Recent content by Joe Breshears

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    Marginal throttle response

    1949 8N front mount, 12v converted Neg Ground. starts ok with the choke, as a couple of minutes go by less and less choke are needed until no choke. engine idles slow and ammeter reads 0 (not - or +) when rpm is raised ammeter reaches 8to10 positive charge. oil pressure is 35 as i'm running...
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    Buying again.......

    :shock: Yep, wanted something a little newer but stumbled on an early 8N being sold buy the original owners son in law. Know the family, knew the original owner and know the SIL. At least keeping it local and the SIL knows he can buy it back if things turn around for him. He also has his wife's...
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    Cute little tractor

    New NH on a wet Welsh day! Made in Italy based on old Fiat models. Mainly sold to councils & golf courses.
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    Friend run over

    On the lighter side, back in the late fifties, an uncle of mine and a grand uncle had a bout of practical jokes. At a family get-together my uncle sneaked out to my grand-uncle's prized Ford, laid down in the seat and started it, and drove slowly away using his hand on the pedals and steering...
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    Job lay off..

    Just to play the Devil's advocate, haven't most farmers and other people for decades been disposing of their used oil and related stuff on their roads, personal dump sites, etc.? Is everybody really packaging up that stuff and paying an outrageous fortune for someone else to dump it? If this...
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    Towing Safety Reminder, Long Story

    Thanks for the reminder. Here's another: Just last week I visited with a family friend who now has one glass eye and the other which barely works. She walks with a walker, has a mangled hand, and has neurological damage because of which she can't control her emotions. She is lucky to be alive...
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    Brush-hogging Tractor

    Gents: Thanks for all your advice. I'll use these tractors as my shopping list. old: I don't know the rules about putting a phone no. in a reply, but I'll do it and see what happens. I'm outside Lebanon, Mo. in Laclede county and my no. is 417-286-3286, best to call after 8. Thanks...
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    Brush-hogging Tractor

    Without enough tractor knowledge I'm beginning to shop for an inexpensive 3-point tractor to bushhog on Missouri hillsides. I had a JD 435, a great little tractor, but its rearend couldn't withstand my riding over bigger and bigger sprouts. I need a little heftier tractor with wide front end...
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