9F9F9'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#454545'>To: <a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Send AT mailing list submissions to<br><a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><a href="mailto:at-request@lists.antique-tractor.com">at-request@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><a href="mailto:at-owner@lists.antique-tractor.com">at-owner@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of AT digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Out with the green tractor (Dean Vinson)<br> 2. Re: Out with the green tractor (Stuart Harner)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 22:28:23 -0400<br>From: "Dean Vinson" <<a href="mailto:dean@vinsonfarm.net">dean@vinsonfarm.net</a>><br>To: "'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group'"<br><<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><br>Subject: [AT] Out with the green tractor<br>Message-ID: <004101d96766$4b9bff20$e2d3fd60$@<a href="http://vinsonfarm.net">vinsonfarm.net</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>Warm and dry this afternoon, so I took the 620 out to back-blade some areas<br>in the woods where last winter I'd burned out a few stumps. I got off the<br>tractor to open the gates in the pasture fence, and while walking back<br>thought "Okay, that's a pretty handsome old beast, I'll snap a quick photo."<br><br><br><br>That went pretty well, so I tried a little video. Turns out I'm not too<br>skilled at holding the cell phone camera, paying attention to where it's<br>pointing, and operating the tractor all at the same time. I thought this<br>clip was longer and included more than just a second or two of the tractor<br>in motion. At least it sounds pretty good. And as a consolation prize, I<br>also ended up with a 6 minute 33 second video taken while the phone was in<br>my shirt pocket.<br><br><br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/skcC7sGmrKM">https://youtu.be/skcC7sGmrKM</a><br><br><br><br>Dean Vinson<br><br>Saint Paris, Ohio<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/pipermail/at-antique-tractor.com/attachments/20230404/66449c67/attachment-0001.htm%3e">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/pipermail/at-antique-tractor.com/attachments/20230404/66449c67/attachment-0001.htm></a><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br>Name: image003.jpg<br>Type: image/jpeg<br>Size: 179797 bytes<br>Desc: not available<br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/pipermail/at-antique-tractor.com/attachments/20230404/66449c67/attachment-0001.jpg%3e">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/pipermail/at-antique-tractor.com/attachments/20230404/66449c67/attachment-0001.jpg></a><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 22:15:58 -0500<br>From: Stuart Harner <<a href="mailto:stuart@harnerfarm.net">stuart@harnerfarm.net</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [AT] Out with the green tractor<br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:54dd2211-f107-82fd-a4f2-0fb89100b864@harnerfarm.net">54dd2211-f107-82fd-a4f2-0fb89100b864@harnerfarm.net</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"<br><br>Ha ha. I resemble that remark.<br><br>Pocket video, I can relate. Would rather operate a tractor than a phone. ?<br><br>Nice looking 620, BTW.<br><br>Your weather looks nicer than the blizzard we are having too. Send some <br>this way.<br><br>Stuart in ND<br><br>On 4/4/23 21:28, Dean Vinson wrote:<br>><br>> Warm and dry this afternoon, so I took the 620 out to back-blade some <br>> areas in the woods where last winter I?d burned out a few stumps.?? I <br>> got off the tractor to open the gates in the pasture fence, and while <br>> walking back thought ?Okay, that?s a pretty handsome old beast, I?ll <br>> snap a quick photo.?<br>><br>> That went pretty well, so I tried a little video.?? Turns out I?m not <br>> too skilled at holding the cell phone camera, paying attention to <br>> where it?s pointing, and operating the tractor all at the same time.?? <br>> I thought this clip was longer and included more than just a second or <br>> two of the tractor in motion.?? At least it sounds pretty good.?? 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