Hoooooooooly Cow!! A welder! Corn & wheat! THREE tractor projects! Puttin' up hay! Kiddo, I think you got more ambition than I had at that age. Great work on the B, so far. Was that the one that had the piece of something stuck in the head? I see your shop looks about as well organized as mine. Not bad! Just remember to keep it an organized mess. Organized being the operative word, here. Welding is a fine art: excell at it! My grandpa taught me as best he could, before he got too sick. After that, I had a book from the 1940s to be my guide. Great book! It was published for the railroad shop forces in Milwaukee. Has every little trick of the trade in it. Big tricks, too. I don't know if I'll ever need to weld 6"+ round stock but it's covered by the book, if'n I need it. As for the Ranger, build it for pullin' & name it "Grape Ape". ;^) As for the little MTD, it was red & blue-green, IIRC. That's MTD's offering to Canadia, eh! I think some made it overseas, too.
So, yeah, ya got me beat for projects. All I did, all winter, was hide from the snowflakes in my basement & work on the beginning stages of the train layout. I have the bench work completed for the odd piece of the puzzle - a curvy, permanently installed section of the train layout. I tied it in to the wall studs along the outside of the stairwell. Ain't goin' nowhere! I've also made the move to DCC. This system allows me to run up to 125 locomotives with up to the same number of operators in any direction at any time (signals permitting). It also can control different functions on the engines i.e. lights & sound. As well as full control over anything electrical on the layout (signals & detection units, building lighting, smoke, etc). Neat stuff!
Once the snow cleared, I made the move outside. I got everything cleaned up & ready to go, when the brakes went out on my H. I wasn't going through another year with only one running tractor! So, I picked up a 400. Man, what power! Live hydraulics & PTO are a bonus, too. I finally got the gremlins out of my sickle mower & crimper to find out my hay rake was shot. After some searching I found a NH 144 windrow inverter. What a great little hay machine! It is a ground drive model with no frills & works like a dream. Now ALL of my hay machines are finally working (knock on wood). I cut three of my five acres already & am waiting for a good dry down week to finsh the rest. The horse farm that buys my hay, may have me cut 'n' bale for them. Fine by me. Gives my new machinery an excuse to pay for themselves. I also have a 10 acre piece I may be custom cutting as well.
Well, Lanse, I'm glad to hear that you are using your time wisely. I gotta go, for now. There's storms-a-poppin' & I have the feeling it's going to be a long night in front of the radar, in the car. Take Care! - Mike
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