I’m enjoying your videos Tom. Like seeing the old equipment still working in the field! God bless!

Old equipment still gets the job done

farmer problem solving.

getting the job done is what counts in the end.

That tractor has the same body style has My JD 300 Backhoe., Except my have the forward and reverse on the dash. I did see a cap / plug where the handle is on mine. Glad to see it saved. As always I liked and shared. All my very best.

Nice rescue Tom. Can't wait for this build.

well doe job of plowing

what a beutiful sound those old two cylinderer diesels have

what a beutiful sound those old two cylinderer diesels have

You don't need the 2nd disk on the outer part of the clutch. Either put a new one in that is propper thickness or just the one.

A friend and a very good neighbor use to cut and bale his hay with a 2470 after his 970 broke down, Say he liked it put more hours on it instead of it sitting in the shed..

Prefer you leave the video speed at the normal recorded speed. Then we can enjoy the sights and sounds in real time. If that is a problem, then we will have to accept the results. But we can speed up the video on our end if we want. Thanks for taking us along.

Great to see the video of cutting hay. From my youth many years ago ('53), I could smell the fresh baled alfalfa as I watched. Even a recall of the sneezing and reaction from being allergic to the hay dust came drifting back. Thanks for the video.

We had a wire tie baler then Buster converted it to twin

Beautiful country out there! Any chance of grizzly bears in them mountains?

I hated handling wire bales when I was young so rough on the hands

You are spot on about the Bales and the Country, being Beautiful. As always I liked and shared. All my very best.

Right on it’s nice to be able to finish the mission and be ready for the cut and it is always a bonus when you come across a situation where someone was really thinking when they replaced the rivets with nuts and bolts so it would be easier for the next guy usually it’s the other way around where the previous guy made a mess instead of fixing it probably so good for you and it’s nice when you get advice that works like when you ran the RPM’s higher 😀🇨🇦

I ran a 1469 for 40 years. You need to torque your sickle bar bolt to 85 ft lbs. or else you will just keep knocking out bushings. Learned the hard way.

Tom Here in North MS temperature is 98 heat index near 110. Enjoy your cool weather!

Happy Independence day, and what a great temperature you have. Awesome!! Pray for better stability in our great country.

Happy 4th!

Nice job on the welding. Cast can be a pain. I have watched Larger farms with this newer equipment, Paying through the nose for all the Computer crap when it fails. As always I liked and shared. All my very best.

Well when your little machine shop is all set up you could mill a new one from a chunk of steel

Good on the weld job and wish you luck keeping it running. Appreciate the video. Still have not cut off those hoodie strings. ??

Nice job

You could always try an inner tube if they don’t patch it😀🇨🇦

Can you imagine what it was like keeping the equipment going on a farm if you didn’t have a welder.

I would think with the price of steel the cost of wire would almost make using wire tie prohibitive but you have to use what you have. Old twine tie balers are everywhere here but maybe not so much in your area of the country. Being frugal as you are I’m sure you are always looking for ways to save.

It only happens to a new tire. If they won’t I’d have them take it off, go home, patch it and put it back on myself. Our local farm store has patches with cords in them for strength, maybe some available on internet. You have nothing to lose, it’s junk the way it is and as you say it only goes a few miles an hour.

That will be a nice rake when you get the few bugs out of it. Those wheel rakes were / are still used here in Upper east Tennessee. As always I liked and shared. All my very best.

That stream looked good fishing!

I follow another person on KZfaq who pretty much had the exact same tire problem as you. He had a simple fix: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gKmPfslovLnFYYE.html Hope this helps

Two things for you you had trouble from day one with the ramp ant no good with a 2 wheel rig make it a full size ramp like a landscapers trailer ,Next if tire shop wont fix the tire get blow out patches put one on the inside of the tire then foam fill that tire

your a busy man Mr Tom...

Reminds me of helping my grandad when I was 14-15-16 years helpin him get his hay in. He used a cikle blade mower w/about a 7-8' blade w/Tri-Angle teeth, he had a windrower w/a 12-14' cylinder w/spokes. He would make the first two passes cuttin a field then he would turn the TO-20 Ferguson over to me to finish the field, Thats where I learned how to use a clutch. Same thing for windrowin a field. He hired a guy to bale his fields. Grandad had an old Montana Grain truck w/about a 14-16' bed on it, that he would buckle a conveyor to side of truck that we picked up bales with and haul to barn, truck had a real low granny gear, that was handy for that job. Thanks for your video

That is really nice hay

Looks like some very nice alfalfa hay being baled up there. Don't envy you having to work on a baler problem. Brings back not-so-fond memories of baling hay. hahaha 70 years ago as a young boy doing custom baling for a neighbor farmer.

Love how the old Machinery worked without all that Computer junk this new equipment has these days. Thank you for taking us along. That brings back Memories. As always I liked and shared. All my very best.

Good job. Thoes tie rods works well. Enjoying your mill rebuild!

Your Hoodie strings with the open flywheels, first cut should be the Hoodie strings. May be an idea to add a Guard on the feed side of the blade, your head was inches away from the open blade on the back side. Your machine has a big cooling jug with a drip feed to extend blade life, without cooling the blade you will burn up the blade teeth very quickly. Your poor Hack saws looked at the saw with rejection, "we have been replaced".

I have an Adams 511 motor grader with a IH UD-14A engine in it very similar to this one.

For your own safety, you need to get rid of those hoodie strings hanging from your hoodie. Around rotating machines, they can wind up very fast and quickly capture you in a deadly position. Unable to reach the shut-off switch, among other things. You have many potential hazards, and surely we do not want to see that happen in one of your videos.

Kind of tricky with the castering rear wheel. Maybe make a platform area for rear wheel for it to spin around on so it doesn’t fall off when changing direction to back off? Just a thought.

You should have a oil can there

You've needed one of those for a long time. Now we just need to put the automatic cutoff switch and you can go to town

Frick and corley must have the same measurements for the husk.

Love watching your videos 70 year old farmer from new York living in Virginia now

A few small odds and ends to fix isn't bad for any used Machine. It beats the heck out of the crazy prices for all this new junk they sell these days. It looked great to me. As always I liked and shared. All my very best.

Painting my frick0 red. Will be taking some rust off but will primer and paint over rust, if rust come through, then it will just look aged.