Here's a story about driving one home: I bought a non-running IH 240 Utility at an auction in early January on impulse (recommend never doing that on something you can't lift and carry). My trailer was a 120 mile round trip and buried in waist-deep snow.
We jump started it off my dad's truck, it started and ran. The alternator started charging and oil pressure was good. The auction was only 17 miles from the farm so we shrugged our shoulders and hit the road.
About halfway home the tractor started running badly, needed choke to stay running. It quit on me in the middle of a busy intersection on the bottom of a steep hill, but I got it going again.
Turns out later the fuel tank vent was plugged and it was under a vacuum. The gurgling sound from the tank should have been a dead giveaway but I was panicking at the time. Had I simply opened the fuel tank cap I would have prevented a couple of headaches.
It would run with full choke so we pressed on. We almost made it. Got to the bottom of the last hill before the downhill run to the farm when the radiator EXPLODED and blew hot coolant everywhere. Got towed the last 3/4 of a mile behind Dad's truck.
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