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So, Wat and the landlady have 2 Ford 8N tractors. The first one came with a John Deere b000sh hawg attachment. We have what we call The South 40 which needs hawged. Anyway, I used the first one once and got just about done and realized that I had just about no oil pressure. So, it got parked. I bought a second one (with good oil pressure) last Spring and that's the one I hauled up yesterday. Bought it a batt'reh and it cranks right up. Dragged the old tractor out from its corner in the horse house and took(en) the hawg off'n it. I had never mess with a Ferguson hitch before. It didn't kick my ass, but I reckon there's a slightly easier way. Got it hooked up regardless. Took it across the road and went after The South 40. Maybe 30 minutes worth. It dawned on me that I should double-check the hydraulic fluid before tangling with too much more of it.


I'm thinking that we take 2 tractors and make 1 good one out of them.
What you can do is when you make that one tractor out of both breakdown what parts you're not going to have is double and label or keep a list of what parts you have as spares and try and see about getting the other spare parts. It'll give you time to get them before you would even need them.
 
What you can do is when you make that one tractor out of both breakdown what parts you're not going to have is double and label or keep a list of what parts you have as spares and try and see about getting the other spare parts. It'll give you time to get them before you would even need them.


Then again, I may pull the engine from the first one and give rebuilding it a go. Shouldn't cost much over $500 and take more than a weekend.


We could use a drag blade to pull poop outta the barn. A loader would be better.
 
Sounds like a plan... I have to go shut my brain off for a bit. You two behave...lol


I understand.


Burn one for me . . . .


It feels like we didn't get all that much done, but we dragged the rugs and mats outside and pressure washed them, hung them to dry, got a battery for the tractor and installed it, unloaded it, dragged out the old tractor, changed the attachment - which was first time ever doing that, and we didn't break anything - got some b000sh hawgin' in, dragged the rugs back in and placed them, found the missing battery charger . . . I guess we got some shit done after all.


I brought the s'ghetti sauce for supper.
 
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