New Tractor, Garden, and Wood Harvesting

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A close friend of mine sold me his 1953 Ford Jubilee tractor and brush cutter for the sum of 1 dollar and further consideration in keeping him in fresh vegetables. I didn't know it at the time, but next week he is also bringing me a Cub Cadet 1650, and 1250 with a rotovator and cutting decks, along with an old Allis garden tractor, all stuff stored in his shed for many years. The second garden planting is producing massive amounts of squash, zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, okra and melons. The sun room has a new door and all windows are sealed up ready to be a winter greenhouse and solar heat for part of the inside. I cut up a giant maple that fell in a storm and got most of the wood split. I have 10 feet of 48" diameter trunk left. My Friend Ralph came over and wanted a picture of him in front of the large piece of wood I had placed upon the wood splitter. He does this often, comes over and puts on work gloves then wants me to send pictures to him that show him working, notice he is on the wrong side of the splitter to work the hydraulics, strange fellow. I think he is an actor in life, he never really does anything, nice guy, but you cant count on him. My 1982 Homelite 410 with 68cc and a 24" Oregon bar cut through that tree like it was shrubbery. I will have to break out the 110cc Homelite Super 1050 with the 30" bar for the rest of the trunk

 

[Stormin 4,458]

That Fords been painted up like a Massey Ferguson. Grey body work and gold engine etc.

 

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5 hours ago, Stormin said:

That Fords been painted up like a Massey Ferguson. Grey body work and gold engine etc.

 

The "gold" is faded red and the grey is Ford Grey. Ford didn't start using blue on American tractors to the early 60's. I think the Fordsons got blue early on.

[Triumph66 1,256]

On 10/2/2018 at 7:57 AM, Stormin said:

That Fords been painted up like a Massey Ferguson. Grey body work and gold engine etc.

 

 

I thought that too.

 

You got some nice logs for the fire Alain and sounds like you have struck a cool deal with that Ford and the rest of the garden tractors coming your way. Gone to a good home I say.

 

Your mate looks too clean and tidy to have fine any actual work! 

 

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5 hours ago, Triumph66 said:

 

I thought that too.

 

You got some nice logs for the fire Alain and sounds like you have struck a cool deal with that Ford and the rest of the garden tractors coming your way. Gone to a good home I say.

 

Your mate looks too clean and tidy to have fine any actual work! 

 

I took my mate a 16 foot trailer full of split wood (2 ricks)to his house besides what I've kept, looks like about 5-6 ricks off this tree when all said and done.