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I have a 35 ton Huskee (I think) that we got at Tractor Supply around 10 years ago now. It's been great-needed some minor maintenance but it's been pretty trouble free. It's one of the ones that tilts to vertical and the hinge rusted out on me a few years ago. It's not really a hinge-more a...

Dutchs, I love that hydraulic top link. I've not seen that done before.

I have a Farmall H that I had governor trouble with. Not sure if the carb is simiar on a 444 or not but mine ran wide open all the time. Here there's a square pin at the end of the governor linkage where it bolts to the carb. It's inside the linkage housing so you'll need to unbolt the...

My wife is the assistant director for a summer camp for a youth and teen group. She and our son left today for 10 days of summer camp in the mountains leaving me home (blissfully) alone. I work anywhere from 40-60 hours a week off the farm and we are making and delivering hay now, between...

Lawn tractor, then Farmall farm tractors, then a relatively new at the time '85 F250 automatic and a '76 F350 dump that was a 4 speed. The only exciting thing about getting my license at 16 (first try) was that I got to drive on pavement.

I don't disagree but for what it's worth they do really well, cheap filler or not. They grow fast, stay hardy, and don't have any health problems. I think for us this works and we're going to keep using it. We confirmed today that butchering day will be Memorial Day Monday.

The red one is the bad linkage and the gray one is an old one we had lying around. The gray one saved the day.

Turns out the sediment bowl on my H wasn't the whole problem. The linkage between the carb and governor was bad. I figured it out out of pure frustration one day and replaced the linkage with an old one we had lying around. She runs good and I've treated her to a few upgrades like lights, a...

We raise 50-60 meat chickens every year. I believe they are called Red Rangers. They're great chickens and always do really well for us. For the past two years we've used feed made at a local feed mill. The recipe they came up with for us for 1 ton of feed is: 1310 pounds of corn, 600...

I'm here. Had some computer issues but I'm around now.

Dad and I bought a '51 Farmall H from a coworker last summer. We got it for $1200. It's got decent paint-a little faded but very little rust. It needed a muffler and didn't run just quite right. The coworker used it to brushhog an acre once a year and otherwise it just sat in a shed. As I...

Are those extra headlights on the hood? That's a cool idea!

We were a full time dairy farm until 2000. Now we grow hay and oats. All told we have ~250 acres. We farmed with all Farmalls (Internationals) for years. We had an H, M, 656 diesel and 806 diesel while we were full timing it. They're all old school farm tractors. In 2008 we bought an...

Is it just my computer or did that turn up as a ridiculously big picture for everyone else, too?

I have a 2010 F150 that earns its keep and the wife has a '16 Jeep Patriot. s a '16 Jeep Patriot.

That was a great read. Thanks for the post, Joe.

I live on the farm that my family has had for several generations. We are in SW Pennsylvania. We are in the country but not remote. I kind of call it the best of both worlds as far as being close to and removed from other people and infrastructure. I’m not saying this is the best place to live...

DW wanted her own chainsaw so I got her a Stihl MS181 for Christmas. We spent some time in a woodpile late this afternoon breaking in the saw and I taught her some basic safety and technique for using the saw. This model is small and has a spring assist starter. She can start it easily on her...

Merry Christmas, everyone!

I'll be over on Christmas morning!